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In This Newsletter

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

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Current News

Announcements

Offices Closed Monday

University offices will be closed and classes recessed Monday, May 25, in observance of the national Memorial Day holiday.

Roster Updates

Left ISU

Simla Tokgoz

Office Change

Amelia Fischer, 78 Heady, 4-1082

Department Seminars / Workshops

Department Seminar

Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University, "Climate Policy and Distribution," Tuesday, May 26, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady

Conferences and Calls for Papers

3rd Annual All China Economics International Conference

Hong Kong, December 14-16, 2009
Abstract submission deadline: July 31, 2009
http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/research/apec/ace/content.cfm?section=papers

Confronting Food Price Inflation: Implications for Agricultural Trade and Policies

Seattle, Washington, June 22-23, 2009
Registration deadline: May 29, 2009
http://www.iatrcweb.org/

Transition to a Bioeconomy: The Role of Extension in Energy

Little Rock, Arkansas, June 30-July 1, 2009
Registration deadline: May 27, 2009
http://www.farmfoundation.org/webcontent/Transition-to-a-Bioeconomy-The-Role-of-Extension-in-Energy-1704.aspx?z=85&a=1704

Funding Opportunities

USDA Foreign Agriculture Service

2010 Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) Program
Deadline: May 29, 2009
http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/fr/2009/042909TASC.asp

World Trade Organization

WTO Essay Award for Young Economists
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news09_e/rese_27apr09_e.htm

Job Opportunities

University of Alberta

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics/Agricultural Business Management
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofAlbertaAsstProfAg.pdf
Bocock Chair in Agriculture and Environment
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofAlbertaBocockChair.pdf