News and Events
Events
October 16, 2018
1–2 p.m.
World Court, IBS Building
Thinking about an Economics major? Join us for the Economics Department Meet the Majors event!
For all majors and non-majors — come by to learn more about the Economics Program and speak with our faculty, other majors and UDRs!
Enjoy some dumplings and drinks while you chat!
Department News
Economics Department Blog
May 21, 2019
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019. It’s a day that will be marked in Brandeis history. Professor H. Michael Coiner gave his final lecture at Brandeis. Olin- Sang 101 was filled with students from the economics 2a course, A Survey of Economics, as well as faculty from the economics department and students who just wanted to […]
April 29, 2019
Thank you to everyone you reached out, came out, and made the retirement event for Professor Michael Coiner a wonderful success! We were also delighted to announce the establishment of the “Michael Coiner Scholarship Fund” which will be endowed within the next three years and recipients will be known as “Michael Coiner Scholars”. Thank […]
February 8, 2019
The Brandeis Economics program was recently awarded top rankings by College Factual. According to their research “Brandeis University’s Economics program was ranked #16 out of 418 schools nationwide. This puts the school’s program in the Top 5% of all Economics programs in the United States.” Read more about our state- and nation-wide rankings here. Congratulations […]
December 11, 2018
Emily Hong (’18) is one of our Undergraduate Department Representatives (UDRs) and will be graduating later this month. Econ 69a, Economics of Race and Gender, taught this fall by Econ Department Chair Professor Elizabeth Brainerd, was one of Emily’s favorite Econ classes in her last semester of her undergraduate career. Read more about Emily’s experience […]