“The building is designed to provide students with a variety of real world experiences that are an integrated part of the curriculum,” Miami said in a statement. “This includes participating in financial market activity through the Chaifetz Trading Center which simulates transactions based upon real-time electronic feeds from Bloomberg and Reuters via dozens of dual-monitor computer stations.”
The 1,800-square-foot center also features scrolling stock market tickers, projection screens and more, the university said.
In a 2009 BusinessWeek survey of the nation’s best undergraduate business programs, the Farmer School of Business ranked 18 overall and 6 among those offered by public universities and colleges, making it the highest-ranked undergraduate business program in Ohio, the university said.