Internship offers insights into banking career
Eros Georgiou ’25 is spending the summer exploring a career in banking, with help from a Summer Experience Grant.
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A unique combination of academic rigor and concern for real world problems
About Us
The Cornell University Department of Economics offers a unique combination of theoretical and analytical rigor, and concern for real world problems. An unusually broad range of courses gives students an understanding of the way economies operate and an insight into public issues.
Currently, the department has more than 50 faculty members, 500 majors, 100 Ph.D. students, and serves over 5,000 students on campus each year.
The Economics Department is committed to fostering an inclusive culture and positive climate for all at Cornell University and in the Economics profession more broadly. Learn more about our diversity and inclusion initiatives here.
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Uris Hall, Fouth Floor, Room 404
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Labor Economics Office
Ives Hall Faculty Building, Second Floor, Room 273
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Department of Economics
Cornell University
109 Tower Road
404 Uris Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-2501
Phone: (607) 255-4254
Fax: (607) 255-2818
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Collaboration Across the University
Our program is the first university-wide economics department created by a merger with the ILR School’s Labor Economics Department.
This partnership offers a wide range of economic perspectives, bringing the theoretical approach of the College of Arts and Sciences together with the empirical approach and policy focus of the ILR School.
Economics News
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Maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy could have long term detrimental effects on children’s diets, finds Michele Belot.
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Student Spotlight: Germán Reyes
A doctoral candidate in economics from Argentina, Reyes studies how test-score gaps eventually lead to income inequality.
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Humanities students present diverse research projects
Humanities students studying an array of topics presented their work at the A.D. White House.
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Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence
Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.
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Travel Grants Help Graduate Students Conduct Research Across the Globe
The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, the largest group of grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.
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'We lobbied Tompkins County to support a housing program for formerly incarcerated people'
Cosimo L. Fabrizio is an Economics & Government major.
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