Willie Hensley Speaks at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Distinguished Visiting Professor Willie Hensley recently spoke at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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Faculty & Student Seminar: Effects of Cognitive Manipulations on Economic Decision Making
Cognitive load is known to impact economic decision making. The results of Dr. Deck's research show that different load manipulations on average move behavior in the exact same direction. Further, the evidence shows that the impact on an individual subject is consistent across techniques and tasks.
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Professor Willie Hensley Speaking at the Alaska Native Book Fair
Visiting Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Willie Hensley will be speaking at the Alaska Native Book Fair. In partnership with Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Best Beginnings, the Alaska Native Media Group will host an Alaska Native Book Fair event on Friday, October 12, at 1-7 pm at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium COB Atrium, 4000 Ambassador Dr.
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Faculty & Student Seminar: Procrastination in Charitable Giving
Maros Servatka, Professor of Economics at Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia discusses his field experiment to test theoretical predictions regarding the effect of deadline length on task completion. The test involved a charitable task setting in which participants were invited to complete an online survey, with a donation going to charity if they do so. Participants were given either one week, one month or no deadline by which to respond.
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Free, Public Lecture by Legal Scholar Robert Gasaway and Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith
Join legal scholar Robert Gasaway Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 at 5 p.m. in UAA/APU Consortium Library Room 307 for a presentation focused on how modern thought can help improve our understanding of current events and constitutional controversies, including prominent decisions of the United States Supreme Court. A discussion will follow led by Noble laureate Vernon Smith.
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