Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota

Congratulations to all of our outstanding 2026 graduates! 🎓 YOU DID IT! Best wishes on your future journeys! 🎉👩🏽‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓🧑🏿‍🎓🎓🥳

ATTENTION GRAD STUDENTS! Don’t miss this event on Wednesday, April 15. The panel will discuss things like application strategies, signaling, flyouts, research presentations, and navigating different types of institutions.

There will be snack. 🍿🥤See you there!

We see some familiar faces here! Good luck to everyone as they move forward this week! 👑

UPDATE! Aina Perez, who won the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Collegiate Discussion Meet in January, traveled to Portland to represent Minnesota and placed in the top 16 out of 36 teams from across the country!

Way to go, Aina! We are of you for representing us and doing an outstanding job!

Midterms are here so join us for study night this Wednesday March 4 from 4-7pm on the second floor of SPSC. It comes with catered breakfast food 🥞 🧇🍳 to fuel your brain! 🧠 See you there!

Congratulations to our very own Aina Perez!

Aina, a senior studying applied economics, won the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Collegiate Discussion Meet, held during the organization’s annual Leadership, Education, Advocacy, and Promotion (LEAP) Conference, January 30-31 in Bemidji. ⭐️🥇

Perez will represent Minnesota at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Collegiate Discussion Meet during the Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference, scheduled for March 13-16 in Portland.

Congratulations Aina and best of luck in Portland!

Join us this Wednesday, February 4th from 12-1 via Zoom for a girl-powered, data rich seminar - Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy

Swiftynomics explores the complex economic lives of American women through the lens of pop icon Taylor Swift. With wit and rigor, APEC alumna, Misty Heggeness uncovers the hidden contributions women make to the economy and the value they create by pursuing their own ambitions. Drawing on rich data and cultural insight, she challenges outdated assumptions about women’s roles and shines a light on the often-overlooked productivity embedded in their everyday lives. Swiftynomics is a bold call to recognize not just what women do—but what they’re still up against.

Visit umnalumi.org to register!

🎉Dr. Terry Hurley, Head of the Division of Applied Economics and Agricultural Communication, Education and Marketing has been named a 2026 Fellow with the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA)! 🎉

Recognition as an AAEA Fellow is the AAEA’s most prestigious honor. 🏆 The main consideration for selecting Fellows is continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural or applied economics.

We are to have Dr. Hurley as our division head! Way to go!

📚💯Oh they COOKED! Congratulations to our Fall 2025 Dean’s List honorees!

We are of you! Keep up the amazing work!