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MS and PhD Programs in Agricultural and Resource Economics Reclassified as STEM
Sept. 16, 2019
The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural and Resource Economics are now classified as a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) degrees, joining the undergraduate Managerial Economics major. This occurred ...
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Open Position: Agricultural Issue Center - Project Scientist
Sept. 10, 2019
The Project Scientist makes significant and creative contributions to a research or creative project in his/her academic discipline. The appointee possesses the subject matter expertise and the creative energy necessary ...
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Miki Khanh Doan Wins 2019 Erika C.H. Meng Scholarship for Development Policy and Research
Aug. 23, 2019
The Erika C.H. Meng Scholarship will support Miki Doan’s PhD thesis on gender-related conflicts and intra-household cooperation. In many developing country settings, husbands and wives jointly engage in agricultural activities. ...
Ellen Bruno wins AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Aug. 1, 2019
Ellen Bruno won the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2019 for her work, “An Evaluation of Policy Instruments for Sustainable Groundwater Management.”
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UC Davis and USAID Launch New Research Program to Study Rural Poverty Worldwide
July 31, 2019
The University of California, Davis will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural ...
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Michael Carter Wins AAEA Publication of Enduring Quality Award
July 31, 2019
ARE Professor Michael Carter has won the 2019 Publication of Enduring Quality Award from the Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAEA) for his paper "The Economics of Poverty Traps ...
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ARE PhD Candidate Pierce Donovan, Professor Michael Springborn and coauthors publish novel model on cost-effective control of invasive species in the journal Land Economics
July 23, 2019
Many management problems require staying above (or below) a par¬ticular threshold over time with a specified margin of safety, for example, safely maintaining endangered species away from extinction. Two challenges ...
Tor Tolhurst Wins Western Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Graduate Paper Award
July 19, 2019
ARE PhD Candidate Tor Tolhurst won the WEAE Outstanding Graduate Paper Award for his paper, "Model-Free Bubble Detection of a Speculative Asset Bubble: Evidence from the World Market for Superstar ...
613 Managerial Economics Majors Walk the Stage at Commencement
July 15, 2019
Six hundred and thirteen Managerial Economics (ME) majors walked the stage to receive their BS degrees at the 2019 UC Davis Commencement Ceremonies on June 13.
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Managerial Economics Major Graciela Barajas Gives Inspirational Student Address at 2019 Commencement Ceremony
July 15, 2019
Managerial Economics major Graciela Barajas, from the San Joaquin Valley town of Acampo, CA, was the student commencement speaker for the UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. She ...
