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2023:
- Dr. Jan Dutton, CEO and President of Prescient Weather Ltd, presented his company's weather forecast and commodity markets analytics tools. The natural gas traders were interested in learning about the World Climate Service, designed to enable improved long-range forecast information. Our agriculture traders learned about CropProphet, their grain yield forecasting solution. We are working to enable access to both products for our students.
- Smithfield Foods visits with faculty, staff, and students for a lunch and roundtable industry discussion. The event was hosted by COINS and the Center for Agricultural Trade. View photo album
2022:
- Olga Isengildina-Massa named John B. and Kristi L. Rowsell Professor
- The only student-managed commodity fund of its kind in the United States celebrates 10 years
2020:
Earlier
- 2018: Virginia Tech students compete to bring home the bacon
- 2017: Students use COINS to foster growth
- 2017: Chris Eyestone named 2017 Outstanding Senior for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- 2015: Class of 2015: Experiential learning prepares Thomas Sefcik for career in food and water security
- 2012: Virginia Tech students invest $500,000 in agricultural commodities
Previous guest speakers:
- Rich Handler, CEO, Jefferies Financial Group
- Tracy Castle-Newman, COO, Global Institutional Equity Distribution at Morgan Stanley
- Dr. Tom Brady, Executive Director, JPMorgan Center for Commodities
- Wayne Roberts, Global Procurement Head at ThermoFisher
- Michael Kender, Professor of Practice in Finance, Pamplin School of Business – Virginia Tech
- Tim Maloney, Associate – Markets Technology Acceleration Lab, Citigroup
- Matt Bielawa, Associate, Citigroup
- David Barto, Associate Credit Trader, Citigroup