DuWayne Hammond, Allen Dalton, and Dr. Chris Loucks were all presented with Golden Apple Awards. The Golden Apple Awards are a chance for students to recognize exceptional professors that they feel have stood out from the rest.
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Three Economics Professors Recognized at the 25th Annual Golden Apple Awards
January 20, 2012 – 1:54 pm
Economics Student Selected to Present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2012
January 20, 2012 – 1:53 pm
Aaron Batteen, a senior economics major, had his paper, “Externalities and Systemic Failure: A Common Law and Property Rights Based Solution” selected from more than 3,500 submissions to present at the NCUR 2012 Conference. Aaron completed this research with guidance from his faculty advisor Dr. Sian Mooney.
The NCUR promotes undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn, Zeynep Hansen, and Scott Lowe
January 20, 2012 – 1:53 pm
Kelly Cobourn, Zeynep Hansen and Scott Lowe presented research pertaining to water rights institutions at the American Economics Association (AEA) meetings in Chicago on Jan. 8. Cobourn and Hansen organized and moderated the session titled “Water Rights: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Issues.” Hansen and Lowe presented a paper titled “The Political Economy of Major Water [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Sian Mooney
January 20, 2012 – 1:52 pm
Sian Mooney has been selected for a leadership position within the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR office. She will be a program officer within the EPSCoR directorate of the NSF for two years, beginning Aug. 29.
Mooney will remain a Boise State professor during the appointment. Her placement within the EPSCoR office will allow her to share [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Sian Mooney
January 20, 2012 – 1:50 pm
A report on carbon sequestration co-chaired by Sian Mooney, Department of Economics, was released this week by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. “Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities” looks at the research behind the climate change controversy. Click here to read more.
CAST is an international consortium of scientific [...]
Economics Major Named Top Ten Scholar for 2011
April 4, 2011 – 3:49 pm
Business Economics major Debra Bonkoski has been selected as one of the 2011 Top Ten Scholars by the Boise State Alumni Association. In 2009, Bonkoski won a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. State Department in cooperation with the Council of American Overseas Research and spent the summer in an intensive Arabic study program in [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
March 24, 2011 – 9:10 am
Dr. Kelly Cobourn made a presentation on climate change and climate change research at Boise State to the Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee on March 15. Her co-presenters were Jen Pierce, associate professor of geosciences, and Elizabeth Aldrich, assistant professor of public policy and administration.
Faculty Spotlight – Scott Lowe
March 10, 2011 – 12:31 pm
Dr. Scott Lowe recently co-authored a paper, “The City-Level Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments” which will be published in the journal Land Economics.
Faculty Spotlight – Kelly Cobourn
March 10, 2011 – 12:30 pm
Dr. Kelly Cobourn has been invited to speak at the 3rd Annual Tri-State Western Consortium Meeting for the NSF EPSCoR Programs in Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico. Her presentation will be on “Economics of Water and Land Use”.
Faculty Spotlight – Sîan Mooney
February 11, 2011 – 2:27 pm
Dr. Sîan Mooney, Department of Economics, has been invited by Consul General of Canada, Denis Stevens, and President of Boise State University, Robert Kustra, to participate in a Luncheon Discussion “Canada -US Clean Energy Dialogue” on Wednesday 16 February 2011.