Keeping Track
July 2009
Calendar of Events:
July 10 |
Last day for exam/degree only registrants to deposit for Summer grads |
Going Green Tip for July: tighten your gas cap until it clicks three times. BECAUSE: Each year in the US, 147 million gallons of gasoline literally evaporate into the atmosphere because of loose, damaged, or missing caps.
Congratulations and Names in the News:
Marshall Martin, ARP associate director, has been promoted to senior associate director and assistant dean. In his new role, Martin will represent ARP in all off-campus activities. His responsibilities have been expanded to include working with Indiana commodity groups on research funding. Martin provides oversight for federal formula funding and Purdue Agricultural Centers. He serves on the boards of the Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Pork Board, Indiana Corn Marketing Council, North Central Agricultural Research Directors Association, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Agricultural Alumni Seed Improvement Association. He teaches a capstone course in problem solving for decision makers in the Indiana University-Purdue University MS/MBA distance learning program in food and agribusiness.
Graduate Student News :
Graduate Students – David Moll, Amber Rankin and Josh Yoder represented the department in the IAMA Case Study competition. We are proud to announce that they placed 4th.
David Ortega is in China from June 1st - August 23rd on a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Research Fellowship. He is participating in the NSF East Asia & Pacific Summer Institute Program. His research is titled "Investigating the Effects of Economic Growth on Consumer Preferences and Demand for Goods."
Thought You Would Like to Know:
Fulgence Mishili and family are moving back to Tanzania where Fulgence will resume his position as lecturer in the department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Sokoine University of Agriculture.
News from GTAP:
The Center for Global Trade Analysis held the following two events at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile in June 2009.
GTAP Advisory Board Meeting
The annual GTAP Advisory Board Meeting was held June 8-9, 2009. The purpose of this meeting of GTAP Consortium members is to advise the Center on matters of policy, research agenda, and funding.
More information on this event can be found on the GTAP website at: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/events/Board_Meetings/default.asp.
Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis
The Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis 
was held from June 10-12, 2009. The theme of the conference was “Trade Integration and Sustainable Development: Looking for an Inclusive World” with the goal of promoting the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis of global economic issues.
The Department of Agricultural Economics was well represented at the conference with the following presentations.
Economic Analysis of U.S. Immigration Reforms
by Aguiar, Angel H. and Terrie Walmsley
The Relative Role of Land in Climate Policy
by Golub, Alla, Thomas Hertel, Steven Rose, Brent Sohngen and Misak Avetisyan
Analyzing the Global Poverty Impacts of Biofuel Mandates
by Hertel, Thomas
Modeling cross-border investment in CGE: some alternatives and mechanisms
by Lakatos, Csilla and Terrie Walmsley
The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy: Global Trends and Future Prospects
by Masters, Will and Andres F. Garcia
The Geography of Bilateral Trade and the Indirect Land Use Effects of Biofuel Policy
by Villoria, Nelson and Thomas Hertel
A Baseline for the GDyn Model
by Walmsley, Terrie and Anna Strutt
The conference was attended by roughly 200 individuals from 33 different countries and was an absolute success.
More information on this event can be found on the GTAP website at: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/events/conferences/2009/default.asp.
Contact information:
Meghan Alexander
megalex@purdue.edu
765-494-4267
News from Center for Food and Agricultural Business:
Oilwell Company Looks to Purdue for Sales Management Expertise
Forty National Oilwell Varco (NOV) employees learned processes for strategically approaching sales and highlighted individual leadership skills at their first session of the NOV-Purdue Sales Management Program: Building World Class Capabilities. Participants ranked the session 4.71/5.00 for overall quality. Read more.
Purdue Teams with Syngenta to Shape Future Leaders
Continuing a decade-long partnership with Syngenta, the center launched the fifth class of Agribusiness Leadership Plus at Purdue (ALPs). The class' 33 participants, consisting of Syngenta employees from around the globe, have completed two distance-delivered modules and three in-person sessions. Read more.
MS-MBA Program Featured in The Furrow
After spending a day at Purdue with MS-MBA students during an on-campus residency, award-winning author Dean Houghton crafted a story for John Deere's The Furrow. Every John Deere dealer in the country received a copy of the magazine, which highlighted our dual-degree, distance-delivered program. Read more.
Upcoming Programs
Sept. 15-17 Structuring Decision: Innovating through Turbulence
To learn more or refer a colleague to one of our seminars, visit www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab.
News from Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE):
The Indiana Council for Economics (www.econed-in.org), in conjunction with the Council for Economic Education in New York, is conducting a Financial Literacy Institute in Indianapolis from July 8-11. Twenty-eight middle and high school teachers from four Indianapolis area schools will take part. The goal is to use the Institute to help create on-line teaching modules for training teachers nationwide in the basics of economics and personal finance. ICEE has created a document, What Personal Finance Is About, to serve as a guide to instruction. The Institute is particularly timely since Indiana has recently passed legislation requiring Indiana schools to provide financial literacy instruction to students grades 6-12.
Resources at Purdue :
PURE—Purdue University Research Expertise database—has evolved into INDURE—Indiana Database for University Research Expertise. PURE is outdated and will soon be retired. INDURE is supported through the state and Purdue. Plans are to continue INDURE upgrade and maintenance.
https://www.indure.org/index.cfm?InstitutionFilter=1
Travel, Speeches, Presented Papers:
Benoit Delbecq will present “The Impact of Drainage Management Technology in Agriculture: A Spatial Panel Data Model” with Raymond J.G.M. Florax, at the 3rd World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association in Barcelona, Spain, July 8-10.
Gramig, B.M. “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offsets and Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges.” Presentation to the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 21st Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. June 26, 2009.
Marshall Martin was invited by the Pontifical Academy of Science, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, to present a paper entitled “ First Generation Biofuels Compete” in a Study Week Conference on Transgenic Plants for Food Security in the Context of Development, May 15-19, 2009.
Marshall Martin accompanied the MSMBA students on their international study residency in Argentina, May 23-31, 2009. He helped organize seven agribusiness site visits, two seminars, and lead a multi-language, multi-MBA program case study session with 65 Purdue University and Austral University students that culminated the international residency in Rosario, Argentina.
Marshall Martin presented an invited seminar to USDA-CSREES National Program Leaders entitled “Maintaining the Partnership: A Purdue University Perspective on Federal Formula Research Planning and Accountability, Washington DC, June 4, 2009.
Ortega, David L. "Food Safety and Demand: Consumer Preferences toward Imported Pork in Urban China," Presented in a joint session at the Chinese Economist Society Annual Meeting in Nanning, China, June 13, 2009. The joint session titled "Food Safety and Demand in China" was organized and chaired by David Ortega & Dr. Holly Wang
Wally Tyner. Plenary presentation on “Greenhouse Gases and Indirect Land Use” at the Farm Foundation conference on The Role of Extension in Energy, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 30 – July 1, 2009.
Wally Tyner. Plenary presentation on “Food versus Food Issues” at the 2009 Poultry Science Association meetings in Raleigh, NC, July 20-23, 2009.
Publications:
John Connor, "Factors Influencing the Magnitude of Cartel Overcharges: An Empirical Analysis of the US Market." Journal of Competition Law and Economics Vol. 5, No. 2 (printed June 2009): 361 - 381. [with Y. Bolotova and D. Miller]
Internship Opportunities:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/careers/intern_research.htm
http://www.fsdinternational.org/intlopps/programs/internships1
http://www.fcnl.org/young/intern.htm
http://www.uschamber.com/careers/internships/default
http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=317257
WorldbankJob Announcements:
University of Alberta: Assistant Professor – Agribusiness Management
USDA-ERS-FED: Food Safety Economist
APHIS: Economist position on Policy Analysis www.usajobs.opm.gov
ERS: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/OpportunitiesPage.htm
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
| Purdue | http://www.purdue.edu/jobs |
| AAEA Job Posting | http://www.aaea.org/classifieds/ |
| Academic Employment Network | http://www.academploy.com/ |
| Academic Position Network | http://www.apnjobs.com/ |
| Agriculture Career Connection | http://www.ag-biz.com/ |
| Community Colleges, misc | http//www.aacc.nche.edu/ |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | http://chronicle.com/jobs/ |
| Congressional Budget Office | http://www.cbo.gov |
| Education Jobs Page | http://www.nationjob.com/education |
| Employment/Resume Posting | http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ/employment.html |
| EPA | http://jobs.quickhire.com/scripts/epa.exe |
| Foreign Ag Service | http://www.fao.org/VA/vac_en.htm |
| Government Career | http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ |
| National Job Bank | http://www.jobs.joe.org |
| USDA, Ag Research Service | http://www.ars.usda.gov/careers/docs.htm?docid=11797 |
For further information, see the Job Posting File in Room 651
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