Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, August 11, 2006

Department of Economics Convocation
The Department of Economics Convocation will be held on Tuesday, August 22. Refreshments will be in 360 Heady, 3:15-3:45 pm, with the program following in 368A Heady. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend._x000d_
https://intranet.econ.iastate.edu/department/schedule/calendar/
College of Agriculture Fall Convocation
The College of Agriculture Fall Convocation will be held Tuesday, September 5, at 3:30 pm in the courtyard of the Food Sciences Building. The convocation will include a presentation from the Dean and the introduction of new faculty members.
University Convocation
The University Convocation will be held on Monday, September 11, at 3:15 pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

Advancing Renewable Energy: An American Rural Renaissance
St. Louis, Missouri, October 10-12, 2006_x000d_
http://www.technologyforums.com/6EN/
National Public Policy Education Conference
Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 17-20, 2006_x000d_
http://www.farmfoundation.org/nppecindex.htm
Teaching Innovations Program (TIP) in Economics
Santa Barbara, California, May 18-20, 2007_x000d_
Dedham, Massachusetts, June 8-10, 2007_x000d_
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/AEACEE/TIP

Food and Society Policy Fellowship
Deadline: September 15, 2006_x000d_
http://www.foodandsocietyfellows.org/publications.cfm?refID=88617

Michigan State University
Assistant/Associate/Professor, Economics_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=4713
University of Montana, Missoula
Senior Research Professor and Associate Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research_x000d_
http://www.umt.edu/hrs/FAC/DHCI11.05.htm

Wally Huffman
(with S. Huffman, A. Tegene, and K. Rickertsen). "The Economics of Obesity-Related Mortality in High Income Countries." Presented at the 2006 AAEA meetings, Long Beach, CA, July 23-26, 2006._x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/research/webpapers/paper_12604_06021.pdf_x000d_
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(with R. Evenson). "Do Formula or Competitive Grant Funds have Greater Impact on State Agricultural Productivity?" Presented at the 2006 AAEA meetings, Long Beach, CA, July 23-26, 2006.