Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Events
September 19, 2019
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Coming next week…
Monday, September 23
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, 14-250
Self-Study Open Forum
All faculty, staff and students are welcome to give their feedback to the Baruch Self-Study Draft at the our final open forum. In addition to the forums, you can also send feedback via an online survey available here or email your thoughts directly to Assistant Provost Rachél Fester. To read the Self-Study Draft, click here and enter your Baruch username and password.
This event is open to the entire Baruch community. Refreshments will be served.
5:45-8:00 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, 14-270
International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR), keynote address by Beth Macy, Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence
This keynote, “What Moves You: Framing Research Questions for Societal Impact,” launches the 6th Annual International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) at Baruch, which will take place in the Newman Conference Center from Sept. 24-25. Beth Macy is a Virginia-based journalist and the author of three-bestselling books about marginalized communities in America: “Dopesick,” “Truevine,” and “Factory Man.” Her books have won national awards, including an L.A. Times Book Prize and a J. Anthony Lukas Award. Dinner will be served.
RSVP by Friday September 20to Katherine.Pence@baruch.cuny.edu.
Tuesday, September 24
12:30-2:00 PM, 138 east 26th St., 10 floor, Room 1026
International Business Seminar Series, presenters, Naomi Gardberg and Xiaoli Lin, Baruch College
Associate Professors Naomi Gardberg and Xiaoli Yin of the Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management will present their paper “Entry Timing in a Fragmented Industry: Bandwagon Effects, Mutual Forbearance, Oligopolistic Competition and Strategic Groups.” A light lunch will be served.
No RSVP required. All are welcomed to attend.
THE BELOW EVENT HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED TO OCTOBER 3
6:00-7:30 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, 14-270
Study results of the 2019 U.S. Corporate Communication Practices & Trends, speaker, Michael B. Goodman, Baruch College
Join Professor Goodman of Baruch’s Communication Studies Department as he shares the study’s insights and key findings of practices and trends in U.S. corporate communication. The 2019 study of practices and trends in U.S. corporate communication report, built on initial benchmark findings and previous studies, takes a snapshot of corporate communication practice in U.S. corporations. The study surveyed publicly held companies including the Fortune 1000 and conducted follow-up interviews with senior corporate communication executives.
RSVP: click here.
Thursday, September 26
12:30-2:30 PM, Newman Library Building, Room 656
Processing Workshop, presented by Baruch’s New Media Artspace
In this Processing workshop, we will be exposing participants to the basics of programming in a visual arts context. We will cover the foundations of the Processing language to create a piece of interactive art. The workshop will be beginner-friendly and open to the entire Baruch community. Directions: Take the 1st Floor elevator in the Newman Library Building to the 6th Floor. Instead of going through the turnstiles, turn left and walk past the Technology Help Desk. Room 656 will be to your left.
RSVP: Email maya.hilbert@baruchmail.cuny.edu
Looking ahead…
Tuesday, October 15
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, Room 14-285
Why #MeToo Matters in PR, speakers, Elizabeth Borrelli, FleishmanHillard and Jason Morley, Zeno Group
Public Relations experts discuss the impact of the #MeToo movement in the communications industry. To learn more about this event and others visit corporatecomm.org.
RSVP: to erica@corporatecomm.org
Tuesday, October 22
5:00 PM-7:30 PM, Newman Library Building, Asriel and Marie Rachow Conference Room, Room 750
A Reading and Conversation with Beth Macy, Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence
Beth Macy is the author of three bestselling nonfiction books about marginalized people in America. Based in southwest Virginia for three decades, she has won many national awards for her reporting, including a J. Anthony Lukas prize and a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism from Harvard. Her 2018 book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, was called a “masterwork of narrative nonfiction” in The New York Times and named to more than a dozen Best Books of 2018 lists. Join us as Ms. Macy shares her work and experiences with us. To learn more about the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, visit www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/harman.
No RSVP required. This event is free and open to the public.
6:30 PM-8:00 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, room 14-270
Brexit: Cause and Effect, speaker, Dr. Nicholas Baldwin, Wroxton College
Nicholas Baldwin, dean of Wroxton College, discusses the effects of Brexit on the EU and US. To learn more about this event and others visit corporatecomm.org.
RSVP: to erica@corporatecomm.org
Friday, October 25
8:30 AM-4:00 PM, Newman Vertical Campus, 14th Floor
3rd Annual Symposium on Data Analytics, keynote speaker, Dr. Claudia Perlich, Senior Data Scientist, Two Sigma
The Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics invites you to the 3rd Annual Symposium on Data Analytics. The symposium will feature presentations of new research in data analytics and data science from a diverse group of disciplines, as well as an industry panel discussion on fairness and ethical considerations in data analytics and algorithmic decision making. This event is open to all faculty members and doctoral students from the academic community of New York City (including CUNY, NYU, Columbia University, Fordham University, Cornell Tech, Hofstra, Pace) and it is free to attend. To see the full program and the list of presentations and other activities, please follow this link.
Click here RSVP by October 4.
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Vanessa Cano
Special Assistant to the Associate Provost
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (646)660-6517 Fax: (646)660-6531