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May 9, 2012 - 9:04am
Congratulations to former graduate student Sharon May whose promotion to Associate Professor with tenure was recently approved by the Board of Directors of Maryville College, Tennessee.  Sharon graduated from AEDE in 2006 winning the Department’s best PhD dissertation award that year.  Professors Ian Sheldon and Doug Southgate served on her advisory committee.
April 26, 2012 - 6:23am
Amanda Weinstein presented the results of her policy brief with Mark Partridge, "The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio," at the Columbus Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in Dublin, OH on April 20th.
April 18, 2012 - 11:41am
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, $59,000 in scholarships were awarded to 25 undergraduate students in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics for the 2012-2013 academic year. Congratulations to our scholarship recipients!   Agribusiness Club Scholarship – Michelle Shepherd Agricultural Economics Fund Scholarship – Michelle Brackman Archer Daniels Midland Scholarships – Danielle Matthews and Devin Thomas Richard L. Bere...
April 18, 2012 - 6:34am
AEDE had a strong presence at the 5th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit on Regional, Population, Health, & Environmental (RPHE) Economics, held April 13th and 14th at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Wendong Zhang, AEDE PhD student, won the 2012 RPHE Student Paper Competition for his paper with Doug Wrenn and Elena Irwin, “Tests of the Urban Economic Model Using a New Measure of Leapfrog Development.” This competition is a new feature for the summit and this award is...
April 11, 2012 - 6:32pm
The 2012 Agribusiness/NAMA Club Annual Banquet was held on Thursday, April 5th, at The Fawcett Center on the OSU Columbus campus.   A number of awards were presented. Shannon Horn received the Outstanding Senior award. The Outstanding First Year Member went to Levi Morrow and Kristin Kugler was named Outstanding Transfer Student. Barry Ward, club advisor, was chosen as Outstanding Professor.   David Hahn, Glenn Himes, and Bob Hothem were recognized for their years of...