• We are pleased to announce that our proposal to start a new Masters in Applied Economics and Data Science program was recently approved by the Board of Trustees.

  March 20, 2025

  We are pleased to announce that our proposal to start a new Masters in Applied Economics and Data Science program was recently approved by the Board of Trustees. We will welcome the first class of students in fall of 2026.

• Professor Antonio Merlo, our former faculty member from 2000-2014, has been named as the 16th President of Drexel University.

  February 1, 2025

  Professor Antonio Merlo, our former faculty member from 2000-2014, has been named as the 16th President of Drexel University.

• We are sad to announce the passing of Mike Marrese, Penn Economics Ph.D. in 1978, on 26 December 2024.

  January 3, 2025

  We are sad to announce the passing of Mike Marrese, Penn Economics Ph.D. in 1977, on 26 December 2024.

• It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Joel Popkin.

  December 31, 2024

  With great sadness, we announce that Dr. Joel Popkin, a distinguished alumni of our own PhD program and of Wharton’s undergraduate program, passed away on December 24th at the age of 92. 

• It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Richard A. Easterlin (Dick).

  December 20, 2024

  It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Richard A. Easterlin (Dick). He received his Ph.D.

• It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Heston, Professor Emeritus of Economics and at the South Asia Studies Department

  October 30, 2024

  It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing on October 26, 2024 of Alan Heston (1934-2024), Professor Emeritus of Economics and in the South Asia Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania. 

• Enrique Mendoza and Guillermo Ordonez have been elected as Fellows of the Econometric Society

  October 11, 2024

  The Econometric Society, An International Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics has announced the election of 42 new Fellows of the Econometri

• Petra E. Todd has been elected to the Econometric Society Council for 2025

  October 11, 2024

  The Econometric Society has announced the results of its Officers and Council elections. Congratulations to Petra E.

• It is with great sadness that the Department notes the passing of former Penn Economics Professor Marc Nerlove

  July 31, 2024

  It is with great sadness that the Department notes the

• The Department of Economics is saddened to annouce the passing of Paul Davidson (Ph.D., Penn Economics, 1959)

  June 25, 2024

  The Department of Economics is saddened to announce the