BSOS DSAC's Student to Student Series: Economics Meet-Up April 8

Freshmen and Sophomores (and students new to BSOS)! This event is a great opportunity for you.

The economics meet-up is intended to connect Freshmen + Sophomores beginning their journey at BSOS with Juniors and Seniors who are almost at the conclusion of their experience. The upperclassmen featured have a wide variety of experiences not just at BSOS, but in economics generally, including internships, jobs, study abroad, Maryland's 4+1 masters programs, and other formative opportunities.

These students will be sharing how they found their way from when they were just like YOU! Come either just to sit in or to ask questions.

(There will be food :)

FLOAT Applications Now Open!

LEARN and TEACH

Personal Finance Skills in the

Financial Literacy Outreach and Training (FLOAT) Program

Apply to join FLOAT, a new year-long program in the Department of Economics that trains students in the fall, to teach personal finance to middle school youth in the spring. Visit our website and RSVP for an information session to learn more.

Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis until April 30th.

All questions or concerns can be sent to umdfloat@gmail.com.

Paid Summer Fair Labor Association Economic Research Internship

Position description
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) combines the efforts of industry, civil society organizations, and colleges and universities to protect workers’ rights and improve working conditions worldwide by promoting adherence to international labor standards. The FLA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has offices in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information see http://www.fairlabor.org.

The Economic Research Fellowship is an opportunity for a current undergraduate student to apply their academic experience to furthering the Fair Labor Association’s mission towards Fair Compensation. The fellow will work alongside the FLA’s Fair Compensation Team to draft communications on high-level, research based guidance to FLA’s stakeholders. This is a paid fellowship being offered during the summer semester of 2019.

Undergraduate Research Day - April 17th

PRIORITY REGISTRATION DEADLINE - TUESDAY APRIL 9

Francis DuVinage, Director ­- Erin Sorensen, Coordinator ­ http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu/

Have you been involved in research as an undergraduate, either as an individual or as part of a team, at Maryland or beyond? Would you like the opportunity to present your work in poster-format at Maryland¹s largest, most visible and diversified showcase for undergraduate research accomplishments?

Then present your research at Undergraduate Research Day on Wednesday, April 17, 2019!

Click here for URD online information and the URD registration form!

Priority deadline to submit your proposal: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Submitting a poster proposal is free and easy - just use the online registration system on the MCUR website at http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu/current-ugresearchday.html - the deadline to submit your proposal is Tuesday, April 9 but we strongly encourage you to submit early. We look forward to learning about your work!

Undergraduate Research Day 2019 takes place in the Grand Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union from 1 to 4 pm on April 17 with poster set-up beginning at 11:30 am. You can be present part or all of the time. All majors and fields of research ­ including creative and performing arts ­ are welcome!

If you have questions, please contact us at ugresearch@umd.edu

FDA Economics Internship Opportunity

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invites undergraduates or master’s students to apply for an internship program in economics. The program is year round, with internship terms corresponding to fall and spring semesters or during the summer. Internships will be for one academic semester; interns will be expected to work a minimum of 20 hours per week during most of the semester. The intern will work with the Economics Staff in the Office of the Commissioner. The intern will assist members of the Economics Staff in conducting economic analyses of major FDA policies and regulations having to do with food, human drugs, medical devices, biological products, tobacco products, and animal drugs and feed. The intern will report to an Assistant Director of the Economics Staff. The qualifications include meeting the University’s requirements for an internship; at least 6 completed semester classes in economics, which must include a class in intermediate microeconomics; and a class in econometrics or computer methods of data analysis. They encourage students to apply 6 to 8 weeks before the beginning of a semester.

To be considered for this internship, please send a cover letter and resume to OCOPLEconSupervisors@fda.hhs.gov.

The Horizons Fellowship

The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students in their pursuit to become multidisciplinary leaders using technology. Our fully-funded program provides real-world technology courses geared towards high-achieving college students.

Horizons students have gone on to work at a variety of amazing companies – Google, Facebook, Visa, The Stanford Research Institute, Slack, Yelp, Amazon, McKinsey, Bloomberg, J.P. Morgan, EA Games, and more.

Past Horizonites have come from a variety of schools and backgrounds. Students have hailed from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn/Wharton, Columbia, Northwestern, Babson, Wellesley, Colgate, Brown, Michigan, great state schools, community colleges and more. We've had computer science majors, math majors, economics/business majors, biology majors, english majors, and art majors all take our program.

Interested students can start an application here!

Summer Institute with Korea Economic Institute of America

KEI is currently seeking graduate students & exceptional undergraduate students with an interest in Asia-Pacific issues for its summer 2019 intern class. We offer candidates a unique internship opportunity to be integrally involved in the inner workings of an international government policy institute. Due to the level of work expected of interns, the selection process is highly competitive and only open to the select few.

KEI interns are on the cusp of current events, hearing the news before it is released, and organizing the very interviews that are shown on the evening news. They are directly active in the practice of U.S.-ROK diplomacy and provided maximum exposure to the issues and major players in the field of U.S.-Korea Relations via: report publication, attendance at events, and both peer-to-peer and VIP networking opportunities. At KEI, interns gain experience in the areas of professional writing development, policy research, data collection, economic analysis, and event planning. 

Main Responsibilities

• Attend and prepare short analytical reports on conferences, programs & hearings in the Washington, D.C. Area of interest;
• Assist with the event planning and conducting of various KEI-sponsored conferences and programs;
• Provide research support for KEI staff
• Provide administrative activities which will contribute to a fuller understanding of the inner workings of KEI and work as a team with members of staff and other interns on major events and projects
• Track specific issues in the media

Externship Experience: Economic and Financial Consulting

THE EXTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

The consulting staff at Cornerstone Research’s Washington, D.C. office will be sponsoring this one-day event. Participants will gain firsthand experience in financial and economic consulting through an interactive case study led by current analysts. Analysts will teach participants the basics of Microsoft Excel for economic consulting casework and introduce valuation techniques and statistical analyses frequently performed by analysts in their work. Participants will also meet with managers and officers with a wide variety of industry experiences to discuss career and graduate school options, as well as the internship and full time opportunities at Cornerstone Research.

The externship program is open to current sophomores (graduating between December 2020 and June 2021), and will be held on Thursday, April 25th. The program will run from 9:30 AM until 6:00 PM.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please submit your resume, transcript, and a brief cover letter explaining your interest in economic consulting and the externship program to Cornerstone Research's posting on Careers4Terps by 11:59 PM on Sunday, April 14th. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Lauren Allen at lallen@cornerstone.com or Jack Bouchard at jbouchard@cornerstone.com.

Federal/Global Fellows Program- Great for Economics Students!

Think a career in government and public service is only for government and politics majors? Think again! Federal agencies, nonprofits, and policy-related organizations are interested in your quantitative and analytical skill-sets as they confront pressing issues. The Global  Fellows and Federal Fellows Programs offer you a chance to take your skills out of the classroom and apply them in the real world. Earn Scholarship in Practice credit and a Fellows Program notation on your transcript! Apply Today!

Join a lively, engaged, and motivated student community!  Both programs combine a fall seminar in an issue area with a spring internship in Washington D.C. Our concentrations include Science Diplomacy, Homeland Security Policy, Health Policy, and Global Challenges. Past internship locations include Department of Energy, U.S. Census Bureau, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and Department of Treasury, among many others! Year-round activities include trips to Capitol Hill and federal agencies, professional development workshops, and conversations with policymakers. The programs also feature one-on-one assistance in writing resumes, obtaining internships, etc.

APPLY NOW!!! Application Link: Online Application

Deadline: April 19th, 2019 (Rolling Admissions thereafter)

For details regarding the application requirements, go to:

http://federalfellows.umd.edu and/or http://globalfellowsdc.umd.edu or contact our office: 

2407 Marie Mount Hall, 301-314-0261. 

Ian Bremmer at the Center for Global Business Annual Forum

You are invited to attend the Center for Global Business First Annual Forum on Tuesday, April 9 featuring Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Frank Auditorium of Van Munching Hall.  The discussion will be led by Rebecca Bellinger, executive director, and Dr. Kislaya Prasad, academic director of the Center for Global Business. Bremmer will offer insights into his new book, Us. Vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, including the battle between globalism and nationalism, free trade versus protectionism, the impact of increased access to communication technologies in the developing world, and how our social contracts might be re-imagined. The first 50 attendees will receive a complimentary signed copy of his newest book. 

RSVP here. 

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