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Altuğ Aydemir, a 2020 alumni, was honored to be one of the 12 economists shortlisted as “Highly Commended Entrants”
2020 September
Altuğ Aydemir, a 2020 alum of our University’s Department of Economics, was honored to be one of the 12 economists shortlisted as “Highly Commended Entrants” in “The Global Undergraduate Awards”. METU is a member of this prestigious international academic award program within the scope of the AdımODTÜ Undergraduate Research Project. Entrants whose paper or project ranked in the top 10% of submissions to their category, are shortlisted as Highly Commended Entrants.
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The Team Including METU Economics Department Students Ranked 1st at the Young Economic Policy Designers Workshop
2020 August
This year’s YEP-D (Young Economic Policy Designers) Workshop was held online on 18-19 July 2020. YEP-D is a 36-hour marathon of economic policymaking simulation, which aims to provide its participants insights and real time policymaking experience through scenarios that address a different type of economic problem in each module.