Josep M. Nadal-Fernandez (JM Nadal) has accepted a position as an Education Policy Innovation Collaborative Postdoctoral Researcher at Michigan State University.

Shogher Ohannessian (Shogher Ohannessian) will join the California Policy Lab at UCLA as a Researcher in Applied Microeconomics and Quantitative Public Policy.

Meiqing Ren (Mei) will join Analysis Group as an Associate (Economic consulting).

Ayman Shakeel (Ayman Shakeel) has accepted a position as Economics Senior Analyst with Abt Associates, where she will work on social policy and equity projects related to education, workforce development, incoming security, housing, etc.

Taisiia Stanishevska (Dr. Taisiia Stanishevska 🇺🇦) will join PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Transfer Pricing Senior Associate.

Vinitha Rachel Varghese (Vinitha Rachel Varghese) will move up to Michigan where she’ll join the faculty at Alma College as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics.

Congratulations, Dr. Shakeel!

Welcome back, Flames! Watch a welcome video from #UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda: youtu.be/xXaKeCUIGRI

We are thrilled to welcome @matttarduno to the UIC Economics faculty this academic year! Prof. Tarduno completed his PhD at UC Berkeley and postdoc at Harvard University Center for the Environment. His research interests include Environmental Economics and Public Economics.

We’ve had a great time chatting with undergrads at the UIC Involvement Fair this week. We’re here today until 3pm today—stop by to say hi and see what’s going on in the Econ Department! involvement.uic.edu/student-organi…

Congrats to three of our own UIC Econ faculty members on this work!

Research by Melissa Dell, Kensuke Teshima, and UIC Econ Prof. Ben Feigenberg was recently cited by the The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…

Prof Marcus Casey was recently spotlighted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis as a Visiting Scholar. Check out this profile in which he discusses factors that impact where people choose to live. minneapolisfed.org/article/2023/s…

Check out the latest OTL Radio episode where UIC Economics assoc. prof. Ben Feigenberg discusses his recent co-authored study on the effectiveness of restorative practices in schools tinyurl.com/bddypf9z via WGN Radio 720

.Crain's Chicago Business features a Q&A with international economics expert Paul Pieper, assoc. prof. UIC Economics chicagobusiness.com/economy/qa-us-…