LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget announced that Eli Jones has been named as dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business at LSU, effective July 1 pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. [MORE]

Dek Terrell, a professor of economics in LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business, will serve as a panel speaker for a market forecast luncheon hosted by the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of New Orleans [MORE]

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Mary Jo Neathery, LSU Department of Economics
2107 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6306
Phone: 225-578-3777 Fax: 225-578-3807
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A report sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Social Services’ Division of Child Care & Early Childhood Education details the current state of center-based child care services for children under age six in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes post Hurricane Katrina. [MORE]

Economists from LSU's E. J. Ourso College of Business formally released the findings of the 26th annual Louisiana Economic Outlook report today. [MORE]

George Borjas, economics and social policy professor at Harvard, addressed the E. J. Ourso College of Business faculty April 27. Borjas’ visit to LSU centered around beginning work with Dek Terrell, E. J. Ourso College economics professor and director of the Division of Economic Development. The two will collaborate on a study about post-Katrina migration issues in New Orleans. [MORE]