Archive for July, 2008

Atlanta Taps Mercer Center, Professor to Help it Decide on Sister City

The city of Atlanta has tapped the China Research Center at Mercer’s Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics to study its options for a sister city. Currently mulling three offers, the city turned to the Center and director Penelope Prime, Ph.D., a professor of economics at the Stetson School of Business and Economics, to help research the prospects of the three candidate cities, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

To read the story, visit ajc.com.

Mercer Students Charting Journey in Costa Rica Through Blog

A group of Mercer University students in the Mercer On Mission program are working to record their trip to Costa Rica on their own blog, http://merceronmissioncostarica.blogspot.com. They will be posting throughout their journey through the Central American country, which began July 7 and will end on July 25.

The 25 Mercer students are led by Gregory Domin, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, and Robert Hargrove, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and environmental sciences.

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