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As a part of Loyola University Maryland’s Ethics Week—a series of speakers and presentations around the topic of ethical business and social issues now in its third year—Loyola has invited Paula A. Franzese, J.D., the Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law at Seton Hall University and one of the country's leading experts in property law as well as government ethics, to be the main speaker. A lecture will be given at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 with a reception to follow

Franzese will speak on "Character, Ethics and Civility: Leading with Conscience.” Franzese has spearheaded ethics reform initiatives on behalf of three governors, and served as Special Ethics Counsel to New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey, chair of the State Ethics Commission for New Jersey; vice-chair of the Election Law Enforcement Commission; and as ethics advisor to state and local governments across the country, including Newark Mayor Cory Booker's administration. Most recently, in December she received the National Council on Governmental Ethics Laws Award, the highest form of recognition conferred by the organization, in honor of her "significant, demonstrable, and positive contributions to the fields of campaign finance, elections, ethics, freedom of information, and lobbying over a significant period of time."

Ethics Week is a collaborative effort across the University to inspire intellectual curiosity, support thoughtful discussion, and raise awareness about topical ethical issues. Other events include screenings of Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air as well as a discussion of Up in the Air by Professor Thomas S. Hibbs, dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. Hibbs is an ethics scholar and film critic and teaches in the fields of medieval philosophy, contemporary virtue ethics, and intersections between philosophy and popular culture.

The week is sponsored by the department of law and social responsibility in the Sellinger School; the department of philosophy in Loyola College; the national business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma; the national Jesuit honor society Alpha Sigma Nu; and the office of mission integration.

All events are free and open to the public. Each night, events will be held in the Andrew White Student Center’s Fourth Floor Program Room on Loyola’s North Charles Street campus. Registration is required to attend the Paula Franzese lecture on Feb. 15.

Register online or contact the office of alumni relations at 410-617-5432 or alumni@loyola.edu

A team of students from Loyola University Maryland will participate in a live online event with colleges from around the country to showcase investor mobile applications they created as a part of the TradeKing $100K API Campus Challenge. The live stream will begin at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15 and culminate with an announcement of regional and national prize winners.

Four teams from Loyola entered the challenge that included 23 other teams from McKendree University, University of Nebraska (Lincoln), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Villanova University. Loyola’s “SafeTrade” team, made up of Joe Eder, ’12, Tony Florida, ’12, DJ Krajewski, ’12, Brendan Lindner, ’12, and Chris Manley, ’12, was named school winner and awarded $3,000. Their Android app calls up historical stock price data from Yahoo Finance and allows users to enter buy/sell orders in their TradeKing account. The team is now eligible for a divisional prize of $5,000 and a national prize of $50,000.

The contest, sponsored by online broker-dealer TradeKing, challenged undergraduate finance and technology majors during the Fall 2011 semester to create unique investment apps using TradeKing’s Application Programming Interface (API). Loyola was one of the first universities to participate in this challenge last spring. The TradeKing $100K API Campus Challenge was created to drive collaboration between academia and a financial services industry leader to foster creativity and underscore the numerous possibilities enabled by APIs. 

To watch the live stream of the event, go to www.apicampuschallenge.com/media.

About TradeKing:
TradeKing is a nationally licensed online stock and options broker offering simple, low cost online trading fees. A pioneer in integrating new financial social media as part of its innovative online equities, options trading and fixed-income trading platform, TradeKing has received multiple discount broker awards from top industry sources and was rated best in customer service by SmartMoney Magazine, ahead of OptionsXpress, Scottrade, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade. (June 2011 SmartMoney Broker Survey).

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Join Katlyn Good, assistant director of recruitment for the Emerging Leaders MBA, for a Twitter Q & A on Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm.

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Ethics Week: "Up in the Air" review

Tom Hibbs, ethics scholar and film critic, will review the movie Up in the Air as part of Loyola's Ethics Week, an annual series of speakers and presentations co-sponsored by the department of law and social responsibility in the Sellinger School; the department of philosophy in Loyola College; the national business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma; the national Jesuit honor society Alpha Sigma Nu; and the office of mission integration. To learn more, visit the Ethics Week website.

Ethics Week: "Character, Ethics, and Civility: Leading with Conscience"

Paula Franzese, J.D., professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law, and a visiting professor of political science at Barnard College one of the country's leading experts in property law as well as government ethics, will present “Character, Ethics, and Civility: Leading with Conscience,” as part of Loyola's Ethics Week, an annual series of speakers and presentations co-sponsored by the department of law and social responsibility in the Sellinger School; the department of philosophy in Loyola College; the national business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma; the national Jesuit honor society Alpha Sigma Nu; and the office of mission integration. A reception will follow the presentation. This event is also co-sponsored by Loyola’s Law and Government Alumni Circle. To register, please visit the alumni website. To learn more, visit the Ethics Week website.

Ethics Week: "Up in the Air" screening and discussion

Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, J.D., chair of the department of law and social responsibility, will screen and facilitate a discussion on Up in the Air, in preparation for a Thursday evening lecture by Tom Hibbs, ethics scholar and film critic. The event is part of Loyola's Ethics Week, an annual series of speakers and presentations co-sponsored by the department of law and social responsibility in the Sellinger School; the department of philosophy in Loyola College; the national business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma; the national Jesuit honor society Alpha Sigma Nu; and the office of mission integration. To learn more, visit the Ethics Week website.