Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, starting May 9

May 6, 2022

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Next week @ Baruch…

Monday, May 9
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Weissman Center International Business Seminar, speaker, Shige Makino, Kyoto University

In its next (and last for the Spring semester) seminar the Weissman Center for International Business will welcome Shige Makino, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the Grade School of Economics of Kyoto University, and Emeritus Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Makino’s current research focuses on strategies and performance of multinational corporations. His research has appeared in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. He served as a Vice President of the Academy of International Business (Program) and a President of the Association of Japanese Business Studies and serves on the boards of leading academic journals including Global Strategy Journal, and the Journal of International Business Studies. He received the JIBS Gold Medal (2019) and the IBR best paper of the year award (2020). For more information, contact Lilac Nachum.

Zoom Link: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/85660507201

Tuesday, May 10
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Big Data: Who Uses It? Who Provides It? And What Risks Does It Create?, speakers, Larry Zicklin (BBA ‘57), Roger Freeman, Neuberger Berman, and Sebastiano Manzan, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance

Businesses have the technology to capture billions of data items on a real-time basis – Big Data – but what are they actually doing with all this information? One application is the analysis of text in newspapers like the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal to gauge sentiment on the current state of the economy, so-called “Nowcasting.” Another is the use of financial data like credit card charges to better estimate firms’ revenues, with the potential for providing timely information to fundamental stock analysts. How well do applications like these really work? Are there other potential applications that might raise privacy and ethical issues? Larry Zicklin (BBA ‘57) discusses these questions with Roger Freeman, Co-Head of Data Science Team, at Neuberger Berman, and with Sebastiano Manzan, Associate Professor of Economics in the Zicklin School Department of Economics and Finance. With an introduction by Dean Fenwick Huss and a Q&A session moderated by Associate Dean Gwen Webb

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Delta Seminar: Investor response to the appointment of female CEOs – An international stakeholder perspective, speaker, Grazia Santengelo, Copenhagen Business School

The last Delta seminar of semester will feature Dr. Grazia Santangelo from Copenhagen Business School presenting research on firm international operations as a moderator of stock market reactions to female CEO appointments using data on 421 S&P 1500 firms. She and colleagues draw on research at the intersection of institutional theory and strategy to theorize that firms with larger operations in masculine-oriented countries face a negative market reaction to female CEO appointments. This is because the negative legitimacy judgment of stakeholders in these countries influences investor reaction. They also argue that these firms are less penalized by the market when they integrate the CEO appointment decision with high proactiveness toward diversity in the workplace than when they compensate this decision with low proactiveness. The proposed explanation is that stakeholders and investors value internal consistency over conformity because it makes firms credible and predictable. Presented by the Narendra P. Loomba Department of Management. For more information, contact Lauren Aydinliyim.

Zoom Link: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/87856290296
Passcode: delta

Thursday, May 12
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
A new mixed media adaptation of Jacob Gordin’s play GOD, MAN, & DEVIL, director, Reuven Glezer (Baruch ’19) and producer, Dr. Debra Caplan, Fine and Performing Arts

When God & Satan wager over the goodness of man’s soul, pious scribe Hershele Dubrovner finds himself tempted beyond his wildest imagination. Presented by the Sandra K. Wasserman Center for Jewish Studies at CUNY Baruch College.

Friday, May 13
5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
The 50th Annual Percy E. Sutton SEEK Awards & Scholarship Ceremony: Five Decades of Access, Equity, and Excellence, keynote speaker, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, CUNY Chancellor.

Join us as we acknowledge our students’ academic achievements, their service to the community, and celebrate the SEEK graduates. The celebration also honors distinguished alumni and recognizes faculty and staff who have contributed to the success of our students and program. Alumni awardees will be: Claude Aska (Director of Development, NY Urban League), Celia Au’ (Producer/Actor), Alexa Castellanos (Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank), Jibreel Jalloh (Brooklyn Borough Advocate), C. Daniel Negron (VP & Director of Business Development at Thomas Miller), and Connie Zhao (Partner, EY). We will also reflect on the memory of: Prof. Judith Broadwin, SEEK counselor Joseph Freeman, and Dr. Donald Smith, faculty and administrator.

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Looking forward…

Monday, May 23
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Summer Class Planning: Engagement Tools and Ideas with Zoom!, speaker, Catherine Kawalek, CTL

Engagement in summer classes is always top of mind when preparing your syllabus. Join us for a mini workshop to review ‘design thinking’ concepts with new Zoom options for both the online and classroom. We’ll discuss ways to increase participation, streamline your content delivery and actions for students to take for successful online classes. Bring your challenges to discuss with your peers and remember to upgrade your Zoom software prior to class. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.