Keeping Track
November 2009
Calendar of Events:
December 11 |
Last day for electronic deposit of thesis/dissertation for Fall grad
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Going Green Tip: Place a recycling bin next to the wastebasket in your office to make conserving paper as easy as discarding it. BECAUSE: Producing one ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 7,000 gallons of water and 17 trees.
November trivia: No word in the English language rhymes with: month * nothing* orange* pint* purple* or silver
Congratulations and Names in the News:
The Purdue Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Wallace Tyner the James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics. This is a well-deserved honor recognizing Wally’s broad contribution to our department and our profession as well as his devotion to the full-breadth of the Land Grant ideal.
Thought You Would Like to Know:
Marshall Martin was inducted on October 17, 2009 into the inaugural Wethersfield High School Academic Hall of Fame. He was one of five selected among more than 2500 graduates over the past 50 years from Wethersfield High School located in Kewanee, Illinois.
The following AGEC undergraduate students received a $1000 sponsorship to attend the AFA Leadership Conference in Kansas City, MO from November 5 -8, 2009.
Jamey |
Albrecht |
Katharine |
Bartlett |
Sam |
Beasley |
Leslie |
Byers |
Andrew |
Clark |
R. Ray |
Cottingham |
Laura |
Donaldson |
Jay |
Fiechter |
Brent |
Fiechter |
Shawn |
Gearhart |
Lauren |
Haase |
Emily |
Hirsch |
Kimberly |
Hoeing |
Jonathan |
Hoffman |
Sarah |
Jordan |
Mary |
Kelich |
Alicia |
Keller |
Matthew |
Kirkwood |
Jenna |
Langley |
Paul |
Lindborg |
Addison |
Lopp |
Kendra |
Michel |
Caleb |
Neier |
Joel |
Putt |
Brianne |
Stauffer |
Daniel |
Stauffer |
Benjamin |
Stoller |
Blake |
Stowers |
Sarah |
Taylor |
Marc |
Whetstone |
Bryant |
Wiley |
News from GTAP:
Center for Global Trade Analysis
Contact information:
Meghan Alexander
megalex@purdue.edu
765-494-4267
News from Center for Food and Agricultural Business:
News from Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE):
The Indiana Council for Economics Education held its 9th annual Econ Camp for high school teachers of economics on October 13-14 at beautiful Camp Tecumseh. The Camp is the professional development highlight of the year for these outstanding teachers. Ag Econ faculty members Jerry Shively, Otto Doering, and Larry DeBoer took part in the Econ Camp this year. Comments like this from teachers were typical:
“Thank you for your sponsorship of Econ Camp North. I always learn more in these two days than in any other professional development opportunity…..The hands-on teaching materials and methods are things I can take directly back to my classroom. The high-powered economic explanations feed my mind in ways that jumpstart my love of Economics. And that’s an enthusiasm I take back to my classroom and my kids. Thanks for what you do to make that possible.”
To see photos of Econ Camp, go to www.econed-in.org.
Travel, Speeches, Presented Papers:
Alla Golub went to Massey University in August and Ohio State University in September to give a seminar entitled "Global Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of U.S. Corn Ethanol: The Role of Market-Mediated Responses". The seminar was based on joint work with Thomas Hertel (Purdue) , Andrew Jones, Michael O'Hare, Richard Plevin and Daniel Kammen (UC Berkeley).
Benoit Delbecq will be presenting “Going West in the European Union: Migration and EU Enlargement” with Brigitte Waldorf at the North American Regional Science Council meetings in San Francisco, CA, Nov 17-21, 2009.
Wally Tyner gives a presentation entitled “Opportunities and Challenges in the Biomass Supply Chain” at the Farmer Cooperative Conference, St. Paul, MN, November 10, 2009.
Publications:
DSGD is pleased to announce the release of IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 00891
“China’s Growth and the Agricultural Exports of Southern Africa” by Nelson Villoria, Thomas Hertel and Alejandro Nin-Pratt. This DP is now available on the website at:
Full text PDF: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00891.pdf
Hertel, T.W. “Climate Volatility and Poverty Vulnerability: An Overview”, presented at the World Bank Workshop on Climate, Agriculture and Poverty, Washington, DC, October 19, 2009.
Golub, A., Hertel, T. W., H. Lee, S. Rose and B. Sohngen, (2009). "The Opportunity Cost of Land Use and the Global Potential for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture and Forestry", Resource and Energy Economics, 31(4):299-319.
Hertel, T.W., W.E. Tyner and D.K. Birur, (2010). “Global Impacts of Biofuels”, Energy Journal, 31(1):75-100.
Keeney, R. and T.W. Hertel (2009). "The Indirect Land Use Impacts of United States Biofuel Policies: The Importance of Acreage, Yield, and Bilateral Trade Responses", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(4):895-909.
Agrawal, Rakesh, Navneet R. Singh, Fabio H. Ribeiro, W. Nicholas Delgass, David F. Perkis and Wallace E. Tyner. 2009. "Synergy in the hybrid thermochemical-biological processes for liquid fuel production." Computers & Chemical Engineering 33(12):2012-2017.
Mayen, C., J.V. Balagtas, and C.E. Alexander. 2009. “Vertical Economies of Scope in U.S. Dairy Farming.” Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization: Vol. 7, Iss. 1, Article 8. Avaliable at: http://www.bepress.com/jafio/vol7/iss1/art8.
Balagtas, J.V., M. Cakir, S.E. Chen, J. Binkley, and E. Leibtag. “Consumer Response to Change in Food Package Size: Econometric Evidence from Nielsen Homescan Data.” Selected Paper presented at the NEC-63 Fall 2009 Conference, Banff, Alberta, September 29, 2009.
DSGD is pleased to announce the release of IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 00891 China’s Growth and the Agricultural Exports of Southern Africa by Nelson Villoria, Thomas Hertel and
Alejandro Nin-Pratt. This DP is now available on the website at:
HTML intro page: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/china-s-growth-and-agricultural-exports-southern-africa
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:
USDA-ERS-FED: Food Safety Economist
APHIS: Economist position on Policy Analysis www.usajobs.opm.gov
University of Illinois: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/employment.aspx?typeid=1
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
Contact Lou Ann Baugh concerning information to be included in future issues of KT
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