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Announcements for Friday, July 29, 2011

Announcements

  • Welcome new graduate students!

    New graduate students in economics will be on campus starting Monday, August 1st. They will be participating in two weeks of math camp and then a week of orientation activities prior to the start of fall classes. Please take time to welcome them and introduce yourself if you see them in the hallways!

  • EGSA fall picnic Friday, August 19

    The EGSA beginning of the year picnic will be held on Friday, August 19th from 5pm-7pm in the Linden Shelter at Brookside Park. We encourage all staff, faculty, and students to come and kick-off the school year with some good food! This is also a good time to meet the new students who are staring the economics graduate program this fall. More information will be forthcoming about how to RSVP so that we are better able to plan for food numbers.

  • No newsletter next week

    The department newsletter won't come out next week, so look for the next edition on Friday, August 12th.

News

  • Otto's class project on debt crisis featured in ISU News Service Story

    In the heat of the debt crisis debates, ISU News Service has featured a story on Dan Otto's spring semester class project. Students came up with a series of recommendations for managing the federal debt, and Otto summarized those in an editorial that was published in the Des Moines Register. Read the latest story written by Mike Ferlazzo, ISU News Service.

  • Professor Emeritus Arnold Paulsen passes

    Professor Emeritus Arnold Paulsen passed away July 27, 2011. Paulsen was born Oct. 26, 1928 in Lyons, Neb., to Allen and Esther (Swanson) Paulsen, and married Mary Lou Tannus in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954 in Germany and was a Korean War veteran. He attended Dana College in Blair Neb., Luther College in Decorah and he received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University in 1958. Arne worked for Iowa State University as a Professor of Agricultural Economics until his retirement. His work took him across the country and around the world.


    For more information on funeral visitation, click on the following link: http://www.adamssoderstrum.com/

  • Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics
    • Chad Hart was interviewed by Julie Ingwersen, a reporter for the Reuters news service about corn basis (the difference between corn futures prices and the local corn price) and the current factors influencing it.
    • Dave Swenson was interviewed from 1-2 p.m. this afternoon on “You Turn” by Mel Crippen on NewsTalk 1430 KASI in Ames. They mostly discussed the broader economy and the recovery as well as the debt ceiling debate.
    • Swenson was also interviewed on “You Turn” by Mel Crippen on NewsTalk 1430 KASI in Ames. They mostly discussed the broader economy and the recovery as well as the debt ceiling debate.

    Information courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service

Funding Opportunities

  • New prize in economics from Banque d France and the Toulouse School

    The Bank of France and the Toulouse School of Economics are jointly launching two prizes to distinguish leading economists in the fields of monetary economics and finance. Find more information at: www.tse-fr.eu/Banque-de-France-TSE-Prize

     

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