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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 20, 2021
Di Minardi
di.minardi@gatech.edu
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Get caught up with the top stories, events, celebrations, and more from the School of Economics in 2021!
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School of Economics Year in Review2021 was a special year here in the School of Economics — we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our first Bachelor's degrees awarded in 1971!
We began the year by honoring the first three graduates, Phillip Jones, Philip Cheaney, and William "Bill" Thompson, Jr., at our virtual Ivan Allen College Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Happily, we were able to gather together again for some in-person events too. On homecoming weekend, we hosted our annual Alumni Homecoming Tailgate and Board of Advisors for the School of Economics (BASE) meeting.
We also launched a new Endowment for Excellence in Economics and met our $50,000 matching goal from generous gifts from the SOE community! Then, 2021 gave us more to celebrate with 63 graduating students in the spring and fall Commencement ceremonies. Professor Tibor Besedes was named the next Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor of Economics and we awarded two new Faculty Excellence Awards to Professor Haizheng Li and Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde.
Economists from around the country shared their work with us through our Fall Seminar Speaker Series, and School Chair Laura Taylor hosted a virtual conversation with Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo. Finally, our faculty shared their own research, insights, and expertise in publications such as Resource Radio, Axios, WSB-TV, WABE, The Indicator, the AJC, Healthcare Purchasing News, WebMD, HealthDay, US News, Cancer Network, Radiology Business, and more.
On our website, the most popular stories from 2021 were:
Our most read featured person profiles were:
And the most clicked research articles were:
So, what's next for the School of Economics?
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Thank you to all of our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the School for another fantastic year in the School of Economics! We hope you have a happy holiday season and a healthy and joyful New Year.
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