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• Economics Student Abigail Burke Makes the Most of Federal Jackets Internship

  November 23, 2020

  
  Burke navigated an eventful summer while interning in the office of Rep. John Lewis.

• Ivan Allen College Student Athletes Honored at Graduation Brunch

  November 23, 2020

  
  Six student-athletes earned undergraduate or graduate degrees from the College.

• New Georgia Tech Strategic Plan Positions Ivan Allen College to Lead

  November 19, 2020

  

  Georgia Tech’s new strategic plan, unveiled Nov. 19, 2020, defines a vision highlighting the unique values and strengths of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

• Georgia Tech Econ Professor Serves as a Panelist in the China Research Center's Annual Breakfast Briefing

  October 27, 2020

  
  Professor Haizheng Li has been invited to be a panelist in the China Research Center's annual China Breakfast Briefing on October 29th.

• Georgia Tech PhD Student, Xin Gu, Wins Inaugural 3rd-year Paper Award

  October 21, 2020

  
  Gu (advisor: Professor Haizheng Li) was the recipient of the inaugural 3rd-year paper award in the School of Economics with an accompanying $500 prize for his paper “Peer Effects and Cognitive Ability Formation.”

• Study Shows War's Toll on Children's Long-Term Health

  October 13, 2020

  
  Olga Shemyakina is a pioneer in the field of health-related effects of war. Her most recent study, Political Violence and Child Health: Results from Zimbabwe, is in the very same field that led to a Nobel Peace Prize being given.

• Ivan Allen College Faculty, Students, Participate in ‘17 Zooms’

  October 7, 2020

  

  Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty members and students participated in a campus-wide discussion on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Oct. 1. The Georgia Institute of Technology president’s office sponsored the invitation-only “17 Zooms” online event.

• School Chair Laura Taylor Presents at the Georgia Tech Global Climate Action Symposium

  September 30, 2020

  
  Dr. Taylor will join panelists Ambassador Marcel Beukeboom of the Netherlands, Shelby Buso, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Atlanta, and Mirgana Spoljaric Egger of the United Nations Development Programme to discuss COVID19 and green recovery

• Georgia Tech Postdoctoral Fellow Publishes Research on the Effects of Paid Sick Leave on Worker Absenteeism

  September 23, 2020

  
  Dr. Jie Chen and her coauthors estimate the short‐term effects of paid sick leave on worker absenteeism and health care utilization in the United States using data from the 2000–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

• Ozkan and Shemyakina Named to Leading Women@Tech Cohort

  September 17, 2020

  

  Two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty and staff –  Sebnem Özkan, associate director of the Atlanta Global Studies Program and Olga Shemyakina, associate professor in the School of Economics – have been named to the 2020-21 cohort of Leading Women@Tech.

• New Research Explains the World Trade Organization's Response to Export Subsidies

  September 17, 2020

  
  Assistant Professor, Seung Hoon Lee, (School of Economics) and co-author, Kyle Bagwell (Stanford University), provide a new rationale for global trade policy set by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• Econ Staff Member Elected to ASPIRE Cohort

  September 14, 2020

  
  Assistant to the Chair, Dante Christmas, has been selected to participate in the 2020 ASPIRE: Cultivating a Leadership Mindset cohort!   

• Ivan Allen College Faculty, Staff,and Students Honored for Diversity and Inclusion

  September 8, 2020

  

  Georgia Tech's 2020 Diversity Symposium included numerous awards to Ivan Allen College faculty, staff, students, and programs.

• Dhongde Elected to IARIW Council

  September 8, 2020

  

  Associate Professor, Shatakshee Dhongde, has been elected to the Council of the International Association of Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW). 

• The School of Economics co-hosts the Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference

  September 2, 2020

  
  The School of Economics co-hosts the Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference.

• Brewer Named to Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows 2020-21 Cohort

  September 1, 2020

  
  Assistant Professor, Dylan Brewer, was selected for the 2020-21 cohort of the Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows!

• 3rd year Ph.D. Student Attends UC Berkeley Summer Program in Env. and Energy Economics

  August 28, 2020

  
  Vikrant Kamble, a 3rd-year Ph.D. student in the GT School of Economics, was selected to participate in the 2020 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics program.

• Georgia Tech Introduces Long-Term Initiative to Advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

  August 25, 2020

  

  To advance Georgia Tech’s new mission and strategic plan, the Institute is launching a campuswide sustainability effort to enhance Tech’s teaching, research, and operations.

• Shemyakina Selected for the Leading Women@Tech Program

  August 24, 2020

  
  Associate Professor, Olga Shemyakina, has been selected to be a part of the fifth cohort of the Leading Women@Tech Program.

• Twelve New Faculty Join Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  August 17, 2020

  
  These professors and academic professionals comprise the 2020/2021 cohort of incoming faculty.

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