Favorable outcomes
Statistics major Wanning Wang takes advantage of UD research, internship and student organization opportunities
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UD experts help farmers navigate a complex global market for agriculture
Class project to internship
Keeley McCormick turned a job shadow assignment into a Mountaire internship
WELCOME TO APPLIED ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
Applied Economics and Statistics is concerned with food and agribusiness marketing, the economics of environmental and resource management, and statistics.
Applied Economics courses are designed to provide a thorough background in the principles of organization and management of agribusiness firms, and includes study of financing agricultural business firms, marketing and international trade of agricultural products, price analysis, environmental economics, economics of land use, and agricultural and environmental policies.
Our mission is to cultivate learning and develop and share knowledge that benefits society. Our focus is to advance economics and statistics methods and theories, and apply them to various subjects, such as health, agriculture, natural resources, the environment, and data science.
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Associate Professor of Applied Economics
Dr. Palm-Forster is the director of the Center for Experimental and Applied Economics, which explores a wide variety of economic and consumer behaviors. Major research focuses on land conservation and ecosystem service markets, water quality monitoring, behavioral response to risk, food safety and agricultural policy, and provision of public goods.
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Favorable outcomes
May 18, 2026 | Article by Molly Schafer | Photos courtesy of Wanning WangStatistics major Wanning Wang has a high probability of success. The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics senior takes advantage of everything the University of Delaware has to offer. She works as a research assistant on campus, has minors in business administration and business analytics, and regularly networks with industry professionals through UD’s Job Shadow Program. -
Classroom to cornfield
May 13, 2026 | Article by Katie Peikes | Photos by Kathy F. AtkinsonWith nearly 80,000 jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact, agriculture and food are Delaware’s No. 1 industry. The University of Delaware is at the forefront of preparing students for those jobs through the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In mid-April, students got exposure to all things agriculture and natural resources through former Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee, who took them around to learn about a handful of local farms. -
Shared success
May 07, 2026 | Written by Molly SchaferSix University of Delaware students continue a nearly 40-year UD tradition of competing in the Student Marketing Competition at the National Agri-Marketing Association annual Agri-Marketing Conference. While her food and agribusiness marketing students represented UD, Prof. Kelly Davidson received a national advising award. -
Understanding sustainable development
April 24, 2026 | Written by Katie Peikes | Photos courtesy of Kent Messer, Helena Owen, Kristian Tolbert and Ava FerryEleven University of Delaware students got a crash course in sustainable development up close and personal to Patagonia’s snow-capped mountains, volcanoes, glaciers, and dazzling blue lakes. Kent Messer, S. Hallock du Pont Professor of Applied Economics, led the group and taught students all about the region’s numerous sustainability challenges, including poverty and natural resource management. They visited contested forest landscapes, including areas claimed by Indigenous communities.
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