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MEDIA CONTACT: Sharon Dickman sdickman@rochester.edu
585.275.4128
March 20, 2006
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in room 318/418 of Gleason Hall on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Economic theorist Ariel Rubinstein, who holds the Salzberg Chair in the Department of Economics at Tel Aviv University and is professor of economics at New York University, will deliver this year's McKenzie Lecture on "The Economics of the Jungle: Comments on the Way We Teach Economics."
Rubinstein is a fellow of The Econometric Society and served as its president in 2004. He has held editorial positions at numerous economics journals, and is the author of several books and more than 70 articles. His most recent book, Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory (Princeton University Press, 2006), is a collection of material from his well-known course in microeconomic theory. Rubinstein has taught it for 15 years to first-year graduate students at Tel Aviv, Princeton, and New York universities.
Annually, graduate students in the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester select an outstanding scholar to deliver this lecture in honor of Lionel McKenzie, Wilson Professor Emeritus of Economics.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-7221.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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