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April 07, 2022

Peter OrazemPeter Orazem, university professor, was interviewed by Marcus McIntosh, KCCI, April 7 about how Iowa's real GDP dropped 2.3% in Q3 to Q4 last year, which looks like the worst of any state.

April 07, 2022

Lee SchulzLee Schulz, associate professor, had on-camera interview in the News Service broadcast studio with Bryce Doeschot, Market Journal, on trends in pork production and pork markets.

April 07, 2022

2022 Phi Beta KappaThe following seven department undergraduate seniors have accepted their invitations to join the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa:

April 07, 2022

Each year, U.S. News and World Report ranks graduate programs in business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing. The latest 2023 rankings include graduate programs in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, health and other fields. Those rankings are based solely on surveys of academic reputation.

Iowa State University's Economics program tied for 30th among publics and tied for 57th overall.

April 06, 2022

The University of Nebraska at Omaha will be this year’s host of the Journal of Economics Teaching’s Symposium on Economics Teaching (JET SET).  

JET SET will be held Aug. 5-7, 2022. The conference includes a workshop with editors, many concurrent sessions focused on teaching, and a baseball ticket to see the Omaha Storm Chasers as a group.

April 05, 2022

Kevin KimleKevin Kimle, teaching professor and director of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative (AgEI), announced in an April 1 blog post AgEI's name and brand transition to Start Something College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

April 04, 2022

John WintersJohn Winters, professor, had a co-authored paper accepted at Regional Science and Urban Economics (already online and assigned the July issue): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046222000199?dgcid=coauthor

April 04, 2022

Sophie Bell, Mitchell Louwagie, Colton Moore, Kobe Riherd, Julia Campbell, Courtney UhlenhakeSix ag business undergraduate students have won 2022 Farm Credit Services scholarships. 

April 04, 2022

Sergio LenceSergio Lence, professor, has won the 2022 International Mission Award from Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture. GSD presents awards annually to recognize outstanding Gamma Sigma Delta members who help Iowa State University achieve its mission in one of the following areas: teaching, research, extension, and international.

April 04, 2022

Chad HartChad Hart, professor, was interviewed for an April 1 Business Record story, "Iowa’s GDP down 2.3% in Q4 as ag sector stumbles behind increased input costs."

March 31, 2022

Peter F. OrazemPeter Orazem, university professor, did two March 29 radio interviews about legislation reducing unemployment benefits in Iowa with:

Linh T, Axios
Becky Phelp, KCRG

March 30, 2022

Alejandro PlastinaAlejandro Plastina, associate professor, and Kristine Tidgren, Director of the Center for Ag Law and Taxation, will serve as panelists in the forum “Solving the Barriers to Agricultural Carbon Markets” organized by the Farm Foundation for April 12.

March 28, 2022

Chad HartChad Hart, professor, was interviewed for a March 23 KFAB interview on the effects of crop prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

March 24, 2022

Personal Reflections on the War in UkraineNancy B. Brannaman (BS Ag Business/Farm Operation, MS Ag Economics/Finance) was one of the panelists at a virtual University Lectures event, Personal Reflections on the War in Ukraine, March 23. Brannaman was with the  former U.S. Department of State Foreign Service in the Consular Officer in Kyiv around the time of Ukrainian independence.

March 24, 2022

CARD Ag Policy ReviewThe Winter 2022 CARD Agricultural Policy Review is now available online.

March 24, 2022

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) distributes available funding opportunities on a bi-weekly basis. If you would like to receive the available funding opportunities, please sign up at . (qualtrics.com).  You can also visit the CARES website, https://cares.cals.iastate.edu/funding, to view both current and past funding opportunities.

March 22, 2022

Wongpiyabovorn, Plastina, CrespiThe article "Challenges to voluntary Ag carbon markets" by Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn,PhD student, Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, and

March 22, 2022

Ron DeiterRon Deiter, emeritus professor, gave an invited presentation “Applying Sales Lessons From Econ 236 (Ag Selling) to Issues In Animal Science,”  AnS 411, March 22, 2022.

March 21, 2022

Avery Mather, Abigail Ross, Isaac WileyThe National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has awarded scholarships to ten college students who intend to pursue careers in the U.S. pork industry. The Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship program is sponsored by CME Group and the National Pork Industry Foundation and managed and administered by NPPC. The award was announced at NPPC’s annual business meeting — the National Pork Industry Forum.

March 21, 2022

James Stephenson James A. Stephenson, emeritus professor, passed away on March 17, 2022, at Northridge Village. A visitation will be held on Sunday March 27, 2022, from 2-4:00 p.m. at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010. Burial will follow at a later date at Iowa State Cemetery.

March 17, 2022

Bank Case Study Team 2022Four students are on Iowa State's 2022 Bank Case Study competition team. They are Caleb Weingarten, economics freshman, Manisha Prasad, aerospace engineering and economics senior,  Jacob Luedtke, accounting senior, and Yonting Goh, finance senior.

March 16, 2022

Wendong ZhangWendong Zhang, associate professor, was interviewed for a March 14 Daily Scoop story, "5 Transformations Happening in China That Will Affect Your Farm."

March 16, 2022

Chad HartChad Hart, professor, was interviewed for a March 15 KIWA story, "Gas Price Increases Hitting Farmers Especially Hard."

March 10, 2022

Bertan TurhanBertan Turhan, assistant professor, has had his paper, "Parallel Markets in School Choice'' (joint with O. Afacan, P. Evdokimov, and R. Hakimov), accepted for publication in Games and Economic Behavior. 

March 10, 2022

David SwensonAfter a thirty-two-year career with Iowa State, David Swenson, research scientist, is looking forward to March 18, 2022, his last day in the department.

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