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• Announcements
• Department Seminars / Workshops
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunities

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Current News

Announcements

It's A Girl

Congratulations to Francisco and Karina Rosas on the birth of a baby girl! Manuela was born on Wednesday, December 31, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz.

University Offices Closed January 19

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, university offices will be closed and classes recessed Monday, January 19.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Department Seminar

Christopher Knittel, University of California, Davis, "Pain at the Pump: How Gasoline Prices Affect Automobile Purchasing," Friday, January 16, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady

Conferences and Calls for Papers

2009 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society

Boston, Massachusetts, June 4-7, 2009
http://www.econometricsociety.org/meetingnews.asp?ref=20

Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting

Kauai, Hawaii, June 24-26, 2009
http://agecon.uwyo.edu/waea/2009AssnMtg/2009MeetingDocs.htm

Funding Opportunities

Food Distribution Research Society

2009 William Applebaum Memorial Scholarship Awards
Application deadlines: June 1, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/FDRSCaseStudyAward.pdf
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/FDRSDissertationandThesisAward.pdf

National Science Foundation

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)
Proposal deadline: March 13, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09519/nsf09519.htm?govDel=USNSF_25

Nutrition and Wellness Research Center (NWRC)

Request for Proposals
Deadline: January 16, 2009
http://www.nwrc.iastate.edu/news/2009rfp.pdf

Risk Management Agency, USDA

Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program
Application deadline: February 13, 2009
http://www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/agreements/

Job Opportunities

North Dakota State University

Assistant Professor
Deadline: February 15, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/NDSUAsstProf.pdf

Public Policy Institute of California

Richard J. Riordan 2009 Summer Intern Program
Application deadline: March 13, 2009
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1201

University of Manitoba

Assistant Professor, Agribusiness
Deadline: March 6, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofManitobaAgribusiness.pdf