BlackRock to Baruch: Recovery Slow & Bifurcated

Barry Ziering from BlackRock honored Baruch with a guest lecture Tuesday evening, September 29th.   Between breaks here at Baruch as a visiting scholar, he is the global head of real estate (RE) services at BlackRock. He started with the classic market wisdom from Herb Stein, “Things that can’t go on forever don’t.”  That defined the … Continue reading

Check Your Email! The GSA Has Events for You

Another general broadcast, for you.  The Graduate Student Assembly, has some great events.  Remember to check back at the Graduate Baruchian if you don’t want to check your email directly.  Great for finding out information about events at the public terminals in the Vertical Campus.  Thanks to all of our friends at the GSA for … Continue reading

Don’t Forget About those Great Events at CUNY!

So, this list isn’t original, and if you’re a Baruch student, you probably got this email already.  But if I know you like I know me, you probably ignored this one!  I think the event about urban renewal in Cold War New York looks great!  Check these things out people! Spotlight Katrina Five Years Later … Continue reading

Everybody Wins!

Perhaps no organization, company or firm has so aptly named itself as the Everybody Wins! Foundation (yes, the exclamation point is officially in the name). If you are a part of this organization, you and everyone around you do, indeed, win. And the best part? Baruch College is a partner with Everybody Wins! (EW!), which … Continue reading

Hang out with Bernie

by Helen Serebin Maybe my enthusiasm for fine art is showing here, but the verisimilitude of the sculpture of our alma mater’s namesake is uncanny.  On more than one occasion I’ve told people to meet me by the sculpture of Bernard Baruch and then I can’t find them there.  They’ve assumed that the likeness was … Continue reading

Event Planning

Thursday – Start the weekend right and early by heading down to the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy. This definite crowd pleaser will have all your senses screaming for more. Arrivederci….. Friday – For a classic bohemian date night, start by heading over to the Angelika Film Center on Houston. The 7:40 showing of Howl, the new … Continue reading

Trade Like a Pro

by Helen Serebin As the inaugural post in a series for the Baruch Bucket list, we would like to draw your attention to one of the many jewels at Baruch — the Wasserman Trading Floor at the Subotnick Center.  You can do more than admire.  Get in to the action!!. The Wasserman trading floor is … Continue reading

After Hours at Zicklin — Session V

This lovely September evening was a great night to get out and enjoy discussing the issues of the day.  Zicklineers et al gathered at Andreas Kitchen with wine and some snacks. Introductions started with a new angle: tell us who you are and describe a moment or event when you were at your best.  Try … Continue reading

Go Out and Have Fun

As a grad student you know very well the meaning of having constraints on your time. With group study sessions, case studies and midterms, not to mention family and personal demands, time is at a premium. However, lets not forget that we  study in the greatest city in the world. As your “social director”, you can expect a weekly … Continue reading

Use RSS to track your favorite blog

There many ways to use RSS (really simple syndication).  The way I use it is through my igoogle page.  This page serves as a portal from which to quick track the blogs and pages that I regularly watch. So the next question you ask is how.  That is the very same query one of the … Continue reading