Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, February 3, 2006

It's a girl
Congratulations to Chih-Chen Liu & Wei-Chun Hsu on the birth of a daughter. Ruth Anne Liu was born on Friday, January 13, 2006. She weighed 8 pounds.
Agriculture Communications Service Award
The Formula for Success publication won a Gold Award for Excellence in Writing: Science/Technology/Research at the CASE District VI annual meeting held on Jan. 24 in St. Louis. The publication was based on research conducted by Wallace Huffman and commissioned for national use by ESCOP.

University Lecture
Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, Minister of Transportation and Roads in Sudan and widow of John Garang de Mabior, and Pagan Amum, Diplomatic Affairs Advisor to the President of Southern Sudan, "Current Political Situation in Sudan," Saturday, February 4, 5:00 pm, Sun Room, Memorial Union

Alternative Globalizations
Chicago, Illinois, May 12-14, 2006_x000d_
http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/
Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality, Strengthening the Science Base
Kansas City, Missouri, October 11-13, 2006_x000d_
http://www.swcs.org/en/swcs_international_conferences/managing_agricultu...
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Iowa Conference
March 3, 2006, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Iowa State Center, Ames, Iowa._x000d_
http://www.isupjcenter.org/programs/ceic/

Excellence in Extension Grants
Application deadline: March 15, 2006_x000d_
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/eie/homepage.html
United States Department of Agriculture
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program_x000d_
Deadline: March 28, 2006_x000d_
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/
New IDEAS Partnership Program (Innovative Development and Engagement Across Sectors)
Deadline: April 25, 2006_x000d_
http://www.aascu.org/ALO/RFPs/newIDEAS/newIDEAS06.htm
Center for Integrated Animal Genomics Grants Program
Deadline: March 20, 2006_x000d_
http://www.ciag.iastate.edu/program_spring.html
United States Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service_x000d_
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program_x000d_
Deadline: February 16, 2006_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1075

United States Department of Agriculture
Internships_x000d_
http://www.usda.gov/da/employ/intern.htm
American Institute for Economic Research
Visiting Research Fellowship_x000d_
Deadline: March 31, 2006_x000d_
http://www.aier.org/visitingresearch.html
University of Kentucky
Assistant/Associate Professor, Marketing and Food Systems_x000d_
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AgEcon/jobs/foodsystemsfac.pdf
Farm Foundation
Senior Fellows_x000d_
Deadline: April 3, 2006_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/FarmFoundationSeniorFellows.pdf
Doane
Director_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/DirectorofDoane.pdf
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC
Ph.D. Economist_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/Files/U.S.BureauO...