Jan
27
Professor Kathryn Graddy’s Research on Creativity and Artists
January 27, 2015 | Leave a Comment
From Professor Kathryn Graddy Last semester I spent my sabbatical working on creativity, and specifically how creativity is influenced by the death of a friend or relative. The death of a friend or relative is universally recognized as a painful experience. Whether the psychological pain resulting from the death increases or decreases creativity is not […]
Jan
20
Professor Brainerd’s sabbatical
January 20, 2015 | Leave a Comment
You may have noticed that Professor Elizabeth Brainerd has not been around the department this semester. She is on sabbatical. She is spending the semester as a Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. While at the Davis Center she will be working on a new project called […]
Jan
19
The Economics Department highlighted in The Justice and The Hoot
January 19, 2015 | Leave a Comment
This week both The Justice and The Hoot wrote articles on the Economics Department.