The Space, Health and Population Economics group (SHaPE) within the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University is hosting the third annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit on Regional, Population and Health Economics.

The summit will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, 2010 on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Following in the tradition of the last two years, the summit provides an opportunity for students from a variety of universities to come together and share ideas, seek and provide feedback, and foster collaboration within the strong network of graduate programs across the region. In previous years, the Midwest Graduate Student Summit has brought together students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and Purdue University, and this year we hope to expand the list!

Attendees are encouraged to present completed research, research in progress, and research announcements. Previous presentations have covered a diverse range of topics such as:

• Housing and land use
• Prosperity and inequality
• Health and nutrition
• Climate change
• Immigration and migration
• Regional and economic development
• Modeling and methodology

A call for abstracts is forthcoming and submissions will be due March 1st. More information about the summit, submission requirements, a tentative schedule, and logistics will be available for students and faculty within the next week.

Please mark your calendars for April 9th and 10th. We look forward to seeing you and hosting an invigorating and enriching summit this spring!