2025-26
A YEAR IN REVIEW
The 2025-26 academic year was full of newsworthy events, accomplishments, and
accolades for the Bendheim Center for Finance. From a successful application season to
faculty awards and student achievements, see what BCF was up to this year.
Nicolas Hommel wins the 2025 
Ben Bernanke Prize in Financial and
Monetary Economics
Nicolas Hommel wins 2026 Top
Finance Graduate Award
STUDENT NEWS
14
Represented by our
incoming MFins—our
most diverse class yet
5
Minor in Finance student Annie Xu
received one of the 2025 Junior Prizes
UMF students awarded academic
excellence prizes
2025 Job Market Candidates
Undergrad Spotlight on Shruti Venkat
Francesco Catanzariti (MFin‘24) featured
in Business Insider
Victoire Auriault (MFin ‘12) Named #1 on
American Banker’s “Most Powerful
Women in Banking NEXT 2025”
ALUMNI NEWS
Countries

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