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David Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed by Brian Gongol on his Oct. 21st WHO Radio program. The focus of the interview was on the proposals from  states and cities for the new Amazon HQ2.

On January 5, 2018, Iowa State University will be turning off all access to Blackboard for instructors and students. All Spring 2018 courses that use ISU's centrally supported academic LMS will be taught in Canvas.

Interim President Allen recently sent out a reminder to complete the campus climate survey that is being conducted with Rankin and Associates.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today named Wendy Wintersteen the 16th president of Iowa State University.

Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, was interviewed for an article by George Silva in the MSU Extension newsletter about how cash rates should not be the sole factor in cropland rental decisions.

Neil E. Harl, emeritus professor, was interviewed by Radio Station WHO in Des Moines On Oct.

Ron Deiter, professor, gave an invited presentation entitled “Some Numbers From Collegiate Sports That Economists & Accountants Should Find Interesting & Maybe Entertaining” to the Accounting & Financial Women’s Allian

Ron Deiter, professor, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Deiter follows Jim Kliebenstein (2011) and Joe Sebranek (1992) to win the award.

A $1.685 million gift by the Charles Koch Foundation was given to Iowa State's department of economics Oct. 16.

Wendy Wintersteen, the dean of Iowa State University’s agriculture college for the past 11 years, is the fourth finalist for the top job at the Ames institution.

The NBER project on the Economics of Digitization will hold a meeting from noon Feb. 28, 2018 through the end of day on March 2, 2017.

Just a friendly reminder to get your flu vaccine through the Flu Shot Clinic going on now. It’s convenient, it’s quick, and it’s free!

Dr. Neil E. Harl was interviewed on NPR Oct. 10 on the wisdom of repealing the federal estate tax. Under current rules, a couple owning less than $11,000,000 in assets can escape the tax completely.

David Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed on IPR's Morning Edition about how rescinding DACA would affect Iowa's economy.

Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, was interviewed Oct. 10, 2017 by the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network about his report on ARC and PLC payments in Iowa. Read the report.

On Sept. 19, 2017, the U.S.

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Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor did several recent interviews:

Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, made a presentation on a panel at the 2017 Iowa Ideas Conference in Cedar Rapids Sept. 22, 2017.

Joe Kerns ('86 ag business) risk management consultant and president of Kerns and Associates, will present the 2017 William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture Oct. 5 at Iowa State University.