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In This Newsletter

• Announcements
• Roster Updates
• Department Seminars / Workshops
• External Seminars / Workshops
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Job Opportunities
• Papers and Presentations

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Current News

Announcements

It's a Girl!

Congratulations to Li Yu and Na Jin on the birth of a baby girl. Olivia Jin was born on Saturday, October 10, at 10:15 p.m. weighing 7 lbs., 15 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long.

Roster Updates

Office Move

Cheng Wang, 473 Heady (same phone #)

Department Seminars / Workshops

Agricultural Economics Workshop

Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University, "Homogenous and Heterogenous Contestants in Piece Rate Tournaments: Theory and Empirical Analysis," Monday, October 19, 4:10 pm, 368A Heady Hall

External Seminars / Workshops

Ninth John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture

The first lecture will be held at Iowa State University on Tuesday, October 27, 8 pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union. A reception will follow.
The second lecture will be held at Grinnell College on Wednesday, October 28, 4:15 pm, 101 Joe Rosenfield Center.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

54th Annual AARES National Conference

Adelaide, South Australia, February 10-12, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: November 6, 2009
http://www.alloccasionsgroup.com/aares-2010-conference-call-for-papers

Job Opportunities

North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

Director and Full Professor
Deadline: December 4, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/NCRCRDDirector.pdf

Papers and Presentations

Wallace Huffman

"Investing in People for the 21st Century." University Lecture presented at the T.W. Schultz Commemorative Symposium, South Dakota State University, October 6, 2009.