Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Program (UROP)
Undergraduate research opportunities (UROP) grants provide some financial assistance for student-designed participation on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member. In this program, you prepare a research proposal with your chosen faculty member, and submit the proposal for consideration to the UROP Committee in 325 Johnston Hall at 625-3853. Contact them for more information.
Other
Opportunities
The Department informs its majors of all opportunities available to them. These include information on upcoming Economics conferences, competitions (essay or paper), and Seminars and Workshops.
In March 2002, Dongjoon Oh and Wei Mei Hum presented papers at the Midwest Economics Association’s meeting in Chicago. Timothy Flannery received the Mankiw Essay Scholarship from Harcourt College Publishers for his paper on Internet Taxation. Jon Petersen was placed second in the Minnesota Economics Association’s undergraduate student paper contest for 2002-03. The topic of his paper was “On the Regional Development and Convergence in the U.S.: ‘North’ vs. ‘South’.”
Ben Post, in Summer 2003, attended a conference, “Europeum: The Institute for European Policy” on the Future Convention and Enlargement of the European Union held in Prague. The program focused on the Convention and Enlargement process of the European Union. Students, undergraduate and graduate, from all over the world engaged in numerous policy and economic debates with regard to the European Union. The program concluded with a Mock European Union conference on common traffic laws. Ben represented Sweden and won all of his debates.
Adam Ahern, an economics major, presented a paper in Denmark and Lisbon in Summe 2005, hosted by the Global Business and Technology Association. He co-authored the paper with Professor Mahmood Zaidi of the Industrial Relations department. The paper examined the offshore location decisions of U.S. multinationals.
Students have also attended the SCUSA Conference at West Point, at which they discuss matters of international concern. Information about this annual conference is relayed to students via the economics listserv. Some students have attended the International Youth Leadership Conferences in Prague where they participated in a forum on world politics, international relations, law, and business. Others have attended the Capital Semester program held in Washington, DC.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis holds an annual essay competition in the summer. Details are sent to students via e-mail.
Community Involvement/Service Learning
The faculty and staff of the University of Minnesota encourage students to be active participants in learning to meet their obligations to their communities. An excellent way to do this is by participating in Community Involvement and Service Learning programs. These programs are offered by the CLA Career and Community Learning Center in 345 Fraser. You can get more information about these programs by reviewing their website http://www.cclc.umn.edu.
Some examples of the services provided by the Community Involvement/Service Learning Program include:
Service Learning Courses
HECUA
Volunteer Referral Service
Community Engagement Scholars Program
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