TEDx Gramercy at Baruch
Saturday March 10th brought a special treat to the Engleman Recital Hall here at Baruch College. Costa Michailidis (a Baruch alumnus), Katie Tracy, and their team (TEDxGramercy), put together a morning of presentations to Upgrade Your World. Local communities of doers and thought-leaders independently organize TEDx events. TED simply lends the name and offers some … Continue reading
Gaming Sustainability
by Helen Serebin, MBA Operations Management & Sustainability 2012 A day after everything was red for Valentine’s Day, on February 15th a panel talked about greening the world through ‘gamification.’ Green Gamification: Combining Social Media & Game Mechanics to Promote Sustainability presented by the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and co-sponsored by one of … Continue reading
MiniDates — Coming to a Smartphone Near You
You may have noticed a new link to a survey about MiniDates on SurveyPoint. It’s an exciting new app and a fellow Baruchian is on the front lines of its roll-out. Here’s what he has to say and be sure to fill out the survey. by Herry Pierre-Louis, MS Computer Information Systems 2013 (expected) This … Continue reading
EOC: The JAR Group — Starting a Startup
November 1st, 2011. The 14th floor of VC saw Hide Harashima and AJ Lawrence come to campus to speak about their experience on the front lines of the start-up world. The MPA club and the Zicklin Media & Entertainment Club hosted the event that was organized by the Executives on Campus (EOC) Job$mart project. Hide … Continue reading
A Box That Gave Rise to Globalization
NYT | Keith Tantlinger, Builder of Cargo Container, Dies at 92 Nearly six decades ago, Keith W. Tantlinger built a box — or, more accurately, the corners of a box. It was a seemingly small invention, but a vital one: it set in motion a chain of events that changed the way people buy and … Continue reading
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