Dyson News

Five Economics Department faculty and 10 undergraduate and graduate students, all Dyson economics and business economics majors, presented their research papers at the annual Eastern Economic Association (EEA) conference in Boston, one of the major conferences for professional economists on the East Coast of the United States.

The 2024 PaceDocs film is an exploration of the art of cask making, also known as cooperage, which has a rich history that can be traced back to ancient civilizations, with evidence of wooden containers used for storing and transporting liquids found in archaeological sites dating as far back as 2690 BCE in Egypt. The type of cask and the type of wood used in winemaking can significantly influence the taste, aroma, and characteristics of wine in Spain, as in other winemaking regions around the world.

Criminal Justice student Lauren Shelton '26, was recently honored for her commitment to non-partisan voter outreach and shares her journey as the student outreach and social media coordinator for the Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR), her passion for civic engagement, her studies in criminal justice, and her aspirations for a career in counter-terrorism.

Professor Melanie DuPuis speaks to The Atlantic about a recent report from the FDA revealing that 20 percent of milk samples collected from retailers nationwide contained fragments of bird flu, raising concerns that the virus, which is spreading among animals, might be on its way to sickening humans too.