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October 03, 2019

CALS enrollment, by the numbers:

October 02, 2019

Dr. Chad HartChad Hart, associate professor, was quoted in a Farm Journal's AgPro story, "Impeachment Investigation Controversy Vs. USMCA" September 26.

October 01, 2019

Esther KedagniDesire Kedagni, assistant professor, and his wife, Claire, welcomed the birth of a baby girl, Esther, on September 25th at 8:11 am. Her weight at birth was 7lbs 0.2 oz, and her height was 17 inches. All are doing well. Congratulations!

September 30, 2019

Tiffany ContrerasThe department welcomes a new student worker, Tiffany Contreras. Tiffany is a sociology and criminal justice senior who will be helping out in the office. Stop in and welcome her MWF from 9-1, or contact her at econ_tcontrer@iastat.edu.

September 30, 2019

Dr. Dermot HayesDermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a September 27 Des Moines Register story, "Worst-case scenario: Iowa's $8 billion pork industry tests its readiness for African swine fever outbreak."

September 30, 2019

Dr. Wendong ZhangWendong Zhang, assistant professor, presented a paper, "U.S. Anglers’ WTP for nutrient reduction and water quality: A spatially integrated economic-ecological model of Lake Erie,” at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign September 28-29, 2019.

September 30, 2019

Chen-ti ChenChen-Ti Chen, fifth-year PhD student (with coauthor John Crespi), presented a poster at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign September 28-29, 2019. Chen's poster, with its innovative design, won one of the two poster awards given at the workshop.

September 26, 2019

EGSA officersFive graduate students were elected as board members for the Economics Graduate Student Association (EGSA) for fall and spring semesters 2019-20.

September 25, 2019

David SwensonDavid Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed for a September 24th Des Moines Register story, "Iowa's personal income growth sags behind national average in second quarter."

September 24, 2019

Sergion Lence, Mark EdelmanProfessors Sergio Lence and Mark Edelman were  recipients of the university’s most distinguished awards and were honored Monday, Sept. 23, at the ISU Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. 

September 24, 2019

Dr. Desire KedagniDesire Kedagni, assistant professor, had his paper, "Generalized Instrumental Inequalities: Testing the IV Independence Assumption,'' (joint with Ismael Mourifie), accepted at Biometrika.

September 23, 2019

Madeline SchultzMadeline Schultz, Women in Ag program manager, was interviewed on Successful Farming Radio September 23, 2019.

September 23, 2019

Dr. Lee SchulzLee Schulz and Chad Hart, associate professors, were interviewed on a video interview with Sonja Begemann of Farm Journal's Pork September 13, 2019.

September 23, 2019

Dr. Chad HartChad Hart, associate professor, was interviewed on Radio Iowa September 20, discussing the importance of the USMCA trade pact.

September 23, 2019

Join us for a journey around the world to discover the collaboration between nature and humanity in order to feed, clothe, and beautify the world!  You are invited to the Iowa State University Seed Science Center 2019 Leroy & Barbara Everson Global Seed Symposium on October 14 and 15 at the Gateway Hotel in Ames, Iowa.  This symposium is held in collaboration with the World Food Prize, in Des Moines. 

September 19, 2019

To faculty and staff:

It's time for CALS and LAS staff award nominations and I'm sure that many of you are aware of the outstanding achievements and accomplishments of department staff in the past year.

Therefore, the econ department staff awards committee is opening up nomination suggestions for this year's staff awards to all of you.

September 18, 2019

What’s Your Story: Using Storytelling to Build Your Personal Brand
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
2:00-3:30 pm
Gold Room, Memorial Union

September 18, 2019

David SwensonDavid Swenson, associate scientist, answered questions from Trent Rice, WHO Radio, about the likely effects on the regional economy of the Saudi oil production disruptions.

September 18, 2019

There will be a planned power outage for Heady and East Halls for elevator maintenance on Saturday, September 28, 2019.

Questions about this request, contact the FP&M Work Information Center at 294-5100.

September 16, 2019

Sher Afghan AsadSher Afghan Asad, 5th year Ph.D. candidate, presented his paper, "Do workers discriminate against their out-group employers? Evidence from an online labor market," at the Advances with Field Experiments 2019 conference at the University of Chicago September 12, 2019.

 

September 16, 2019

Dr. Chad HartChad Hart, associate professor, was interviewed for a September 15th NPR story, "'We're Tightening Our Belt': Trump's Midwest Support Tested As Farmers Struggle."

September 12, 2019

Dr. Otavio BartalottiOtavio Bartalotti, assistant professor, presented the paper “Identifying Marginal Treatment Effects in the Presence of Sample Selection” at the Conference on Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (CEME) for Young Econometricians (https://economics.ucla.edu/CEME2019) on September 6, 2019.

September 11, 2019

CALS ice cream socialCALS staff: you are invited to a come and go open house event during CALS week. Come meet your representatives and give us your feedback on P&S issues.

September 11, 2019

Dr. Peter OrazemPeter Orazem, university professor, was quoted in a September 10th story on Marketplace.org, "It’s September and holiday workers are already in high demand."

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