Announcements for Friday, August 29, 2008
Announcements
- University Closed Monday, September 1
University offices will be closed and classes will not be held on Monday, September 1, in observance of the national Labor Day holiday.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
- Farming with Grass: Achieving Sustainable Mixed Agricultural Landscapes
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 20-22,2008_x000d_
Registration deadline: September 10, 2008_x000d_
http://www.swcs.org/index.cfm?nodeID=12758 - Micro and Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Globalization
Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 5-6, 2008_x000d_
Submission deadline: September 19, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/NBERMicroMacro.pdf - 2008 LACEA/LAMES Joint Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20-22, 2008_x000d_
Submission deadline: September 30, 2008_x000d_
http://epge.fgv.br/blogs/lacealames2008 - Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
Washington, DC, June 4-5, 2009_x000d_
Submission deadline: January 16, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/FinancialMarketsConference.pdf - 89th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association
"Investing in the Social Sciences: A Hidden Gem in Higher Education"_x000d_
Denver, Colorado, April 8-11, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/2009SSSACall.pdf - Seventh Annual Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
ISU Memorial Union, October 13, 2008_x000d_
Abstract deadline: September 19, 2008_x000d_
The competition will be held prior to the Borlaug Lecture by Sir Gordon Conway on The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century. If you have questions, please contact Professor Patricia Murphy, pmurphy@iastate.edu, or Professor Helen Jensen, hhjensen@iastate.edu._x000d_
http://www.fshn.hs.iastate.edu/grad/borlaug.php
Funding Opportunities
- William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellows Program 2008-2009
Application deadline: December 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/podlich/ - Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA
Request for Proposals: Fiscal Year 2008 Funding Opportunity for Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives_x000d_
Deadline: September 19, 2008_x000d_
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-19599.pdf
Job Opportunities
- University of Western Ontario
Associate Professor/Professor, Agriculture/Agrifoods_x000d_
Deadline: October 31, 2008_x000d_
http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/CareerOpportunities/pdf/AgriChair2008.pdf - Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economist_x000d_
Deadline: September 30, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/MichiganAgEconomist.pdf - National University of Singapore
Head, Department of Economics_x000d_
Deadline: September 30, 2008_x000d_
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/department/job_head.html - International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Research Associate, Economic Development_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail&nr=7261
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