Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, August 1, 2008

Announcements

It's a boy!
Congratulations to Stacey and Dan Noe on the birth of a baby boy! Brayden Jon was born at 7:52 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, weighing 7 lbs., 11 oz. and 20" long.
Congratulations!
The Ag Business Club won the AAEA Outstanding Club Award and the AAEA Creative Idea Award at the AAEA annual meetings in Orlando, Florida. This is the third year in a row the club has won both awards.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

8th Annual BioCycle Conference On Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling
Madison, Wisconsin, October 6-8, 2008_x000d_
https://www.jgpress.com/conferences1/archives/_8th_annual_biocycle_confe...
8th Annual International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
East-West Center _x000d_
Honolulu, Hawaii, February 12-14, 2009_x000d_
Abstract deadline: October 17, 2008 _x000d_
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference
Agricultural Economics
The World Food Crisis Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses_x000d_
Submission deadline: August 22, 2008_x000d_
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/ae/AE_CallForPapers.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Ralph K. Morris Foundation
Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund_x000d_
Deadline: September 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.ralphkmorrisfoundation.org/webster_app_guide.asp

Job Opportunities

University of Western Australia
Research Associate/Research Fellow_x000d_
Deadline: September 12, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofWesternAustralia.pdf
University of Cincinnati
Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor of Economics_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail&nr=7194
University of Minnesota
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Consumer Economics and Food Marketing_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofMinnConsumerEcon.pdf
University of Gottingen
Professor, two positions_x000d_
Deadline: August 31, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PovCentre.pdf