April 18, 2022

The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities has selected undergraduate students as new scholars for the Gaines Fellowship Program. This highly competitive and prestigious program selects 12 UK students each academic year.


April 01, 2022

University of Kentucky students win 2nd and 3rd place in the annual 2022 Econ Games, an annual data competition sponsored by Fischer Homes and co-founded by Dr. Darshak Patel and Dr. Abdullah Al-Bahrani.


March 22, 2022

Dr. Aaron Yelowitz, Professor of Economics, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship in a hearing entitled "Small Business Franchising: An Overview of the Industry, SBA’s Role, and Legislative Proposals."


February 21, 2022

Hartley, Lamarche and Ziliak published in one of the Top 5 journals in Economics profession.


February 08, 2022

Outlining the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Kentucky’s economy, (CBER) — the applied economic research branch released its 50th Kentucky Annual Economic Report today.


February 01, 2022

Professor Gail Hoyt’s ECO 410, ‘Economics of Altruism,’ course has made it a mission to make meaningful contributions to local nonprofit organizations by understanding their purpose, operations, and areas of development.


January 13, 2022

Embarking upon a new year, with a multitude of challenges, the economic recovery continues globally and regionally, bringing a new year of recovery.


December 17, 2021

Economist Ken Troske is in the business of untangling complex webs of information — sometimes seemingly conflicting — and providing context while identifying prevailing trends.


December 13, 2021

An experiential learning opportunity for students to apply economic learnings in a real-world setting.


December 10, 2021

In this paper, Ana Maria along with her co-researchers investigate how tax news is received by the population relative to the state of the economy.  The paper was published in Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 207(C) and can be found here.