<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0415-adirondack-trust-lecture.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Adirondack Trust Lecture explores the evolving role of AI in finance</title><author>Emrah Jusufoski ’28</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/16/2025 11:52:23 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>A College and community partnership, this year's Adirondack Trust Lecture on Finance considered the expanding role of artificial intelligence in financial systems.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0415-adirondack-trust-lecture-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Irene Aldridge"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0415-adirondack-trust-lecture-featured.jpg" alt="From left, Associate Professor and Chair of the Management and Business Department David Cohen, Charles Wait Jr., Charles Wait, Irene Aldridge, and President Marc C. Conner at the annual Adirondack Trust Lecture on Finance."/></image><caption>From left, Associate Professor and Chair of the Management and Business Department David Cohen, Charles V. Wait Jr., Charles V. Wait Sr., Irene Aldridge, and President Marc C. Conner at the annual Adirondack Trust Lecture on Finance.</caption></item>