Seminar Schedule

Frank Center for Public Affairs - Room 301 unless otherwise noted.

Visitors:
Driving directions and a campus map.

Economics Seminar Speakers 
Fall 2026

Date Speaker Title
Wednesday, October 28th, 4:20 PM Michelle Xiyue Li '16
Postdoctoral Researcher, Heidelberg University; PhD, Harvard
"Of Tracks and Trails: How Accessible Green Spaces Reshape Communities"
Wednesday, November 4th, 4:20 PM Namrata Narain
Boston University, Questrom School of Business
TBA
Thursday, November 5th, 12 p.m.
FRANK 100
                 N/A Economics Smorgasbord
Thursday, November 12th, 4:30 p.m.
FRANK 001
William D. Cohan
Co-sponsored event with College of Letters
Cohan is a former Wall Street investment banker and bestselling author known for his books on finance and business, including The Last Tycoons, House of Cards, and Power Failure. He is also a founding partner of Puck and a prominent journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and other major publications.
Thursday, December 3rd, 12 p.m. Esma Ozer
Visiting Professor of Economics, Wesleyan

TBA

                                                               Spring 2027

Wednesday, March 3rd, 
4:20 pm

Riley Acton,
Bowdoin College

TBA
Wednesday, March 24th, 
4:20 pm

Kyeongmin Park,
Bowdoin College

TBA

Thursday, April 1st,
5:00 pm

(Daniel Family Commons)

Hogendorn Lecture

 

(Attendance by Invitation)
April 19th,
Tentitive
Jhacova Williams
American University
TBA