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Pitney Bowes Inc., a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping, mailing and financial services, announced that Ned Zachar ('85 economics) has joined the company as Vice President and will be responsible for managing the Investor Relations program.
Wendong Zhang, associate professor, co-authored a white paper on the role of agricultural collaboration in US-China Relations, "Finding Firmer Ground: The Role of Agricultural Cooperation in US-China Relations." This is commissioned by the US Heartland China Association and the Carter Center, and will be posted on their websites and be distributed via email and printed copies to legislators and stakeholders.
PhD student Jun Yeong Lee and his wife Sunhyung had a baby boy on Tues., Sept 14.
Little Andrew weighed in at 6 lb 11 oz, and is 20-1/2 inches long. All are doing well.
David Swenson, research scientist, was cited in a Sept. 3 Perishable News.com story, "Small Family Farmers Generate More than 50% More Economic Value for Local Economy, Report Reveals."
Chad Hart, professor, was interviewed for a Sept. 4 Iowa Farmer Today story, "International relations key to maintaining demand."
Wendong Zhang, associate professor, was interviewed for a Sept. 4 Iowa Farmer Today story, "U.S. production influences global ag practices."
U.S. Farm Report kicked off their 2021 college roadshow season at Iowa State.
Please join us for a Fall Fulbright Welcome Event at ISU! Meet the new Fulbright students and scholars at ISU, and re-connect with Fulbright alums.
Friday, September 24, 2021
4:00-5:30 pm
Pioneer Room, ISU Memorial Union
Light appetizers and refreshments will be served.
Please pass the word along to new Fulbrighters who may not yet be on our mailing list.
Wendong Zhang, associate professor, has had an article, "A Fortune from misfortune: Evidence from hog firms’ stock price responses to China’s African Swine Fever outbreaks," published in Food Policy.
Matt Clancy, assistant teaching professor, was interviewed for a Sept. 3 New York Times story, "When Chance Encounters at the Water Cooler Are Most Useful."
“Within a field, it’s not going to be as hard to meet people,” said Matt Clancy, who studies the economics of innovation at Iowa State University and has written about this research. “The harder part is when you don’t know they’re there, you don’t know they’re valuable to meet, you don’t know their work exists and is important.”
COVID-19: By the numbers
Iowa State University now provides weekly updates on campus COVID-19 testing results as well as county- and state-level data provided by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Updates are published on Wednesdays.
The Decision-Making Side of Machine Learning: Computational, Inferential and Economic Perspectives
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 4:25 to 5:25 pm
Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/91346303582 or in-person stream at 1230 Communications
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, has a new report, "Egg Processing, Cartoning and Transportation Costs: 2020 Update," in collaboration with the Egg Industry Center at ISU.
Otavio Bartalotti, associate professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 30 Quad-City Times story, "What's going up? Davenport's rental prices. And if you are a low-wage earner, you might not be able to keep up."
David Swenson, research scientist, has had recent media contacts:
Cara Smith, The Dispatch-Argus, "Quad-Cities job growth is slow. The new Amazon fulfillment center might not help," Aug. 29.
Wendong Zhang, associate professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 25 Radio Iowa story, "Iowa cash rents for farmland up from last year."
Peter Orazem, university professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 23 Times-Republican story, "Iowa unemployment rate and labor go up in July."
The Center for Rural Development (CARD) has published a new policy brief, "Iowa Farmland Owners could see Large Tax Increase from American Families Plan," about the tax impacts of a potentially consequential federal legislation currently being written and known as the American Families Plan.
Wendong Zhang, associate professor, has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. J. Arbuckle has been serving as an Associate Editor for this journal for many years. The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC) is a multidisciplinary journal of natural resource conservation research, practice, policy, and perspectives. It is published by the Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Minghao Li, former CARD postdoc, and Wendong Zhang, associate professor, have an invited article just published by Nature Food in the News and Views Section.
The Program for the Study of Midwest Markets and Entrepreneurship has launched a new website.
Ron Deiter, emeritus professor, gave an invited presentation to the Ames Rotary Club entitled “Sports Betting: Gambling or Investing?” Aug. 18.
Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen and Daniel J. Robison, holder of the Endowed Dean’s Chair in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, invite you to a special event honoring Hongli Feng as the inaugural recipient of the Professorship for Excellence in Agricultural Economics.
Liesl Eathington, research scientist, was interviewed for an Aug. 18 Oskaloosa News story, "How a handful of Iowa towns thrive, rise above rural decline."
John Winters, professor, was interviewed for an Aug. 16 Sioux Falls Argus Leader story, "How to rent in a packed Sioux Falls apartment and townhome market."
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