At the invitation of XMU, Professor Thomas J. Sargent, the Nobel Economics Prize winner of 2011, and Prof. Zhu Shenghao from University of Singapore visited XMU between Feb. 19-20, 2017. Born in 1943 in Pasadena, California, Prof. Sargent currently works in NYU, specializing in research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and time series. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1964, and acquired his PhD at Harvard University in 1968. Sargent shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with Christopher Sims, a professor from Princeton University, in 2011.

On Feb.19, Zhu Chongshi, President of XMU,  together with Wang Ruifang, President of XMU Malaysia Campus (XMUMC) had a meeting with Prof. Sargent and Prof. Zhu Shenhao. At the meeting, president Zhu extended a warm welcome to Prof. Sargent for his second visit to XMU and briefed him on the past and present situation of XMU. On Feb. 20, Professor Sargent and Professor Zhu attended the Seminar on Macroeconomics and had some conversations with the teachers and students there. Prof. Sargent and Prof. Zhu listened attentively to the reports given by three young teachers and showed full appreciation for their academic acheivements. After the seminar, he also exchanged his views with the three young teachers and offered his own thoughts and opinions with regard to the doubtful points in their presentations. Other teachers and students present also actively engaged in the discussion, heating up the vibes at the scene. Before his departure, prof.Sargent said the Economics faculty and students of XMU are full of vitality and that he was deeply impressed by many excellent young teachers and students. He also expressed his hope that XMU economics could make greater advances in the days to come.

Edited by Li Zhiruo and Li Yujie

Source: http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/news/2017-02-20-16886.html