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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!
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.
Wallace Huffman. "Agricultural Labor Shortages: What do Immigration and Trade Policies Offer?"
Presented at the 2018 AAEA Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-7, 2018
Scott Irwin ('80 ag business) has been awarded the 2018 Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) for his ground-breaking research on the impact of public information in agricultural markets, the performance of agricultural market advisory services, and the role of speculation in the commodity markets.
William Meyers, emeritus professor, has had his book "Handbook of International Food and Agricultural Policies" published by World Scientific Publishing. The three-volume set was edited by Meyers and Thomas Johnson.
The ISU Ag Bus Club won the Outstanding Chapter award for the 12th time in the last 15 years at the 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Aug. 5-7. In addition, they were awarded the Creative Cub award for the newly created Ag Alliance program, which is a mentoring program that pairs club members with representatives from our industry sponsors.
David Keiser, assistant professor, was interviewed on the radio program The Jefferson Exchange on Jefferson Public Radio Aug. 6, 2018.
John Beghin, emeritus professor, has been named a 2018 Fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA).
Grad students Xinyu Guo and Huanping Fan are the proud parents of baby son Ryan Guo, born July 24. Baby Ryan arrived at 12:56 a.m., measuring 21 inches long and weighing in at 8 lb 5.5 oz.