News for March 2008


  • Benefit-Cost Analysis Center Awarded $200,000 Grant

    The Benefit-Cost Analysis Center, with principal investigator Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., was awarded $200,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for a benefit-cost analysis symposium of about 75 invited experts, practitioners, and policy makers.

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  • Dan Carlson Awarded $75,000 in WSDOT Funding

    Daniel Carlson received $75,000 in supplemental funding from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the second phase of a research project aimed at reducing commutes for Washington students of all ages. This funding is in addition to the $9,499 in supplemental funding announced last week

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  • Richard Zerbe Contributes to U.S. Supreme Court Brief

    Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., is one of the amici curiae contributors for a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief on the highly publicized Exxon Shipping Company v. Grant Baker case being heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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  • Diana Fletschner Published in Journal of Socio-Economics

    An article co-authored by Diana Fletschner, titled " Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: Reference Group Effects and Women's Demand for Entrepreneurial Capital," was published in the April 2008 issue of the Journal of Socio-Economics.

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  • Human Services Policy Center Receives $75,000 Grant

    The Human Services Policy Center (HSPC), with principal investigator Richard Brandon, received a $75,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation for the Washington Kids Count project.

    The project supplements Washington Kids Count data products with HSPC expertise in local policy issues and data analysis, ultimately weaving the Washington Kids Count agenda into the broader goals of HSPC.

  • Craig Thomas Book Selected

    The U.S. Department of Interior Executive Forum selected a book co-authored by Craig Thomas titled Collaborative Environmental Management: What Rolls for Government? for its book-of-the-month speaker series

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  • Richard Zerbe Contributes to U.S. Supreme Court Brief

    Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., is one of the amici curiae contributors for a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief on the highly publicized Exxon Shipping Company v. Grant Baker case being heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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  • Municipal League Awards Rice, Dively, and Stanton

    The Municipal League of King County named Dwight Dively, Norman B. Rice, and Evans School friend John Stanton as 2008 civic award winners for outstanding contributions to the community. The awards ceremony will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 24 in the PACCAR Pavilion of the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park.

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