Symposium Agenda

On Friday, April 10, 2015, the University of Michigan’s Department of Economics and the Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE) will host a symposium highlighting the achievements of our alumni who have participated in our Undergraduate Research Seminars (Economics 495) and recognizing the faculty who have served as their champions throughout the years, particularly Professor Stephen Salant and Senior Lecturer Janet Gerson.

The morning of the symposium will focus on research and will include talks by five alumni. The talks will be held in the Smith Conference Room (201 Lorch Hall) beginning at 8:30am (actual time, not Michigan time) and running until 12:10pm. Further details on the research talks are attached.

The afternoon of the symposium will highlight a panel of alumni who have taken their economics degree and research experience and forged interesting careers in a wide array of occupations. This session will occur in the Economics at Work timeslot, from 1:00 to 2:30pm in Askwith Auditorium (140 Lorch Hall).

A reception will follow from 2:30-4:00pm in the Sumner and Laura Foster Library (265 Lorch Hall) to allow students and faculty to interact with our featured alumni, who include:

Brian Baisa, Assistant Professor, Amherst College

Dominick Bartelme, Assistant Professor beginning Sept 2015, University of Michigan

Allison Davido, Law Student, Yale Law School; returning to Cravath, Swaine & Moore after graduation from Yale in 2015

Astrid Dick, visual artist

Fred Link, Chief Risk Officer, EFG International

Jackie Klein, MBA Candidate at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Senior Product Manager, Amazon beginning June 2015

Timothy McQuade, Assistant Professor of Finance, Stanford School of Business

Yeşim Orhun, Assistant Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Louis Preonas, Doctoral Student, University of California, Berkeley

Spencer Smith, MPhil in Economics student and Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford

Ana-Marie Wheatcroft, Talent & Culture Specialist at PDT Partners, LLC

Wenji Xu, Doctoral Student, University of Chicago

Also participating in the days events are:

Gerard Gaudet, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Montreal

Dale Henderson, Former Senior Adviser, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board

The symposium events are open to all.