DIVISION NEWS• • [DIVISION OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS]

Dan Kaffine, Assistant Professor, joined the Division in the Fall of 2007. Read more about Dr. Kaffine here.

Arturo Vasquez Cordano, Mineral Economics student, shares his recent publication in the Quarterly Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Colorado School of Mines recognized in Interfaces among the ranking of universities contributing to the practice literature.

Jose Luis Rebello, EB visitor, gives a Distinguished Lecture Series - Strategy in the Mining and Metal Industries.
Lecture 1 - Power Point Slides
Lecture 2 - Power Point Slides
Lecture 3 - Power Point Slides

Dr. Ira Sohn -a visitor to the Divison of Economics and business in the summer 2006, 2007, and 2008,co-authored two major studies on fuel and non-fuel mineral projections. Read his re-assessment of the accuracy of projections.

Dr. Rod Eggert is quoted in the International Herald Tribune story "In an age of boom and bust, metals might be on the cusp" by Ian Austen of The New York Times.

Dr. Rod Eggert is quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune in an article on the Mining Industry in Leadville, Colorado.

2007-08 Graduation Student/Faculty Achievement Winners:

Marty Gaupp walked away with the William Jesse Coulter Award for outstanding academic achievement in Economics. The Hubert and Sarah Riser Award in Mineral Economics given for all-around performance was presented to Mark Helms. Melanie Mahoney won the Broussard Award for Engineering Technology Management. This award is given to ETM students for outstanding academic achievement.were honored for being the Outstanding Economic and Business Senior. The December 2006 winner was.

The teaching awards for excellence in the classroom for 2007-2008 were awarded to Cigdem Gurgur for Engineering and Technology Management; Graham Davis for Mineral Economics, and Scott Houser for the Undergraduate Teaching Award.

A new award for 2007-08 is "Researcher of the Year". This award is given to the faculty member who has published or submitted the most research this year. Alexandra Newman was the recipient of this award.

Carol Dahl's book, International Energy Markets: Understanding Pricing, Policies, and Profit, has been published by Pennwell Press. It can be ordered at Amazon.com.

Kamel, Sami and Carol Dahl (2004) "The Economics of Hybrid Power Systems for Sustainable Desert Agriculture in Egypt," Energy, April.