Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, April 20, 2007

Moore and Thornburg to Receive LAS Awards
Congratulations to Brent Moore on receiving a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences P&S Excellence Award and to Deb Thornburg for receiving the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Merit Excellence Award. Both will be recognized at the LAS Fall Convocation on September 5, 4:00 pm, in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
Hart Wins Regents Award
Congratulations to Chad Hart on receiving the Professional and Scientific Regents Award for Staff Excellence. He will be recognized at the university's fall convcation and awards ceremony on Monday, September 10, 3:15 pm, in the Memorial Union Sun Room.

From Feedlot to Meat Counter: The Latest Research on the Impact of Ethanol
Webinar, Thursday, April 26, 2007, 2-3 pm CST_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CMEWebinar.pdf
NSF Assistant Director to speak at UI
Dr. David Lightfoot, Assistant Director of the NSF Division of Behavioral, Social, and Economic Sciences (SBE), The Intertwinement of Fundamental Work in the Human and Physical Sciences, Tuesday, April 24, 4 pm, W151 John Pappajohn Business Building, Iowa City. A reception follows in the North Room of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Agricultural Finance Review and China Agricultural University
Special Issue: Rural Credit in China_x000d_
Deadline: August 31, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/RuralCreditinChina.pdf
2007 World Congress
Creating Prosperity Through Investments in Agriculture_x000d_
Saint Louis, Missouri, May 8-10, 2007_x000d_
http://www.worldagforum.org/index.php?section=1

Risk Management Agency, USDA
Non-Insurance Risk Management Program Partnerships_x000d_
Application deadline: May 17, 2007_x000d_
http://www.rma.usda.gov/news/2007/04/researchapkit.html
Rural Development, USDA
Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG)_x000d_
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
Institute of Science and Society
Mini Grant Competition_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/ISSMiniGrant.doc

University of Kentucky
Area Extension Specialist, Farm Management_x000d_
Application deadline: May 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/Pennyroyal.pdf_x000d_
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofKentuckyAgEconomics.pdf
Woods Hole Research Center
Economist, Environmental/Resource Economics_x000d_
http://www.whrc.org/about_us/jobs.htm
Penn State University
Assistant/Associate Professor, Agribusiness_x000d_
Application deadline: June 29, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PSUAgribusiness.pdf