Economics Major (B.A.) Spotlight

I love spending time with my friends exploring NH. The location is amazing! You've got Hampton, Seabrook, Salisbury and the coast of Maine for beaches. Portsmouth is right around the corner, and Boston is a train ride away.

As urban planners and health officials seek ways to improve public health, UNH research provides compelling evidence on the benefits of walkable communities for expectant mothers and their babies. A study co-authored by Karen Conway, an…

Paul College gave me a challenge, for sure. But it's also shaped me into who I am. I wouldn't be the person I am, or going to Albany Law School, without UNH.

The communities and people I've found here make UNH feel like home. All of my professors in the economics program have been amazing. They're very passionate!

Shuili Du remembers when business profit and social impact were widely perceived as mutually exclusive. As a professor of marketing at UNH’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, Du has dedicated her career to changing this perception, demonstrating through her research how corporate…

As countries around the world grapple with childcare challenges for working parents, new research from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) provides crucial insights into potential government interventions to finance these costs. A study led by Loris Rubini, an associate professor of economics at…

I don't think I would have been able to do this without the $2,500 from Paul's Internship Opportunity Fund. I feel extremely lucky and grateful to be having this experience.



I can already tell this job is going to be a really good networking opportunity for me within the sustainability field. And I have faith that Paul has prepared me for anything that might pop up in this job.

Paul College definitely gave me a challenge, but the experience has shaped me into who I am.

Meg Smith '07 lived in 23 zip codes in 12 years - and had the jobs to match. But once she truly discovered her love for marketing, perserverance and entrepreneurship got her to a dream career she would have never imagined.

My first week here, we had a crash course on all of the asset classes and it was basically every finance class I’ve ever taken smashed into three days! Through daily application, I feel like my confidence with the technical vocabulary is growing so quickly.

As a UNH freshman and economics major, she had learned about the Rines Angel Fund through Paul College’s First-Year Innovation and Research Experience program, and it spoke to her passion for creating innovative opportunities for others.