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

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Announcements

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Spring Convocation

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Spring Convocation will be held on Friday, February 15 at 4:15 p.m. in 127 Curtiss.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Labor and Trade Recruiting Seminar

Heiwai Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Labor Market Institutions, Firm-specific Skills, and Trade Patterns," Friday, February 8, 4:00 p.m., 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/tangpaper.pdf

Grain Marketing Seminar

Matt Roberts, North Carolina State University, Monday, February 11, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Department Seminar

Tanya Rosenblat, Wesleyan University, "Experiments in Real World Social Networks," Wednesday, February 13, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/rosenblat.pdf

Grain Marketing Seminar

Chad Hart, Iowa State University, Thursday, February 14, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Labor and Trade Recruiting Seminar

Stefania Garetto, University of Chicago, "Input Sourcing and Multinational Production," Friday, February 15, 11:15 a.m., 368A Heady Hall

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Washington International Renewable Energy Conference

Washington, DC, March 3-7, 2008
http://www.americanrenewables.com/

Workshop on Airline Competition

Washington, DC, October 2008
Deadline: June 30, 2008
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/workshops/airlines2008/index.htm

Funding Opportunities

Food Distribution Research Society

2008 Applebaum Memorial Scholarship Award
June 1, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/FDRSAward.pdf

New York University

NYU Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity (PTP-AD)
Deadline: March 3, 2008
http://www.nyu.edu/faculty/funding.opportunities/fellowship.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Regional Grants
March 17, 2008
http://www.epa.gov/pesp/

USDA Risk Management Agency

Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education
Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions
Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program
Deadline: March 24, 2008
http://www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/agreements/

Job Opportunities

E3 Network

Internship
Deadline: March 15, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/e3internship.pdf

East Central University

Assistant Professor
Deadline: March 1, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EastCentralUniversity.pdf

Northeastern Junior College

Instructor, Ag Business/Ag Economics
Deadline: March 10, 2008
http://www.njc.edu/HR/files/pa/PA_Ag_Bus-Econ_Instr1_2008.pdf

Public Policy Institute of California

Dissertation Fellow
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1969
Visiting Fellow
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1496
Summer Intern
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1201
Senior Fellow
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1141
Policy Analyst
http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1141

The Iowa Policy Project

Economic Policy Researcher
Deadline: February 15, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/IowaPolicyProject.pdf

University of Missouri

Agricultural Business Specialist
Deadline: February 22, 2008
http://extension.missouri.edu/careers/positionannouncements/CMAgBus080.html