On Wednesday, October 30th, UConn Early College Experience and the Economics department invited all certified UConn ECE Economics instructors to campus for their professional development workshop. The instructors listened to presentations by:

• Professor Mikhael Shor, University of Connecticut, Economics: Economics: “Patent Holdup – a classroom demonstration of monopoly power?
• Professor Natalia Smirnova, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Using Data in the Classroom: FRED Database”
• Professor, William Alpert, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Prediction — Really?”
• Professor Steven Lanza, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Economic Indicators: Rediscovering Lost Arts”
• Professor Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut, Economics: “Street Police Patrols and Violence Against Women in Public Spaces: Experimental Evidence from India: Update!”

Many thanks to Faculty Coordinator Bill Alpert for coordinating the speakers for the day.

UConn Economics classes offered through UConn ECE.