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Upcoming Workshops
Monday
November 3 |
Narayana Kocherlakota
(University of Minnesota)
"Exploding
Bubbles in a Macroeconomic Model"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro/
Economic Theory
Short-Term Visitor |
Tuesday
November 4 |
Narayana Kocherlakota
(University of Minnesota)
"Some Lessons of the New Dynamic Public Finance"
11:15 a.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro/
Economic Theory
Short-Term Visitor
(Graduate Seminar) |
Tuesday
November 4 |
Davin Chor (Singapore
Management University)
"Unpacking Sources of
Comparative Advantage: A Quantitative
Approach"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Trade/
Money/Macro |
Thursday
November 6 |
Eric Helleiner (University
of Waterloo)
"Crisis Response, The Story so Far: Five Regulatory Agendas
in Search of an Outcome"
12:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
PERG
Luncheon Seminar |
Thursday
November 6 |
Randall Wright (University of
Pennsylvania)
"Inflation and Unemployment
in the Long Run"
(joint with Aleksander Berentsen and Guido Menzio)
Figures
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
News and Announcements
Reception to Recognize Student Achievement
The Economics Department will honor its top students by holding a
Reception to
Recognize Student Achievement on Monday, November 3, 2008, 4:00
p.m, Room 3036 SSC. Faculty are encouraged to attend.
Fan Shutdown
There will be a shutdown of the
supply air fan 104 in SSC
on November 5th from 8:00 am – 10:00 am. This is required to allow
ITS to install cable above the ceiling in TA 6333, 6319 & area.
The Western Award of Excellence - Call for Nominations
Faculty and staff are encouraged to
nominate
outstanding staff colleagues for the
2009 Western
Award of Excellence program. The award program is a campus-wide
initiative to recognize the exceptional performance of staff members
who contribute to providing Canada’s best student experience;
promote leadership and personal growth; and foster the values of
integrity, respect and commitment to service. The deadline for
nominations for individuals and teams is November 21, 2008.
Faculty Mentor Program 2008/09 - Workshop/Information Session
The Faculty Mentor Program will sponsor the next
workshop/information session on
"Getting Ready
for Tenure and Promotion Under the Collective Agreement" on Friday, November
21,
2008, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 122, The D.B.
Weldon Library. This session and the
one to follow on Thursday, December 4, 2008, will be significant for all new
members of faculty and for those who are on tenure track. Please
register
online.
Alan Blizzard Award - Call for Applications
The
Alan Blizzard Award was developed in 1999 by the Society for
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) to stimulate and
reward collaboration in teaching, and to encourage and disseminate the
scholarship of teaching. The award is given to collaborative projects
that increase the effectiveness of student learning and is open to
groups of two or more individuals, at least one of whom must be
currently teaching at a Canadian university, regardless of discipline
or level of appointment. The deadline for applications is
Friday, January
16, 2009.
Research Notices
**All funding applications or proposals by UWO researchers must be
accompanied by a completed Research Data and Approval Form (RDAF).
Forms can be obtained and submitted using
Research
On-Line Approvals
(ROLA).
Funding
Announcements
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