Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, March 9, 2007

Spring Break
During spring break, March 12-16, there will be no classes. The main office, 260-266 Heady, will be open from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Congratulations to Wenzhuo Shang
Wenzhuo was one of 41 students nationwide to have been elected a Graduate Fellow of The American Academy of Political and Social Science for 2007.
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 11, so turn your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night. This is three weeks earlier than in the past._x000d_
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html

Bio-terrorism and Natural Disasters: Market and Policy Responses
Washington, DC, March 22-23, 2007_x000d_
Registration deadline: March 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.cfare.org/updates/Marketing_conferecefampsnc-1016_2007.pdf
18th Summer Festival on Game Theory
Stony Brook, New York, July 9-20, 2007_x000d_
http://www.gtcenter.org/

Higher Education for Development
Collaborative Partnerships: Ethiopia/Uganda_x000d_
Deadline: April 30, 2007_x000d_
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/227/itemid/101/Request-for-Applications-...
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program_x000d_
Deadline: June 1, 2007_x000d_
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12860&mode=VIEW
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Feasibility/Pilot Project Grant Program_x000d_
Deadline: May 22, 2007_x000d_
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/NR/rdonlyres/CA6E61FD-B3A5-468F-BFE1-C5...
Risk Management Agency, USDA
Target States Program_x000d_
Commodity Partnerships Program_x000d_
Commodity Partnership Small Sessions Program_x000d_
Deadlines: April 23, 2007_x000d_
http://www2.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/agreements/
National Science Foundation
Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)_x000d_
Deadline: May 22, 2007_x000d_
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084&org=SBE
Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS)
Research Planning Grant_x000d_
Deadline: May 1, 2007_x000d_
http://www.ctnsstars.org/grants/grants_1.html

Butte College
Instructor, two positions_x000d_
Deadline: March 21, 2007_x000d_
http://www.butte.edu/admin/hr/employment/documents/EconomicsInstructor.pdf
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Administrator, Ecomomic Research Service_x000d_
Deadline: March 19, 2007_x000d_
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000495287-01