# Prof. Robert Engle participates in the US Adult Figure Skating Championships

1 Faculty News April 28, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049904579515651033733362?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304049904579515651033733362.html&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009) -- "The sport draws writers, engineers, even a Nobel Prize-winning economist: [Robert Engle](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-engle), a New York University professor and avid ice dancer. 'It's a great sport,' says the 71-year-old laureate, putting a positive spin on his pastime. It's a good way to get exercise and it 'clears your mind,' he says."

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