Perhaps surprisingly, public health overall improves during economic recessions. Fewer people die, fewer heart attacks are reported and general morbidity decreases, according to research from the World Health Organization.
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Minority groups in the U.S. will command unprecedented economic clout this year and well into the future, according to the annual Multicultural Economy report from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the Terry College of Business.
Terry welcomed 14 new faculty members this semester. Spread across seven departments, the new hires include eight tenure-track positions that comprise part of the 21 tenure-track faculty to join the college in the past five years.
The new faculty members are:
Marisa Pagnattaro, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Legal Studies at the Terry College, has been named editor in chief of the American Business Law Journal, the field’s leading scholarly journal.
Net Impact, a nationwide nonprofit that encourages MBA students to use b-school skills for sustainable and environmental causes, profiled Terry College’s MBA program in its guide 2013 guide to innovative schools.
Erroll B. Davis Jr., superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and former University System of Georgia chancellor, will deliver the keynote address at the 13th Annual Board Governance Summit (formerly Directors’ College), which runs Sept. 17-18 in Atlanta.
In its first-ever rankings of Executive MBA programs, The Economist placed the University of Georgia Terry College of Business program No. 22 worldwide.
In an effort to expand the scope and quality of business education at the University of Georgia, the Terry College of Business has added two new executives-in-residence.
