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	Banerjee-Chakraborty Wins 2009-10 Dissertation Year Fellowship 10/27/2009 - UNH Graduate School Economics graduate student Arpita Banerjee-Chakraborty has won a 2009-10 dissertation year fellowship. Her dissertation, titled "Trade Reforms and Indian Informal Sector," proposes a novel theoretical model to show the reason behind stagnant informal sector wages in the face of growing demand in India for informal (unorganized) workers.
	It takes one for the money 10/26/2009 - Manchester Union Leader The Speed Venture Summit is kind of a speed-dating event that brings together early stage companies and potential investors.
	UNH Hosts Management Conference, 'Leading in Times of Change' Nov. 20 10/26/2009 - UNH Media Relations University of New Hampshire Professional Development and Training will host a one-day conference “Leading in Times of Change” Friday, Nov. 20, 2009...Presenters include, Vanessa Druskat, associate professor of organizational behavior and management at UNH; Richard Saavedra, associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH...
	Investor summit is no blind date 10/19/2009 - Manchester Union Leader The New Hampshire High Tech Council has grown its popular Speed Venture Summit, drawing in $20,000 in corporate sponsorship, 50 participating companies and a groundswell of support, according to its producer, Tim Platt... Jeffrey Sohl, head of the Center for Venture Research Institute at the Whittemore School of Business at the University of New Hampshire, released a year-end report citing a 26.2 percent decline in angel investment in the United States in 2008, down from $26 billion to $19.2 billion.
	Resilience and the Five Keys to Success for Family Businesses is Focus of UNH Event Nov. 4 10/16/2009 - UNH Media Relations To stay at the top of their game within a family-owned business, individuals must hone their interpersonal and leadership skills. The University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business will assist business leaders in this critical area with the program “Resilience and the Five Keys to Success for Family Businesses.”
	Enhancing the Assessment of Tangible Service Quality through the Creation of a Cleanliness Measurement Scale 10/12/2009 - A recent study creating a valuable measurement tool for the restaurant service industry will be published in Managing Service Quality as part of the January 2010 issue. “We are excited about this new measurement scale.
	Oculis Labs Wins CTC's "2009 Company to Watch" Award 10/10/2009 - PR-Canada.net Over 300 entrepreneurs, event sponsors and service providers are expected to gather on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at The Omni Hotel in New Haven for the Third Innovation Pipeline Awards... The keynote speech was presented by Jeffrey Sohl, Director of the Center for Venture Research and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Decision Sciences at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.
	UNH Scores Top Grade On "Green Report Card" 10/09/2009 - http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2009/oct/bp07green.cfm The University of New Hampshire has received the highest score on the College Sustainability Report Card 2010 of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, earning UNH the overall college sustainability leader distinction.
	Economics Department Weekly Seminars 10/09/2009 - The Economics Department sponsors a weekly seminar series in which UNH faculty, visiting faculty and advanced graduate students present original research papers and receive feedback. Graduate students are key participants in the seminar, earning credits during their first three years in the program for attending presentations, reviewing papers and eventually presenting their own work.
	UNH prof, other experts: Recovery not yet under way 10/04/2009 - Foster's Daily Democrat Ross Gittell, a professor at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire, said he doesn't see anything that suggests the recession will end soon. "There are not many strong signs of recovery," he wrote in an e-mail to the newspaper. "The main (what might be viewed as) positive indicators are moderation in the declines in employment in New Hampshire and the New England region. There are also some indications that the residential housing market is near its bottom, with increasing sales activity."