Financial Services & Information Technology Lab

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    adrian@american.edu

    IT Help Line: (202) 885-2550

    Financial Services & IT Lab
    Mon-Fri: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Sat/Sun: 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

    Student Lab
    Mon-Fri: 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
    Sat/Sun: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Adrian Mihailescu
    Director of Technology

Kogod School of Business Financial Services and Information Technology Lab

Understand the Markets

The Financial Services & Information Technology Lab offers students at Kogod School of Business virtual trading floor experience.

Wall Street Lives Here

The main goal of the Financial Services and Information Technology Lab (FSIT Lab) is to develop educational programs that bridge theory and practice with specific applications towards financial services, information technology and applied research. The FSIT Lab demonstrates the Kogod School of Business' commitment to prepare students for careers in global finance and technology related areas as well as to assist in advancing research and establishing stronger ties with the corporate community.

Facilities Overview

The Kogod Financial Services and IT Lab is located in the Kogod building expansion in room T 51.

The new hands-on learning facility is comprised of:

  • A 1,000 square foot main room with 38 networked stations with access to real time data feeds from Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, databases such as Compustat and CRSP, and software application, @Risk

  • Large LCD screens providing real market information and teaching material

  • 2 overhead projectors for classroom use

  • Document camera

  • Annotation tablet

  • Combo DVD player and VHS VCR

  • Microphones and public address systems for large venues

  • 2 network printers

  • Copier and scanner

  • Video conference portable unit

  • Mini-lab with 10 stations, with access to the same databases and software in the FSIT Lab (located in room T-54)

  • Meeting room

  • 3 breakout rooms

  • Behavioral research lab with 12 stations

Executive-in-Residence

Octavian Ionici

Meet Professor Octavian
Ionici,  Director of the
Financial Services Lab.

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