Prof. Richard Arnott has resigned to take a position at University of California-Riverside. Arnott joined the economics faculty in 1988 and chaired many doctoral students' dissertation committees. Assistant Prof. Ingela Alger has resigned to take an Associate Professor position at Carleton University, Ottawa. Alger, a member of the department since 1999, has played an important part in the dissertation seminar.

Marina Pavan and Douglas Marcouiller not to return

Assistant Prof. Marina Pavan, on leave this year at University College Dublin, has accepted a position at UCD and will not be returning to BC. Rev. Douglas Marcouiller, SJ, on leave the last three academic years in St. Louis, has accepted a position at St. Louis University and will continue to serve as the Rector of the Jesuit Community in St. Louis.