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

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Current News

Department Seminars / Workshops

Department Seminar

Stacy Sneeringer, Wellesley College, "Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture," Monday, November 2, 4:10 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Department Seminar

Markus Mobius, Harvard University, "Measuring Trust in Peruvian Shantytowns," Wednesday, November 4, 4:10 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Human Resources Workshop

Murali Kuchibhotla, Iowa State University, "School-to-Work Transition of Youth in Sri Lanka," Thursday, November 5, 4:00 pm, 468D Heady Hall

Conferences and Calls for Papers

85th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association International

Portland, Oregon, June 29-July 3, 2010
Paper deadline: December 15, 2009
http://www.weainternational.org/conferences.htm

CNREP 2010: Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy

New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26-28, 2010
http://www.cnrep.lsu.edu/2010/Call_For_Abstracts.pdf

Funding Opportunities

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Higher Education Challenge
Deadline: February 5, 2010
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/higher_education_challenge.html

Job Opportunities

Cornell University

Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CornellDean.pdf

Williams College

Assistant Professor
Deadline: November 30, 2009
http://econ.williams.edu/jobs

Papers and Presentations

Invited Seminar

Charles Zheng gave a talk at the University of Maryland on his current project "The core with commitment."