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Two new faces are joining the Heady and East IT tech folks this year. Charlie Donaldson, left, and Austin Golberg are both juniors in Management Information Systems. The students will help solve IT problems via the econ-tech@iastate.edu system and by monitoring the help desk in 62 Heady.
Scott Arnold ('89 ag business) was named Division President of Chubb Agriculture, North America, and President of Rain and Hail June 21, 2018.
Several department faculty members were interviewed for a Quad-City Times story on how the new Costco wholesale store opening in Davenport raised its hourly starting wage this year to $14, nearly twice the minimum wage.
David Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed about the failure of Iowa's wages to rise despite the state's lowest unemployment rate in nearly two decades. The story was picked up by several media outlets.
Sonja Huffman, adjunct associate professor, had her article "Life satisfaction and diet in transition: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey" published in Volume 49 Issue 5 September 2018, Agricultural Economics.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the launch of the NSF 2026 Idea Machine, a prize competition to help set the U.S. agenda for fundamental research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and STEM education.
Honors seminars are 1-2 credit courses, offered over a half or full term, which explore topics of current or special interest. They are graded Satisfactory/Fail, usually capped at 17 students, and enroll Honors students from any year or major. Many seminars are offered in the instructor’s area of expertise; others are interdisciplinary. A grant of $500 per seminar supports the professional development (e.g. professional subscriptions, membership fees, travel) of the instructor(s).
Proposal deadline: Friday, Sept. 14.
The Economics administrative offices (and all university offices) will be closed and classes will not meet on Monday, Sept. 3, to observe the national Labor Day holiday.
Dean finalists: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Open forums will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union. Candidates will be announced one business day prior to arriving on campus.
- Candidate 1: Tuesday, Sept. 4, Cardinal Room
- Candidate 2: Monday, Sept. 17, Cardinal Room
- Candidate 3: Thursday, Sept. 27, Pioneer Room
Edward Balistreri, associate professor, recently had a Correspondence (short comment) published in Nature, 560, 553 (2018).
"Consumption rebound could undermine border carbon-adjustment charges"
Lee Schulz, associate professor, contributed an article on effects of beef prices on consumers in Wallaces Farmer Aug. 22, 2018.
Dermot Hayes, professor, and Chad Hart, associate professor, were interviewed for an Aug. 27th Des Moines Register article on the new trade agreement between Mexico and the United States.
Economics senior Skyler Schneekloth did very well at the AAEA annual meetings in Washington, DC in August, winning the Undergraduate Student Paper competition.
This was not his first experience writing and presenting papers—this was his fourth conference—but this year was the first time he’s competed.
David Swenson, associate scientist, talked with Sarah Ritter, Quad City Times, on Thursday regarding the decline in “big box” retailers in the Quad Cities and what that means for the overall area economy.
University transportation services will open a key kiosk Sept. 4 for its daily vehicle reservations. The new system -- a touch screen and two locked panels containing keys -- allows customers to pick up and return vehicles around the clock, including over the weekend. The 24/7 system also can handle last-minute reservations or changes to reservations -- for example, an illness that results in a driver change.
The Iowa State Foundation would like to know what interactions your department may have planned for the month of September that involve corporations or foundations (or leaders within them) visiting campus. This information will be conveyed to our campus partners such as Sarah Nusser, vice president for research, and others as pertinent. They would like to know:
Four graduate students were elected as officers for the Economics Graduate Student Association for fall and spring semesters 2018-19.
Nolan Heffern, ag business senior from Decorah, Iowa, was named the 2018 North Central Division Intern of the Year Winner by Helena Agri-Enterprises. He was selected from a competitive group of 29 interns across the Midwest for his outstanding performance throughout his summer internship with Helena.
Save the Date for a Webinar on the Human Dimensions of a New Carbon Economy
Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2018
3:30-5:00 pm ET/12:30-2:00 pm PT
This fall Iowa State is starting an initiative to promote recycling on campus, with the goal by 2025 of reducing to zero the amount of Iowa State's waste going to the landfill.
Several faculty members will be taking on new department responsibilities this fall:
- Brent Kreider, professor, is the new Director of Graduate Education.
- Keri Jacobs, associate professor, is the new Director of Undergraduate Studies.
- Sergio Lence, professor, is the new teaching coordinator.
Signing up for international insurance for university-related travel is easier with a new system that eventually will offer automatic security alerts and other features.
The department welcomes four new faculty members joining us for 2018 fall semester. Be sure to stop in and welcome them to the department!
We are soliciting authors/teams interested in contributing papers to the Social Costs of Water Pollution Workshop (April 3-4, 2019), which will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of Land Economics.
Abstract submission deadline: Oct. 12, 2018
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for a story "Tariffs kill China market for U.S.-produced pig feet, heads" on ChinaDaily.com.cn Aug. 9, 2018.
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