"Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett is delighted to announce a new chapter in finance research and education at the Wharton School. The MBA program is launching a new quantitative finance major within the Finance Department. New courses will be offered, bolstered by the establishment of the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Professorship in Quantitative Finance and the new Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance. The Jacobs Scholars funding will provide top caliber students with the opportunity to compete for a second year financial academic award. The new professorship and scholars funds have been made possible by an $8 million gift from Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs, G’79, GRW’86. Together, they will usher in a new era of opportunities for students and faculty at Wharton.
The Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Professorship in Quantitative Finance will support the appointment to Wharton’s Finance Department of faculty who are experts in quantitative finance. The Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance is an academic award dedicated to exceptional students entering their second year of the Wharton MBA program and majoring in quantitative finance. Recipients will each receive a $25,000 award in support of their tuition. Together, these students will form an elite group of Jacobs Scholars focusing on applying financial economics to security pricing and asset management. In addition to this financial support, Jacobs Scholars will be invited to explore networking opportunities with industry leaders at the annual conference of the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research." …
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