Celebration of Student Inquiry in Critical Thinking and Communications Emphasis Courses

Friday, December 5, 2014

2:00 PM     3213 Centennial Hall     Welcome and Introduction

2:10 PM     3213 Centennial Hall      Keynote Presentation - Riley Olson,   "State Health Insurance Mandates for Autism Coverage and their  Consequences on Developmental Screening Rates"                                                                                           

2:50-5:00 PM      Centennial Hall      Undregraduate Poster Sessions -  ECO 307, ECO 320, ECO 340, ECO 471                                                    

Adam Hoffer, Economics, was featured in WalletHub’s recent study examining “2014’s Best & Worst States at Combating the High Cost of Lung Cancer.” See wallethub for more information.

Seminar - Duha T. Altindag

The Economics Department invites you to our next seminar on Friday, November 14th (3:30 room 203).  Duha T. Altindag (Louisiana State University), will present "Ideology versus Self-Interest:
Mobile Politicians".

Seminar - Haluk Gedikoglu

The Economics Department invites you to our next seminar on Friday, November 7th (3:30 room 203).  Haluk Gedikoglu (Lincoln University), will present "Variation of Consumer Preferences Between Domestic and Imported Food: The Case of Artisan Cheese".

“Raising the Minimum Wage: A Conversation with Economists”

Faculty from the Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, will lead a discussion on the potential benefits and challenges of raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. The minimum wage increase will be a non-binding referendum on all ballots within La Crosse County.

Monday November 3, 2014

6:00 PM

1400 Centennial Hall

Open to the public.

Sponsored by: The Economics Department at UW - La Crosse

Registration and attendance are free, but we ask you to complete this form: https://uwlacrosse.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0CA0RxLzTixaARv.

Seminar - Tristan Coughlin

The Economics Department invites you to our next seminar on Friday, October 24th (3:30 room 203).  Tristan Coughlin (Augustana College), a UW-L alum, will present "A Decomposition of the Causes of Intergenerational Income Transmission."