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In This Newsletter

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

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Current News

Announcements

ISU/United Way Campaign

The ISU campaign to support the United Way is now underway. If you did not receive an envelope and would like to contribute, contact Deb Thornburg, 260 Heady. As a reminder, you can designate your contribution to a specific agency or to a county other than Story County by completing the donor choice card. See the ISU/United Way web site for this year's list of incentives. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/uw09/incentives.htm

Other ways to contribute: Donate non-perishable items or books to earn a chance at winning a prize. See Deb for details.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Human Resources Workshop

Donna Ginther, University of Kansas, "Does Marriage Lead to Specialization? An Evaluation of Swedish Trends in Adult Earning Before and After Marriage," Thursday, October 1, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady Hall.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

69th International Atlantic Economic Conference

Prague, Czech Republic, March 24-27, 2010
Submission deadline: November 15, 2009
http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/Prague/index.htm

First Annual Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference

Banff, Canada, May 13-16, 2010
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010
http://eiit.org/RMET/2010/

Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resources Economists

Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 2, 2010
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010
http://www.wcere2010.org/

Journal of Economic Theory and Social Development

http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/JETSDCallforPapers.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Office of Personnel Management

Presidential Management Fellows Program
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/

Social Science Research Council

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/dpdf/

The National Academies

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm

University of Delaware

2009 Title VIII Research Program
Proposal deadline: December 6, 2009
http://international.udel.edu/title-viii/2009/

Job Opportunities

Cornell University

Agriculture Marketing Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension Association
http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/admin/careerops/pa499.htm

Eastern Illinois University

Assistant Professor
Deadline: November 20, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/Files/EIU.pdf

Tecas A&M University

Department Head
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/TexasA&MEconDeptHead.pdf

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Assistant Professor, Economic Development
Deadline: October 31, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofNorthCarolinaAsstProfEconDev.pdf

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Outreach/Research Specialist (Grain Marketing)
Deadline: November 15, 2009
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_061905.html

Papers and Presentations

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy

"A Fast Fourier Transform Technique for Pricing American Options Under Stochastic Volatility." Review of Derivatives Research, published online September 4, 2009.