Green IT Panel

Just before the break, Zicklin had the honor of hosting four leaders in Green IT for a panel discussion on the 14th floor of the Newman Vertical Campus.  Prof Kannan Mohan welcomed students and others followed by an introduction of the panelists. David Bartlett,  VP of Industry Solutions at IBM Diane Chehab, acting director at … Continue reading

Welcome Back. Now Do Something

I imagine that the Pesach\Easter\Spring break was as welcome for you as it was for this beleaguered correspondent.  With sleep quotients back to some level of normalcy, students are ready to hammer out the last of the semester.  Just a few weeks folks to do all those things you keep meaning to do. Which brings … Continue reading

Business as Usual

By Daniel Seda After receiving the unofficial election results, members of the Incumbent Coalition skipped towards the elevators congratulating themselves on their previously uncontested victory.  Stopping momentarily on the way to attend their wine tasting social, they stuck their hands into the guts of the opposition to thank the New Baruch Alliance for their “good … Continue reading

EOC: Brand Yourself

Diane Baranello, from Coaching for Distinction, graciously spoke to Zicklin students on a April 5th.  The Executives on Campus (EOC) program hosted the event for grads and undergrads. Ms. Baranello started with a simple question: Who has a brand? . . .  It’s a trick question.   Every single one of us has a brand, and … Continue reading

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Baruch Student/Entrepreneur Adds a Little Kick to Autism Awareness

Graduate school is hard enough by itself let alone adding a full or part-time job into the equation. However, many of our classmates take on even bigger challenges. David Rosenberg is a current Baruch MBA student, a local entrepreneur, and an advocate for children with special needs. Together with his wife Stephanie, David opened a … Continue reading

The Busy Life: Finding Time to Do More at Grad School

Originally post on Oct 20, 2010 You’re busy, I get it. I think we can all agree that grad students are busy people. We’ve got jobs, families, friends, classes, and social lives. We play sports, watch movies, take trips, play music, cook, exercise, go on dates, get drunk, have fun, and work hard. There is … Continue reading

Get a (graduate) Life

by Daniel Battista Just a few short months ago, I enrolled here at Baruch as a graduate student after a number of years living and working in New York.  If you are like me, you saw the opportunity and potential in Baruch and couldn’t resist.  And right about now, you are probably doing the balancing … Continue reading

Conversation with an International Student #1: Mumbai, India

Investing in American Education So I had this conversation with a friend of mine, an international student from Mumbai.  He wasn’t too keen on speaking for the vast majority of Indian students at Baruch, so I’ve changed his name here. IndianStudent01:  Here’s the problem I see with the international students: they have no stake. Jeremy: … Continue reading

BUS9770 Guest Speaker–Cary Krosinsky

by Helen Serebin Deep into Mr. Krosinsky’s PowerPoint presentation on March 21sts of Trucost, a company that calculates firms’ environmental impacts, he stopped at slide # 17 and said “This is the most important slide in this presentation.”   Here is this slide: Why is knowing that GHGs and water use make up 70 % of … Continue reading