Upcoming Workshops
Monday
April 23 |
Rodney Garratt (University
of California, Santa Barbara)
"eBay's Second-Chance Offer"
(joint with Thomas Tröger)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Economic Theory |
Tuesday
April 24 |
Ke Xian AuYong (Western)
"TBA"
1:30
p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Economic Theory
|
Tuesday
April 24 |
Matthias Doepke (Northwestern University)
"Does
Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?"
(joint with
Michele Tertilt)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 |
Money/Macro |
Wednesday
April 25 |
Svetlana Ledyaeva (Aalto University of Economics)
"Round-trip Versus Genuine Foreign Investment in Russia"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC |
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
- A light lunch will
be
provided |
Wednesday
April 25 |
Sarah Dong (Western)
"TBA"
3:30 p.m.,
Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Thursday
April 26 |
Chunding Li (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
"China and the TPP: A Numerical Simulation Assessment of the
Effects Involved"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC |
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
- A light lunch will
be
provided |
Thursday
April 26 |
Chris Taber (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Estimation of a Roy/Search/Compensating Differential Model of
the Labor Market"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied
Economics/
Econometrics |
News and Announcements
Annual Spring Departmental Meeting - Reminder
The Annual Spring Departmental Meeting will be held on
Monday, April 30th at 3:00 p.m., in Room
4161 SSC. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Graduate Awards
Maria Goltsman was nominated by the Graduate Students
as Graduate Professor of the Year. She will be presented with a
commemorative plaque. Congratulations Maria!
Hiroaki Mori was selected as
Graduate Teaching
Assistant of the Year. He will be awarded a prize of $200 as well as
receive a commemorative plaque. Congratulations Hiro!
George
Orlov and Brandon Malloy were selected
by the first year class as Tutorial Leaders of the Year.
They will each be awarded a prize of $100 and receive a
commemorative plaque. Congratulations George and Brandon!
Teaching Support Centre - Upcoming Events
An intensive three-day
Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) will be offered by the
Teaching Support Centre on May 1-3, 2012, in the Teaching Support
Centre, Room 122, Weldon Library. Participants are required to attend
the full three days. This program is restricted to full and part-time
faculty.
Register online.
A two-day workshop,
Course Design & Renovation Workshop, will be held weekly every
Monday and Wednesday, starting May 7 & 9, 2012, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 121, Weldon Library. Enrollment
is limited and is restricted to full and part-time faculty.
Register online.
The
Spring Perspectives on Teaching Conference, sponsored by the
Teaching Support Centre, will take place on May 14, 2012, 9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m., Rooms SSC 2050 & 2036. Registration is free, but please
register in advance
online and indicate the session(s) you plan to attend.
Jointly hosted by the Teaching Support Centre and the Instructional
Technology Resource Centre, the
Summer Teaching with Technology Institute 2012, will be held 9:00
a.m. - 4:00 p.m., May 23 & 24, 2012, location TBA. This program is
restricted to full and part-time faculty.
Register online.
HEH Oxford Seminar on China's Economy 2012
The HEH Oxford
Seminar on China's Economy 2012, is a seminar series open to
undergraduate and graduate students of Economics and closely related
studies at universities in and outside the UK, as well as invited
economists who are interested in China's economy and its economic
issues having global impact. The seminar will be held at St. Cross
College, University of Oxford, Oxford, July 16-20, 2012 and December
10-14, 2012. Pre-registration deadlines are May
16, 2012 for the summer seminar and
October 10, 2012 for the winter seminar.
