Articles: economics

Professor Researches Issues of Pollution in China from Export Industry

By Meaghan Wilby, Junior Science/International Editor The Campus February 5, 2015 Assistant professor of economics Jialu Liu Streeter is currently conducting research on the environmental cost of China’s international trade. According to Streeter, her research aims to connect international trade with environmental economics, and is focusing on trying to understand how much of the current

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Four Allegheny Students Compete in Early Leaders Case Competition

Peter Adler ’16, Clayton Morris ’15, Mary Nagel ’15 and Jonas Skattum ’17 were among 41 undergraduates chosen to compete November 7-8 in the Early Leaders Case Competition at the Simon Business School on the University of Rochester campus. In a highly competitive selection process, undergraduate students from across the country were brought together in

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Nonnenmacher and Mattiace Publish in “Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos”

Professor of Economics Tomas Nonnenmacher’s and Professor of Political Science Shannan Mattiace’s article “The Organization of Hacienda Labor During the Mexican Revolution: Evidence from Yucatan” has just been published by the interdisciplinary (and bilingual) journal Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. The article was a product of the divisional chair they jointly held in spring semester of 2011.

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Seventeen Allegheny Students Participate in Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference

Seventeen Allegheny students participated in the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference held at Penn State Behrend on April 12. They are (with their faculty advisors listed in parentheses): Leanne Balster ’14 (Stephanie Martin and Ben Slote), Patricia Belle ’14 (Brad Hersh), Mark Burkhart ’14 (Scott Wissinger), Jordan Gaston ’16 (Tricia Humphreys), Shelby

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Five at Allegheny Complete Intensive Course in Career Coaching

Jim Fitch, Kristin Mook, and Michaeline Shuman of Career Education/The Gateway, Associate Provost Terry Bensel, and Assistant Professor of Economics Russ Ormiston completed the NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) career coaching intensive two-day course in Charlotte, North Carolina in January. Instructor Kate Brooks, of Wake Forest University, taught participants effective coaching techniques to

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2013 Gator Innovation Challenge

Sixteen student teams participated in Allegheny’s Sixth Annual Gator Innovation Challenge on Saturday, April 27, in Quigley Hall.  The Gator Innovation Challenge is a competition designed to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among Allegheny students. Each proposal focuses on an innovative project that could create wealth and/or address a community problem, bring together and/or create

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