The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  November 23, 2012 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
November 26
Alberto Bisin (New York University)
"Equilibrium Corporate Finance: Makowski Meets Prescott
and Townsend"
(joint with Piero Gottardi and Guido Rutta)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic Theory
Tuesday
November 27
Derek Stacey (Ryerson University)
"Information, Commitment, and Separation in Illiquid Housing
Markets"

3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro
Thursday
November 29
Hugh Cassidy (Western)
"Skills, Tasks, and Occupational Choice"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

Accessibility at Social Science

Social Science up to date Information on service disruptions and fan coverage.

Teaching Support Centre - Information Session

the Faculty Mentor Program will sponsor the session Tenure and Promotion Under the Collective Agreement: How the Process Works on Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Room 258, Weldon Library. Faculty who are new and those in tenure-track positions will be interested in this interactive session. Please register online.

Western University Awards for Excellence in Teaching - Call for Nominations

Western's Awards for Excellence in Teaching recognize outstanding contributions by faculty to the academic development of students. Up to six awards may be made annually in the following three categories:

The nomination deadline is January 15, 2013.

NVivo 10 Workshops at Western

Two NVivo 10 training workshops, taught by internationally renowned trainers, will take place at the Faculty of Education Building, Althouse College (Classroom TBD), 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, on Thursday, December 6th (beginners) and Friday, December 7th (advanced). NVivo 10 is a qualitative data analysis software tool for organizing and analyzing text, picture, video, audio, web, and social media data. The training may be of interest to faculty and graduate students involved in mixed-methods or qualitative research.


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 Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) 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