PC Magazine Names Villanova As Most Wired

Princeton Review, an educational and test preparation company, and PC Magazine surveyed about 240 colleges and universities to select the United States top “wired” campus. They declared Villanova University the winner, with its advanced finance lab that gives students access to Wall Street tools, including stock tickers. The university also provides laptops to freshmen, preloaded with software and applications they will use in their fields of study. The laptops and more than half the campus have wireless support. Michael Pagano, associate professor of finance in the School of Business, designed the lab in partnership with colleague David Nawrocki, professor of finance. The lab opened in January 2005. Said Pagano, “There’s a growing demand to put finance theory into practice. It’s nice if you can show them real numbers, blinking in real time.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 December 2006