Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, September 19, 2008

It's a girl!
Congratulations to Brent and Donna Moore on the birth of a baby girl. Madeleine Marie was born on Tuesday, September 16, at 7:20 p.m. weighing 8 lbs., 3 oz. and 20 inches long.
It's a boy!
Congratulations to Babatunde Abidoye and Joanna Awoniyi on the birth of a baby boy. The baby was born on Monday, September 15, at 8:50 p.m. weighing 9lbs., 1 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long.

Office Changes
Song Xi Chen, 367, 4-0039_x000d_
Hongli Feng, 377, 4-6307_x000d_
Wally Huffman, 460E, 4-6359_x000d_
Tanya Rosenblat, 460A, 4-5028
Left ISU
Frayne Olson

67th International Atlantic Economic Conference
Rome, Italy, March 11-14, 2009_x000d_
http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/Rome_67/index.htm
67th Midwest Political Science Association National Conference
Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2009_x000d_
Deadline: October 10, 2008_x000d_
http://www.mpsanet.org/~mpsa/index.html

Social Science Research Council
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship_x000d_
Application deadline: October 3, 2008_x000d_
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
The National Research Initiative Fellowship_x000d_
The Gerald R. Ford Fellowship_x000d_
Deadline: December 5 2008_x000d_
http://www.aei.org/fellowships
The National Academies
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships_x000d_
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/

University of Pittsburgh
Associate/Full Professor, across fields_x000d_
Open Rank, Econometrics/Experimental Economics/Macroeconomics (three positions)_x000d_
Deadline: October 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UnivofPittsburgh.pdf
Gustavus Adolphus College
Visiting Assistant Professor/Macroeconomist_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Gustavus.pdf
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
One year opportunity, development of economic systems/models_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EconIPA.pdf
University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor, Open Economy Macro, Development or Economic Growth_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail&nr=7353_x000d_
Assistant Professor, Public Economics_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail&nr=7352

Wallace Huffman
"The Impact of Public and Private R&D on Farmers' Choices and Productivity: Econometric Evidence from State Data, 1960-2004," Yale University Symposium in Honor of Robert Evenson's Retirement, September 13, 2008.