Economics is a unique field, in that many of the issues it attempts to solve are familiar to a wide audience. For instance, my work focuses on housing markets and sea level rise. The typical adult probably has some familiarity with housing markets, and at this point sea level rise is a commonly known phenomenon…
Author: hicksadam
My Cohort’s Eclectic Projects
As a senior at Pitt, I have been exposed to a myriad of peers, both within and outside my home departments of economics and mathematics. In particular, I have had consistent contact with students entering the medical, biological, or chemical sciences. They tell me they are “going to lab”, or they talk about their “PI”,…
Beginning the Brackenridge Fellowship
Hello! My name is Adam Hicks, and I am a Pitt Honors student majoring in both mathematics and economics and minoring in applied statistics. This summer, I will be mentored by Professors Jane Caldwell and Katherine Wolfe as I study future predicted sea level rise’s effects on current day English housing market trends. Using elevation…