Mary Brown receives the Silver Circle award

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Professor Bob Chirinko presented
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Spring 2008 Seminars

The first part of semester will be devoted to recruitment seminars.

The International Center for Futures and Derivatives and the University of Chicago hosted the Quantitative Finance on Fridays seminar series on "where theory meets practice." Spring 2008 seminars include:

• January 11, 2008 - Nassim Taleb, visiting professor of marketing at London Business School, presented his thoughts and theories on trading and investment as outlined in his book the Black Swan.
  Photos from Quantitative Finance on Fridays Seminar with Nassim Taleb

• April 11, 2008 - Kenneth Singleton, Adams Distinguished professor of management, senior associate dean for Academic Affairs, Stanford University presented a talk on "Why Do Risk Premiums in Sovereign Credit Markets Covary?"

• May 16, 2008 - Richard Thaler, Robert P. Gwinn professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, University of Chicago presenting a talk on Behavioral Finance/Economics