Professors of the Practice Program

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Student Presentations for Quantitative Finance

3:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Professors of the Practice Program

Students in Quantitative Finance (INTD 318) will present their work on equity return strategies from 3:00 to 4:00 PM on Monday, May 9 in Munroe 320. All are welcome! These presentations use daily stock return data to replicate published work in the academic literature. The primary tools are the R programming language and Shiny web application framework.

Munroe 317

Open to the Public

Istanbul and Beyond: Culinary Encounters in Modern Turkey

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: History and Professors of the Practice Program

Standing at the crossroads between the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Asia, Turkey boasts astonishingly rich and diverse culinary traditions. Journalist Robyn Eckhardt and her husband, photographer David Hagerman, have spent almost twenty years discovering the country’s very best dishes. Their work has appeared in Saveur, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, 1843 Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

The Invisible Comes To Us: Exploring Digital Approaches to Intangible Cultural Heritage Followed by Jam Hootena

5:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Professors of the Practice Program

A discussion exploring new approaches to intangible cultural heritage, with Digitizing Folk Music History artist-in-residence Anna Roberts-Gevalt of the modern folk duo Anna & Elizabeth (The Invisible Comes to Us, Smithsonian Folkways, 2018).

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public