Departmental News

Sep 24, 2012

The research interests of Dr. Diana Thomas stretch across the globe. A German native, she has published papers on the regulation of late medieval German beer markets, on informal property rights institutions among taxi cab drivers in Trujillo, Peru, and even on the Aggie Blue Bikes program at ...Click here for more
Dr. Ben Blau, a professor of finance, has a unique philosophy when it comes to teaching, a philosophy that he explains to his students before every difficult assignment or impossible midterm exam. He believes that professors who make students think that they are thinking are loved, while ...Click here for more

Sep 13, 2012

Scott Schaefer, who was recently appointed as a Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Visiting Professor, is recognized for his research using economic theories to explore how people relate to each other within organizations. During the fall 2012 semester, he will teach an undergraduate managerial ...Click here for more
Dr. ChrisFawson, credited with playing a key role in the recent progress of the Huntsman School of Business, will now hold a professorship endowed by a former professor who helped shape the direction of the school 40 years ago, Dr. Vern Buehler. Dr. Fawson has been named to the Dr. Vernon ...Click here for more

Aug 27, 2012

Devon Gorry took her first economics class at Dartmouth College simply because her brother majored in the subject. Having always had a passion for math and science, Dr. Gorry found she enjoyed the application of mathematical reasoning to real-world problems. After earning her bachelor’s degree ...Click here for more

Aug 10, 2012

“Chris tells me you are coming to Russia with me,” Dwight Israelson said to me one day last March. Professors Chris Fawson and Dwight Israelsen have worked for several years with officials at North Ossetia State University to establish an inter-university agreement to exchange faculty and ...Click here for more

May 7, 2012

Diana Thomas, assistant professor of economics and finance, was named Researcher of the Year for her work exploring the role political entrepreneurs play in changing the formal and informal rules that govern economic exchange and society more generally. Ben Blau, assistant professor of economics ...Click here for more

Apr 19, 2012

A student in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business was recently named a finalist for The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program. Kjersten Adams, a Huntsman scholar and senior honors student in economics, traveled to Washington, D.C., March 1 to interview for a one-year ...Click here for more

Apr 10, 2012

This year, the Huntsman School welcomed Dr. William Shughart, the first J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice. A syndicated columnist and respected economist, Dr. Shughart has over 200 published scholarly articles, book chapters, and reviews. Dr. Shughart is also the editor of Public Choice, a ...Click here for more

Jan 24, 2012

A new Master of Science degree in financial economics was launched in the fall of 2012. Tyler Bowles, head of the Economics and Finance Department, said this degree will prepare students for demanding careers in the financial services industry with the requisite quantitative analytical expertise ...Click here for more