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Department of Economics honors MA and PHD Fall 2011 graduates.
In September, Larry Bray, research professor in the Department of Economics, appeared before the United States Congress as an acknowledged expert on US Inland Waterways. Bray spoke to the US House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. His comments specifically dealt with the importance of commercial inland navigation to the US economy. More
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker was the guest speaker at the Knoxville Economics Forum held at Club LeConte in downtown Knoxville Monday August 8 , 2011. Senator Corker spoke about the economy and the economic issues facing the United States. Photos
Gregg Rader, Junior in Economics at UT, wins National Economics Contest.
Melanie Cozad, Ph.D. student in Economics, has been awarded a $10,000 State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2011-2012.
Dr. Bill Fox has been appointed a Chancellor's Professor, the highest lifetime honor that can be accorded to a member of the faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dennis Lockhart, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, was the guest speaker at Friday's Knoxville Economics Forum.
Listen to Mr. Lockhart's Speech.
Christian Vossler, awarded William L. Vallett, Jr. Outstanding Researcher
Marianne Wanamaker, awarded Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher
Melanie Cozad, a third-year student in the UTK Economics Ph.D. program, has been selected to attend the 4th Lindau Meetings of Nobel Laureates in Economics.
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Knoxville, TN 37996-0550
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