“Connie is the budget officer, travel agent, event planner, recruitment officer, therapist and mom – to some of us – on top of everything else that she does.” - Frank Tenkorang, Economics Chair By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Professor Frank Tenkorang may hold the title of chair for the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Economics, but he calls Connie Fie the “head” of the department. The longtime office associate has worn a lot of hats during her 39 years at … [Read more...]
Framing the Future of Fuel: Tenkorang studies ethanol’s reputation, impact on world food prices
By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON Frank Tenkorang was still a graduate assistant at Purdue University when his officemate mentioned some exciting news: the school had started powering its trucks with soy biodiesel. It was 2005, and the United States was jumping on the biofuels bandwagon. In the years since, Tenkorang has seen biofuels – corn-based ethanol in particular – evolve from a budding industry into an established part of the Midwest economy, and now into a controversial commodity with a … [Read more...]
UNK grad Larreau’s broodmare pricing research gets published
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney graduate Dayna Larreau’s research was recently published in an academic journal known for highlighting work of young researchers and its emphasis on current economic issues. Her paper, “Hedonic Price Analysis of Non-Barren Broodmares,” was published in the Review of Economic & Business Studies. Larreau is a 2015 UNK graduate from Arnold and currently works as an outreach support associate in the College of Business Administration at … [Read more...]
