Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, beginning November 20
November 19, 2020
Tomorrow @ Baruch …
Friday, November 20
11:00 AM-12:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Transition to Distance Learning: Weekly Check-in, host, Tamara Gubernat, Center for Teaching and Learning
This weekly check-in session is an opportunity to connect with colleagues: to celebrate successes and collectively work through any challenges that may arise. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
12:00 PM-1:15 PM
Natural Sciences Faculty Seminar Series, presenter, Dr. Alan Lyons, College of Staten Island
Dr. Alan Lyons will give a seminar entitled “Multi-Functional Superhydrophobic Polymer Surfaces.” Alan Lyons received a B.Sc. in chemistry from Brown University and Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from Polytechnic University (now NYU-Tandon School of Engineering). He was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff with the research division of Bell Laboratories and a founding member of Bell Labs Ireland. He joined the City University of New York, as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the College of Staten Island in 2008. His work at CSI has been focused on developing multi-functional materials with novel wetting, thermal and catalytic properties. Based on this work, he has co-founded two companies: ARL Designs LLC, which develops advanced coatings for glass and metal; and SingletO2 Therapeutics LLC, which develops anti-bacterial devices for oral healthcare.
EMAIL: Rebecca Spokony for Zoom information.
Coming next week…
Monday, November 23
9:30 AM-11:00 AM
Weissman Center for International Business Seminar, presenter, Marleen Dieleman, National University of Singapore
Dr. Dieleman will present her paper, “Pandering to politicians: Multiple-principal demands and CEO compliance in emerging market state-owned enterprises.” Professor Dieleman is an associate professor at NUS and an expert on governance of Asian family firms, a topic on which she has been published extensively. She also has worked with these firms as a consultant and a board member. Timeslots are available for individual meetings with the speaker before the seminar. To reserve a timeslot or request a copy of the paper, contact Prof. Lilac Nachum.
ZOOM LINK: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/88377492624
PASSCODE: 268532
Tuesday, November 24
9:00 AM-10:30 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Zoom Your Way! Zoom Hacks and Shortcuts for ease of use in the Classroom, host, Catherine Kawalek, Center for Teaching and Learning
Review of Zoom functions to make teaching and learning rewarding. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
12:30 PM-1:30PM
Zotero Workshop, host, Joseph Hartnett, Newman Library
This workshop provides a hands on introduction to Zotero, a free open-source, bibliographic citation management tool that allows you to collect, store, and organize information as you research, and to rapidly generate citations and bibliographies with your word processor in a variety of styles as you write. You will learn to install Zotero, capture items into your personal library, generate in text citation and bibliographies, sync to the cloud and utilize many of the software’s functions. General Note: This virtual Zotero workshop will be held online via ZOOM. After you register, you will receive a unique link to join the session on ZOOM the day of before the session. This workshop is open to all students and faculty at Baruch and at the CUNY School of Professional Studies.
Looking forward…
Thursday, December 3
6:00 PM-7:30PM
Speaking Truth to Power: Demanding a Response to Structural Inequality, moderators, Professor Marcus Johnson, Political Science, and Teona Pagan (BC ’21)
New York City residents have been forced to contend with long-running racial and economic disparities in public health, housing security, policing, and education. These political, social, and racial dimensions of structural inequality have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This round table discussion will feature student, academic, and policy voices in a conversation about the work the City has done–as well as what remains to be done. We invite you to join us in this vital discussion–please bring your questions, concerns, and an open mind. For more information and a full list of panelists, visit https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/blackandlatinostudies/?p=243. Sponsored by the Black and Latino Studies Department and the Black Studies Colloquium.
Friday, December 4
12:00 PM-1:15 PM
Natural Sciences Faculty Seminar Series, presenter, Aparna Kesarwala, MD, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine
Aparna Kesarwala, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, will discuss her work on “The Effect of Radiation Therapy on Cancer Metabolism.” Dr. Kesarwala’s laboratory research focuses on the central hypothesis that altering cancer cell metabolism can increase radiation response. Over half of cancer patients receive radiation therapy during their course of treatment, but radiation therapy volumes and doses are currently largely based on anatomic location, tissue of origin, stage, and/or grade, as opposed to molecular or metabolic characteristics of tumors. Altered metabolic pathways are currently molecular targets of great therapeutic interest, as cancer cells have fundamentally different metabolism from normal cells. Tumors produce increased levels of lactate via aerobic glycolysis, a long-described phenomenon known as the Warburg effect, but significant metabolic heterogeneity among individual tumors also exists.
EMAIL: Rebecca Spokony for Zoom information.
Thursday, December 10
1:00 PM-2:00PM
Frida Kahlo’s Two Fridas: Crafting Paintings and Multiple Identities, presenter, Professor Gail Levin, Fine and Performing Arts
Baruch Professor of Art History Gail Levin will speak about the work of Frida Kahlo. In the large-scale double self-portrait, called Two Fridas (1939), Frida Kahlo suggested her dual nature, her multiple ethnic identities. The image on the right is dressed in Tehuana costume, while that on the left wears a European Victorian-style dress. Some of many interpretations argue that the Frida dressed in Mexican outfit, who holds Diego’s portrait, is the one that he loved. This talk also features international homages to this painting by Mongolian and Japanese artists. This event is presented in the new series: A Tour of the World in 6 Artworks. It is developed by the Weissman Center for International Business, and is free and open to the Baruch community.
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