The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  December 4, 2009 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
December 7
Gianluca Violante (New York University)
"Consumption and Labor Supply with Partial Insurance: An Analytical
Framework"

(joint with Jonathan Heathcote and Kjetil Storesletten)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro
Graduate Seminar
Tuesday
December 8
Gianluca Violante (New York University)
"Redistributive Taxation in a Partial Insurance Economy"
(joint with Jonathan Heathcote and Kjetil Storesletten)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro
Thursday
December 10
John Whalley (University of Western Ontario)
"China and Copenhagen"
12:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
ORF/EPRI
- A light lunch will
be provided
Thursday
December 10
Ken Chay (Brown University)
"TBA"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

2009 United Way Campaign

Thank you very much for your United Way pledges. We are pleased to announce that $6,799 was raised for the 2009 United Way Campaign!!

SSC Network Service Interruptions

Notice from SSNDS: Some of the SSC Network servers are moving to the SSB and SLB server rooms. These moves will take place on Tuesday, December 8th from 6:30 to 8 am, and Thursday, December 10th from 5 to 8:30 am. Multiple services will be unavailable during these moves.

For details, please see http://ssnds.uwo.ca/notices/serviceinterruption.html.

Teaching Support Centre - Information Session

The Faculty Mentor Program will sponsor the fifth information session "Preparing for Tenure and Promtion Under the Collective Agreement" on Monday, December 14, 2009 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Room 30, University College. Faculty who are new and those in tenure-track positions will be interested in this interactive session. Please register on-line.

Harold Crabtree Foundation Award in Public Policy - Special Lecture

The second of the special Lectures on the topic of Public Policy Dimensions of Water Security in the Context of Climate Change, Water Resources in a Changing Climate, will take place on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, in Room 5220 SSC. Coffee and refreshments will be served after, during a discussion session, in Room SSC 3036.


Research Notices

*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications, internal and external, to Karin for review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically submitting your applications.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements