News and Events

In This Newsletter

• Announcements
• Roster Updates
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunities

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Current News

Announcements

University Holiday

University offices will be closed and classes will not be held Monday, January 15, in observance of the national Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Fall 2006 Graduates

Barrett Barr
Mukhtar Bekkali
Mei-Peng Cheong
Ryan French
Erik Guffy
Wenzhuo Shang
Junjie Sun
Dan Yang
Cassandra Yocum
Chengyan Yue
Jie Zhu

Lower Airfares

The next time you're arranging travel for university business, compare the rates at Student Universe for your airline ticket. In many cases, the fares are quite a bit cheaper than what you can find elsewhere, especially if you're inside the two-week advance purchase deadline. According to their guidelines, all faculty and students are eligible to use this service. The web address is www.studentuniverse.com.

Student Employee of the Year

The Student Employment Center seeks nominations for the 2007 Iowa State University Student Employee of the Year award.
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/StudentoftheYear.pdf

Roster Updates

New

In Soo Cho, Graduate Student, icho@iastate.edu
Se-Koo Rhee, Visiting Scholar, 271 Heady, 294-6042
Sonali Roy, Lecturer, 280A Heady, 294-6989
Kim Sharp, Lecturer, 368F Heady, 294-6922, kim.sharp@drake.edu
Ariel Singerman, Graduate Student, B5 Curtiss, 294-4827, ariel@iastate.edu

Office Changes

Monisankar Bishnu, 280A Heady, 294-6989
Thomas Schenk, B3 Curtiss, 294-4864

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture

Tampa, FL, November 2-4, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/RECcall.pdf

Summer Catholic Social Thought Institute

Washington, DC, May 21-25, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/SummerCatholicSocialThoughtInstitute.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA

Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: National Integrated Water Quality Program
Deadline: April 4, 2007
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1134

Social Science Research Council

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
Deadline: March 1, 2007
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Steven H. Sandell Grant Program in Retirement Research
Deadline: March 31, 2007
http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/SandellGuide07.pdf

Job Opportunities

St. Charles Community College

Faculty position, Finance/Economics
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/St.CharlesCommunityCollege.pdf

U.S. Census Bureau

Research Position
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/USCensusBureau.pdf