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

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Announcements

Emergency Contact Information Available in AccessPlus

Emergency contact information for faculty, staff and students is now available on AccessPlus. For more information and to designate your emergency contacts, sign in to AccessPlus.
http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/2009/0903/emergency.php

Flu Shots Available for ISU Employees

Flu shots are available again this year to eligible ISU employees at no cost. They will be given weekdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in room 205 TASF (Technical Administrative Services Facility). The clinic runs September 8-28 or until the supply runs out. You will need your university ID number to check in.
http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/2009/0910/flushots.php

Roster Updates

Office Changes

Zizhen Guo, B5 Curtiss (same phone #)
Murali Kuchibhotla, 71 Heady, 4-8717
Lisha Li, B5 Curtiss (same phone #)
Qiqi Wang, 75 Heady, 4-5452

Department Seminars / Workshops

Human Resources Workshop

Sonya Huffman, Iowa State University, "The Dynamics of Russian Lifestyle during the Transition: Changes in Food, Alchohol and Cigarette Consumption," Thursday, September 10, 4:00 p.m., 468D Heady Hall.

Department Seminar

Markus Mobius, Harvard University, "Consumption Risk-sharing in Social Networks," Friday, September 11, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Department Seminar

Charles Zheng, Iowa State University, "A noncooperative reformulation of the core," Monday, September 14, 4:10 p.m., 368A Heady Hall.

Department Seminar

Jan Eeckhout, University of Pennsylvania, "Assortative Learning," Tuesday, September 15, 3:40 p.m., 368A Heady Hall

Conferences and Calls for Papers

13th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics

Buch, Ammersee, Germany, May 15-21, 2010
Submission deadline: January 29, 2010
http://www.iza.org/link/SUMS

2010 Bahamas Conference of Business & Economics Society International

Nassau, Bahamas, January 6-9, 2010
Abstract deadline: September 30, 2009
http://www.besiweb.com/BESICall110.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies
Application deadline: October 11, 2009
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/women_gender/index.php
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Application deadline: November 15, 2009
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php

Job Opportunities

American Express

Several positions/International Marketing Capabilities Team
Positions are limited to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who currently have permanent residence status. Send inquires to: roberta.williams@aexp.com
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=505&siteid=5208&areq=116539BR

National Irrigation Board

Social Development Specialist
Deadline: September 23, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/NationalIrrigationBoard.pdf