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• The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics Schedules Conference on Market Liquidity

  - 2008-10-29

  CHICAGO -- The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics, established by the Financial Mathematics Program at the University of Chicago, will hold on Saturday, November 1, 2008, a Conference on Market Liquidity involving presentations by eight noted practitioners and academic researchers. "While obviously a timely topic, our Conference on Market...

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• Curriculum Changes Announced by University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

  - 2008-10-08

  CHICAGO -- The faculty at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business today approved changes in the school's curriculum that will add flexibility to an M.B.A. program already known for allowing students wide latitude in course selection. The faculty also voted to add a new academic concentration in...

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• University of Chicago Financial Mathematics Program Enjoys Resiliency Despite Difficult Derivatives Market

  - 2008-06-17

  Job Demand High for Class of 2008, and Fall Enrollment Strong New Singapore-Based Arm of School Off to Vigorous Start CHICAGO -- Despite recent critical focus on financial derivatives, and weakness in the financial sector, demand for its practitioners remains strong. That, at least, is the view...

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• Memorializing Milton Friedman: a review of his major works, 1912-2006

  - 2008-03-22

  Introduction Milton Friedman was born in July 31, 1912, in Brooklyn, NY, to Jewish immigrants, Jeno Saul Friedman and Sarah Ethel Landau, who immigrated to Brooklyn, in 1890, and 1895, respectively. Friedman's parents came from Barehovo, Ukraine, which was formerly part of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. When Milton Friedman was...

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• Distinguished University of Chicago Professor Richard Epstein to Address the Mortgage Crisis at Pepperdine School of Law

  - 2008-03-18

  To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Molly Drobnick of Pepperdine University, +1-310-506- 6586, molly.drobnick@pepperdine.edu "The Mortgage (Or, Subprime) Meltdown: Why One Bad Decision Deserves Yet Another" MALIBU, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Richard Epstein, the James Parker Hall distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago School of Law will speak...

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• Lessons From the Mortgage Market Meltdown: U.S. Monetary Policy Forum Releases 2008 Report

  - 2008-02-29

  CHICAGO & WALTHAM, Mass. -- The U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, an annual conference that brings together academics, market economists and Federal Reserve policymakers to discuss U.S. monetary policy, today released its 2008 report on matters confronting the Federal Open Market Committee FOMC. The report, entitled "Leveraged Losses: Lessons from...

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• University of Chicago and the Stevanovich Research Center to Establish Financial Mathematics Graduate Program and Collaborative Research Initiative in Singapore

  - 2008-02-05

  New program offered first time out of the United States will serve to attract top financial mathematics talent to Singapore CHICAGO & SINGAPORE -- The University of Chicago's Financial Mathematics Department will establish its graduate program in Singapore - it will also be the first time it is offered...

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• No Child Left Behind Discourages Investment in Neediest Students, Experts Report in the Milken Institute Review

  - 2008-01-22

  The Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind law was designed to force public schools to meet higher standards, or lose federal aid. But research by Diane Schanzenbach and colleagues at the University of Chicago shows that the law undermines efforts to bring many students up to snuff. "The system...

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• Goldberg Kohn Names Three New Principals

  - 2008-01-04

  CHICAGO -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to a change in the contact information. The corrected release reads: GOLDBERG KOHN NAMES THREE NEW PRINCIPALS The law firm of Goldberg Kohn recently announced the promotion of Anne Marie Pisano, 34, Brian D. Fagel,...

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• U. of Chicago Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics Marks Official Launch with Two-Day Conference

  - 2007-10-19

  Academics and Traders to Present 51 Papers on Pricing, Hedging and Risk Management of Credit Sensitive Assets CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago's newly formed Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics, an innovative approach to advance understanding of financial markets by bringing together academicians and financial professionals to help translate...

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