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News and Notes [October 2007-October 2008]
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- The Regional Research Institute and the departments of Economics, Geography, and Resource Economics sponsored a highly successful 3-day Spatial Analysis Workshop December 15-18, 2008. The event was attended by nearly 60 WVU graduate students and faculty from ten departments and four colleges. This turnout is especially impressive given that the Workshop was announced only weeks in advance, and was held the week after finals when many people had already committed to be off campus. This Workshop was preparatory to a follow-up workshop on spatial econometrics to be held the week following Spring semester finals. Arizona State's Serge Rey ( http://geography.asu.edu/rey ) did an excellent job presenting both substantive materials and spatial analysis software.
- The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) presented Mary Lou Myer with an award for services to the RSAI on November 20, 2008 at the 55th North American Meetings of the RSAI, held in Brooklyn, New York. Click here for a pic of Randy Jackson presenting the award along with Roger Stough, RSAI president.
- RRI presented Peter V. Schaeffer with the "Miernyk Award for Career Scholarly Achievement," October 31, 2008 at the new Erickson Alumni Center. Click here for the article and pics of the event.
- Former RRI Research Professor (1993-1998) and Interim Director (1997-98), Luc Anselin, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences April 29, 2008. Anselin is founding director of the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University.
- Randy Jackson meets with Dr. Vo-Tong Xuan, Rector Emeritus, Angiang University, Vietnam to discuss the potential collaboration in the establishment of an International American University in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, October 22, 2008.
- Researchers at RRI and the division of resource management have received an award of nearly $500,000 from the USDA's Competitive Grants Program for a study of business incubators in rural America. WVU researchers will join forces with George Mason and Florida International universities to demonstrate the importance of business incubation to rural economic development.
- Randy Jackson attended a NSF project team meeting in Seattle, WA, July 29, 2008. He met with local faculty and industry representatives to discuss recycling remanufacturing. The team was made up of individuals from Georgia Tech, University of Washington, and WVU.
- Click here for pics of the 2008 RRI Summer Social.
- Peter V. Schaeffer, WVU professor in the Division of Resource Management, has been elected president of the Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA). He is the third SRSA president from WVU. The SRSA is a multidisciplinary organization with members spanning 40 states and seven countries. Click here to read more.
- The Sage Scientific Geography Series, vol. 1-10, edited by Grant I. Thrall, is the newest addition to the Web Book of Regional Science.
- Mary Lou Myer, Administrative Assistant, RRI, was the first recipient of the "William A. Schaffer Award" for distinguished service to regional science, 1986-2008. Click here for a pic of the event held at the Southern Regional Science Association's annual meetings in Washington, DC.
- Olivier Parent receives the Miernyk Research Excellence Medal, 2008 from Randy Jackson at the SRSA annual meetings held in Washington, DC.
- RRI hosted Bulgarian visitor, February 2008.
- RRI director, Randall W. Jackson, was presented with the prestigious "David E. Boyce Award" for distinguished service to the field of regional science at the North American annual meeting of the RSAI. Click here for further details.
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