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• Sharpe Fellows application deadline extented to NOVEMBER 9, 2009
• Applications are now being accepted for the William Sharpe Fellows Program for Undergraduate Internships. **APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 9, 2009 (by 11:59pm)**

• Robert Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research
• UCLA Economics launched a new website for the Robert Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research.

• Professor Harberger Awarded the 2009 Bradley Prize
• The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has announced that Professor Arnold C. Harberger has been awarded one of four 2009 Bradley Prizes. Harberger will be presented the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in June. Link to Article

• UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS: UCLA ECONOMISTS SPEAK OUT
• In recent months, UCLA economists have actively written and spoken about the current economic crisis. We have compiled links (in chronological order) to the various opinions and ideas put forth by our economics faculty on issues such as how the current disaster was allowed to develop, how the proposed economic policies are likely to work, and what the future holds for our economy.
  
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• WILLIAM SHARPE FELLOWS PROGRAM for UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
• Applications are now being accepted for the William Sharpe Fellows Program for Undergraduate Internships.