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Events and Conferences

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Lowe-Athenaeum Speaker Series Spring 2012

The Lowe Institute and the Athenaeum co-sponsor an economics lecture series to bring distinguished speakers to CMC to discuss important public policy issues. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. Unless noted, all programs begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Athenaeum and end at 8:30 p.m.  For reseravations, click here.

 

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Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomics - April 13, 2012

 

The Lowe Institute of Political Economy in conjunction with the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children at Claremont McKenna College would like to invite paper submissions for the third annual Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomics (SCCAM). The one-day conference will be held at the Claremont Colleges Friday, April 13, 2012. We encourage paper submissions in all areas of applied microeconomics including environmental economics, experimental economics, labor economics, health economics, population economics, law and economics, urban economics, and public economics. Paper presenters will be paid an honorarium of $300 to cover travel expenses. The Berger and Lowe Institutes will provide a continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The keynote address will be given by Michael Greenstone the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The deadline for paper submissions to the conference is January 31, 2012. The Board Members of the SCCAM will select the papers to be presented at the conference. Please send all paper submissions to The Lowe Institute at Claremont McKenna College at kspetnagel@cmc.edu. We invite paper submissions from all colleges and universities in southern California. Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to submit papers to the conference. For more information, please contact Professor Heather Antecol at hantecol@cmc.edu.

 

Supporting Research Institutes:

Marc Weidenmier, Director, Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Claremont McKenna College

Heather Antecol, Director, Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children
Claremont McKenna College

Organizing Committee:

Heather Antecol (CMC)
Kelly Bedard (UC-Santa Barbara)
JR DeShazo (UCLA)
Mireille Jacobson (Rand)
Christopher Carpenter (UC-Irvine)
Michelle White (UC – San Diego)

Link to hotel, parking, driving directions

 


Lowe Senior Thesis Writer’s Conference Fall 2011

 

Do you wonder what to expect from the senior thesis experience?
Are you curious about the topics fellow writers explore in their senior theses?

Thursday, December 1, 2011
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Dinner is served at 6:00 pm
Presentations at 6:45 pm
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
Please join us for the fall semester Lowe Senior Thesis Writer’s Conference where seniors from the Robert Day School will present their thesis projects and discuss their thesis experiences. The program will include time for questions from student and faculty attendees. Professor Janet Smith will MC the event. We hope to see you there!