Undergraduate students Naoki Ito, Natan Tesfahun, Aren Soner Yalcin, Erica Ewing Zhou competed in UChicago's annual Econometrics Game, a fast-paced competition where teams from universities across the US and internationally are given 13 hours with a dataset to devise and answer a question of economic importance. This year's prompt challenged teams to identify and estimate a causal effect relating to education at any stage of the life-cycle. Northwestern's team tied for first place along with Harvard University.
Undergraduate Student Groups
Our student groups planned more events this year than we have ever seen before. We are particularly excited to announce the formation of a new student group, Chicago Public Schools Financial Literacy Outreach. You may read more by visiting their websites:
Our newest student group, CPS FLO was established with the goal of bringing personal finance programming to low-income, minority-dominant schools in the Chicago Public Schools district. Economics students led 30-60 minute biweekly Zoom sessions with our partnered high schools. This culminated in a visit to Northwestern, where we had 40+ CPS students attend a campus tour, an Economics lecture, and a Q&A panel of current students.
NET held its sixth annual tournament from April 1-2, 2023, hosting over 120 high school students from six countries, both in-person and virtually. Teams tackled a challenging exam in the Power Round and sparred against each other in the nail-biting Econ Bowl. They demonstrated an impressive wealth of economics knowledge, from current events to complex game theory concepts. Additionally, Professors Mark Witte, Robert Gordon, and Scott Ogawa presented a series of engaging lectures in their respective research fields, providing participants with a taste of Northwestern economics.
UES held many events focused on strengthening our undergraduate economics community, including a faculty and student social, guides to registration and elective courses, and career panels.
WiE hosted multiple alumni events this year, including a presentation by Emily Engel '04 on her work at the Chicago Federal Reserve and an all-WiE alum panel of recent graduates from various industries. In addition to those events, they brought in faculty members to discuss their research, hosted quarterly study socials, and continued their successful Study Buddies program linking students in the same courses together for support.
Graduation Recap
Congratulations to the Class of 2023! To view more details about our Senior Awards Ceremony and to read spotlights on our graduates as well as words of advice from our faculty and alumni, please visit the 2023 Senior Celebration Website.
