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July 21, 2016

Kim, JoshuaCongratulations to Miyoung Oh, postdoc, and her husband Jiwoong Kim, who welcomed their newest family member on July 17th! Baby Joshua joins his older brother Isaac and sister Emma. All are doing well.

July 18, 2016

David SwensonDavid Swenson, associate scientist, talked with Brian Morelli, Cedar Rapids Gazette, about how to measure the ostensible effectiveness of area regional development organizations...

July 18, 2016

Dr. Wendong ZhangThe 2015 Iowa Land Value Survey conducted by Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, and CARD was cited in an article by Courtney Fiorini, Mason City Globe Gazette.

July 14, 2016

Once again this year, CARD will be hosting an alumni reunion during the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston.

July 11, 2016

Dr. Peter OrazemPeter Orazem, university professor, answered questions about Tyson Foods' motivations concerning their recently closed plant in Cherokee, IA in an article in the Des Moines Register

July 11, 2016

Dr. Dermot HayesDermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed by Jennifer Carrico of the High Plains Journal on the impact of the Trans-Pacific agreement on U.S. pork exports.

July 11, 2016

Dr. Wallace HuffmanWallace Huffman, professor, and Jonathan McFadden. “Willingness-to-Pay for Natural, Organic, and Conventional Foods: The Effects of Information and Meaningful Labels.” Presented at the Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists, Bordeaux, France, June 21-25, 2016.

July 07, 2016

Another enrollment record has been set this summer, with 11,942 students attending the summer sessions. That's an increase of 306 students over last summer's previous record. The growth is in students learning online. The subset of students enrolled only in online or other distance options increased 431, up to 3,388 students this summer.

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July 07, 2016

Dr. Otavio BartalottiOtavio Bartalotti, assistant professor, presented the paper "Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Sharp Regression Discontinuity Designs with the Uniform Kernel," Otavio Bartalotti, Gray Calhoun, and Yang He, at two recent conferences.

July 07, 2016

The Undergraduate Programs Office completed freshman 2-day summer orientation sessions in June. Ninety-four ag business and six economics freshmen attended.

July 05, 2016

Dr. Keri JacobsKeri Jacobs, assistant professor, worked with Iowa Institute for Cooperatives this spring to develop and host the first annual Iowa Cooperative Intern Day at the Monsanto Learning Center on Thursday, June 23.

July 05, 2016

Dr. Wendong ZhangWendong Zhang, assistant professor, had his Ag Policy Review article on an unlikely repeat of the 1980s farm crisis included in a University of Illinois Farm Policy News update on July 5, 2017.

July 05, 2016

Dr. Georgeanne Artz, Dr. Alejandro PlastinaGeorgeanne Artz, and Alejandro Plastina, assistant professors, conducted two workshops last week in Heady Hall for 4-H’ers under the title “Farming for Fun and Profit,” with a total attendance of about 50 kids.

June 30, 2016

New interactive teaching, learning platform debuts this fall
Top Hat, a new cloud-based teaching and learning platform, promises to give instructors more options in creating interactive lectures.
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June 30, 2016

Dr. Ron DeiterRon Deiter, professor, presented two invited workshops (June 29 and June 30) entitled “Dive Into Some Fun Pricing Games” for the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference held on the ISU campus.

June 30, 2016

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June 29, 2016

David SwensonDavid Swenson, associate scientist, had three interviews this week pertaining to the effects of Brexit on the Iowa and U.S. economies.

June 27, 2016

Natalina SentsNatalina Sents, '16 ag bus, has begun a year-long road trip to all 50 states documenting farmers' stories for her blog, Why I Farm Roadtrip

June 27, 2016

Dr. Wallace HuffmanWallace Huffman, professor, had an article published in the most recent issue of Choices, a publication of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

June 27, 2016

Summer research assistantsFour undergraduate students are working as economics research assistants for Peter Orazem and Georgeanne Artz this summer.

June 27, 2016

Elizabeth Burns-ThompsonElizabeth Burns-Thompson, 2011 ag bus, international ag, was named the CALS Young Alum of the Month for June 2016.

June 27, 2016

Dr. John MiranowskiThe AAEA Fellows Selection Committee has selected John A. Miranowski to be honored as a 2016 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Fellow.

June 27, 2016

Dr. Neil HarlNeil E. Harl, emeritus professor, was interviewed by Doug Cooper on June 24 on the WHO Radio "Big Show" at noon on "Expected Consequences of the Brexit Vote."

June 27, 2016

Dr. Joshua RosenbloomJoshua Rosenbloom, professor and department chair, had an article about his economic history research published on Vox EU. org.

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