{"id":3001,"date":"2025-12-11T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:44:54","slug":"congratulations-senior-thesis-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/2025\/12\/11\/congratulations-senior-thesis-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Senior Thesis Students!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Friday, December 5, our senior thesis students presented their research in our end-of-semester poster session. 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