UBC econ grads invent Plufl, a dog bed for humans
When Noah Silverman and Yuki Kinoshita met during their first week at UBC four years ago, the pair never expected to be launching a business together right before graduation.
Yazan Al-Asad (BIE’21)
For Al-Asad, the BIE program offered him a technical, practical, and analytical skillset. He now uses what he learned in the BIE program working in data analysis for Uber in Toronto.
Carla Colina Cortez (BIE’21)
For Colina Cortez, studying international economics was an opportunity to use the scientific method to satisfy her deep curiousity of the world. She applies the same techniques now as a researcher at UChicago’s Booth School of Business.
Jenny Liu (BIE’21)
For Liu, the BIE program broadened her perspective to a truly global one; a skill she’s taken with her as she pursues graduate studies in urban tech at Cornell University in New York City.
CIDER announces small grants recipients for 2021
19 projects have received small grants funding from the Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research.
A career in legal & economic consulting: Diana Manzi (BA’15)
Diana Manzi (BA’15) works as an economic consultant at Columbia Pacific Consulting, a Vancouver consulting firm that deals with specific economic and legal matters.
Kaan Yolsever (BIE ’19)
Kaan Yolsever (’19) speaks about his interests within economics, how he is exploring that in grad school, and his time at the BIE program.
Manika Marwah (BIE ’20)
Manika Marwah (’20) speaks about her current job in Seoul, South Korea, and what she learned during her time at the BIE program.
Charlie Park (BIE ’20)
Charlie Park (’20) speaks about his current job in lumber and pulp supply, one of B.C’s leading industries, and his time at the BIE program.
Pedro Ramos
BIE student Pedro Ramos worked as a data coordinator at the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C and as an international partnership coordinator for Mitacs in Vancouver.