The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  May 4, 2012 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Thursday
May 10
Yue Gao (Shandong University of Technology)
"Heterogenous Firms in a Product Fragmentation World"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
- A light lunch will
be provided


News and Announcements

Departmental Meeting Minutes

The Minutes of the Spring Departmental Meeting held April 30, 2012 are now posted on the Economics Intranet.

Undergraduate Award

Jeannie Gillmore was nominated by the undergraduate students as Undergraduate Professor of the Year. She will be presented with a commemorative plaque. Congratulations Jeannie!

Perspectives in Neuroscience Seminar Series

The Perspectives in Neuroscience Seminar Series has invited Dr. Stanislas Dehaene to speak on Education Matters: Literacy, Numeracy and the Developing Brain, on Monday, May 7th, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in Room 2050 SSC. This talk may be of interest to economists.

Office of Faculty Relations

Reminder Notice on WSIB Coverage

Teaching Support Centre - Newsletter Available

The latest issue of Reflections, the newsletter of the Teaching Support Centre is now available online.

Community Service Learning @ Western

Community Service Learning (CSL), in the Student Success Centre offers support to faculty interested in using CSL in the classroom. For those interested in developing a CSL course, contact Community Service Learning @ Western.

CREE Study Group 22nd Annual Meeting - Call for Papers

The 22nd annual meeting of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics (CREE) Study Group Conference 2012 will be held at the University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus, Vancouver, BC, September 28-30, 2012. Submissions of abstracts or papers on topics of relevance to environmental, energy and resource economics are invited. The submission deadline is May 31, 2012.


Research Notices

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)

CIGI - INET Spring 2012 Research Grant Program
Department Deadline: May 28, 2012
Dean's Deadline: June 1, 2012
Western Research Deadline: June 7, 2012
Sponsor's Deadline: June 14, 2012

Notice from the Office of Research Ethics: As of May 1, 2012 the Non-Medical Research Ethics Board has moved to an electronic system call Romeo.

*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 enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is 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