Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, January 26, 2007

Third Floor Conference Rooms
If you have been avoiding using the small conference rooms on third floor (368B and 368C) due to the absence of whiteboards, please note that one blackboard in each room has been converted to a whiteboard.
It's a Girl!
Congratulations to Li Yu and Na Jin on the birth of Fiona Jin born Monday, January 22, at 11:06 p.m. weighing 8 lbs., 9 oz., and 21 inches long.

Left ISU
Carola Grebitus
New
Frayne Olson, Scientist, 467 Heady, 294-6271, frayneo@iastate.edu
Office Moves
Murali Kuchibhotla, 75 Heady, 294-5452_x000d_
Suman Majumdar, B4 Curtiss, 294-4864

Stanford Institute in Theoretical Economics (SITE) Summer 2007 Workshop
Deadline: March 2, 2007_x000d_
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SITE/call_for_papers_2007.html
2007 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Agriculture at the Crossroads: Energy, Farm & Rural Policy_x000d_
Arlington, Virginia, March 1-2, 2007_x000d_
http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/
National Bureau of Economic Research
Summer Institute 2007_x000d_
Abstract deadline: January 31, 2007_x000d_
http://www.nber.org/callforpapers/call_si07.html
International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
Ghent, Belgium, June 4-6, 2007_x000d_
Registration deadline: March 30, 2007_x000d_
http://www.rrbconference.com/

Bailey Research Career Development Award
Deadline: March 9, 2007_x000d_
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/bailey.html
Competition Policy Associates (COMPASS)
The Compass Prizes_x000d_
Submission deadline: February 12, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CompassPrizes.pdf
Higher Education for Development
U.S. - Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Partnership Initiative_x000d_
Deadline: March 23, 2007_x000d_
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/212/itemid/61/TIES-US--Mexico-University...
Food Distribution Research Society
William Applebaum Memorial Scholarship_x000d_
Application deadline: June 1, 2007_x000d_
http://fdrs.ag.utk.edu/applebaum.html
Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, ISU
Research Grant Development Awards for New Faculty_x000d_
Department deadline: February 28, 2007_x000d_
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/researchgrantdev.html

Seoul National University
Visiting Professor (Assistant/Associate/Full)_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=5161
Mount Olive College
Director, Agribusiness Center_x000d_
http://www.moc.edu/dloads/pdf/POSITIONANNOUNCEMENTforMOC_ABCDirector-Web...
University of Florida
Assistant Professor_x000d_
Deadline: April 1, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofFlorida.pdf
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA
Deputy Administrator for Plant and Animal Systems_x000d_
Deadline: March 5, 2007_x000d_
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=52439488&AVSDM=2007%2D...
The Ohio State University
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Affairs, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences_x000d_
Deadline: March 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/OSUDean.pdf

Wallace E. Huffman
(with G. Norton, G. Traxler, G. Frisvold, and J. Foltz) "Winners and Losers: Formula versus Competitive Funding of Agricultural Research," Choices 21(4), 4th Quarter 2006, pp. 269-274.