Construction of the 3,000 square foot lab resembling the trading floors maintained by investment banks and financial firms began in December 2007. Once completed, the lab will give Katz/CBA students exposure to real-time financial information flows and top-notch analytic tools. The lab will house 58 computer stations in a classroom arrangement as well as technology-enhanced breakout and conference rooms, a lab manager's office, an operations room, and flexible office space. Construction on the lab is scheduled to be completed in April.
Primanti Brothers “sammitches” (sandwiches), the “Carnagee” (Carnegie) Museums, the “Stillers” (Steelers), n’at (and that); there are lots of things to see, do, and taste in “da Burg” (Pittsburgh) [*Some translation may be required; don’t worry though, you’ll catch on to Pittsburghese (the local lingo) in no time! See for yourself.
Jeff Inman, Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing and one-year MBA student Sean Stevenson run through Schenley Park, a five-minute walk (or run) from Katz/CBA. Photographed by Katz Professor Dennis Galletta.
Over the last several months, three CBA students have raised more than $7,000 for a library in the community of Millvale, which was severely affected by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan. The students, members of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP)-an honorary organization for accounting, finance, and information systems students and professionals, recently presented their project at the Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting of BAP in Providence, RI and won second place in the Best Practices competition, Service: Making a Difference in an Economically-Distressed Community topic.
A study conducted by Katz finance faculty members Leonce Bargeron and Chad Zutter, both assistant professors, and Ken Lehn, the Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Finance, was mentioned in a July 26 article in The Economist. Their study looked at the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on publicly traded American companies.
The Katz MBA program exposed me to many different aspects of marketing—including pricing, marketing planning and strategy, brand management, and new product development—all of which are essential to brand management.”
Rachel Bagay (MBA ’07), Associate Brand Manager, Del Monte Foods
Financial Times of London ranks Katz One-Year MBA Program number one in the United States (24th in the world) for value for money. 