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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."
Recent media contacts for David Swenson, research scientist.
With the rampant spread of the delta variant of COVID-19, vaccination against the virus has become more urgent than ever.
Iowa State University will hold a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the coming weeks for all students, faculty and staff. The clinics will be held on various dates and at various locations on the main ISU campus between August 17 and September 29.
Joshua Rosenbloom, professor and department chair, was interviewed for an Aug. 8 Quad-City Times story, "Help wanted: Quad-Cities businesses struggling to hire employees."
Four new faculty members will join the Department of Economics beginning Aug. 16, 2021.
The Division of Student Affairs plans to provide five Welcome and Information Stations across campus the first two days of classes again this year. The goal of the stations is to welcome students to Iowa State University and answer students’ questions. It is important to engage with our students as they navigate campus the start of the fall semester. We are requesting your assistance in recruiting volunteers to staff these stations. Below is information that may be helpful to share in your messaging:
Alejandro Plastina, associate professor, was interviewed in an Aug. 4 Wallaces Farmer story, "Economist compares carbon credit, ecosystem service programs."
Please plan to attend to help welcome our department newcomers and to kick off the 2021-2022 academic year!
Friday, August 20
2:00-3:00 pm
Food Science Courtyard
In case of rain: 368A Heady Hall
Short presentation begins: 2:15
Light refreshments available
Hello CCMs:
We would like to pass along a couple of Learn@ISU online training opportunities related to travel policies and a new option for purchasing gift cards directly through Procurement. These trainings are each one hour and open to campus. You can enroll for trainings by visiting Learn@ISU through the Okta tile. If you could please share this information with your departments that would be greatly appreciated!
Travel Policy Refresher – Post COVID
3 one hour sessions being offered:
Alumni Nick Paulson ('07 PhD ag econ) and Jonathan McFadden ('15 PhD economics) won awards at this year's AAEA meetings Aug. 1-3 in Austin, Texas.
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