• It's a girl!

  Congratulations to Yan Guo and Xuejia Lu on the birth of Emma Lu born Sunday, April 26, at 6:27 p.m. weighing 8 lbs., 5 oz. and 19 inches long.

Announcements

• It's a girl!

  Congratulations to Yan Guo and Xuejia Lu on the birth of Emma Lu born Sunday, April 26, at 6:27 p.m. weighing 8 lbs., 5 oz. and 19 inches long.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop at Illinois

  Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 25-26, 2009_x000d_
  Abstract deadline: July 31, 2009_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/HeartlandIllinois.pdf

Funding Opportunities

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars_x000d_
  Deadline: October 2, 2009_x000d_
  http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20741
• Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD)

  PAFTAD Fellowship for Young Scholars_x000d_
  Abstract and paper deadline: June 30, 2009_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PAFTADYoungFellows.pdf
• National Academy of Education

  Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program_x000d_
  Application deadline: November 6, 2009_x000d_
  http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html#Top...
• Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/Foundation

  German Chancellor Fellowship for Prospective Leaders_x000d_
  http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/4074.html

Job Opportunities

• Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc.

  Director of Marketing_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/NebraskaCattlemen.pdf
• University of Arkansas

  Program Associate, Economic Development/Public Finance_x000d_
  http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UADevelopmentPosition.pdf