Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Williamson to give David Kinley Lecture

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Jeffrey G. Williamson, an economist at Harvard University, will deliver the David Kinley Lecture in Economics at the University of Illinois on Oct. 26 (Friday).

His talk, “Globalization, World Inequality and Political Backlash,” will begin at 3:30 p.m. at 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign.

Williamson will explain how globalization has increased income inequity among and within nations and how it has led to political reactions in the countries affected. He draws upon his extensive research into these issues during the past 25 years and from his recent books “The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact” (1998) and “Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy” (2000).

The chair of Harvards economics department, Williamson is directing a project for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the history of globalization.

The Kinley Lecture is sponsored by the UI Department of Economics and the College of Commerce and Business Administration. It is free and open to the public.

Read Next

Life sciences Photo of Michael Ward standing in tall grass on a riverbank.

How are migrating wild birds affected by H5N1 infection in the U.S.?

Each spring, roughly 3.5 billion wild birds migrate from their warm winter havens to their breeding grounds across North America, eating insects, distributing plant seeds and providing a variety of other ecosystem services to stopping sites along the way. Some also carry diseases like avian influenza, a worry for agricultural, environmental and public health authorities. […]

Announcements Marcelo Garcia, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering.

Illinois faculty member elected to National Academy of Engineering

Champaign, Ill. — Marcelo Garcia, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Social sciences Male and female student embracing on the quad with flowering redbud tree and the ACES library in the background. Photo by Michelle Hassel

Dating is not broken, but the trajectories of relationships have changed

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — According to some popular culture writers and online posts by discouraged singles lamenting their inability to find romantic partners, dating is “broken,” fractured by the social isolation created by technology, pandemic lockdowns and potential partners’ unrealistic expectations. Yet two studies of college students conducted a decade apart found that their ideas about […]

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

507 E. Green St
MC-426
Champaign, IL 61820

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010