Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, beginning November 9
November 6, 2020
Coming next week…
Monday, November 9
12:30 PM-2:00 PM
IB seminar, presenter, Timothy Pollock, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Professor Pollock is the Haslam Chair in Business, Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee, with previous positions at Penn State, the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has featured in the top academic journals in our field, including the Academy of Management Journals, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal and others. (As an indication of his remarkable productivity – he has two forthcoming papers in the Academy of Management journals scheduled for publication in 2021.) His research has led to considerable recognition in the academic community and outside. Slots for individual meetings with the speakers are available before and after the seminar.
EMAIL: Lilac Nachum
ZOOM INFO: Contact Prof. Nachum; the Passcode is: 206594
Tuesday, November 10
12:15 PM-1:45 PM
Subjective Beliefs about Contract Enforceability, presenter, Evan Starr, University of Maryland
Professor Starr will present a paper examining worker’s subjective beliefs about contract enforceability in the context of postemployment covenants not to compete, whose enforceability varies widely across states. Using survey data on 11,505 labor force participants, they find that workers of all stripes are largely uninformed regarding the actual enforceability of their noncompetes, and that these generally inaccurate beliefs are strongly correlated with firms reminding workers of entirely unenforceable noncompetes. Detailed analysis will be presented regarding the impact of informing workers of noncompete enforceability. Professor Starr is an Assistant Professor of Management & Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. His research examines issues at the intersection of human capital, entrepreneurship, and technology, with a focus no employer-employee contracting practices. One on one meetings are also available with Professor Starr. This event is part of Narendra Paula Loomba Department of Management’s Delta Seminar Series.
EMAIL: Lauren Aydinliyim to RSVP
Thursday, November 12
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.
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
The Information System and Statistics Research Seminar Series, presenter, Lingsong Zhang, Perdue University
Dr. Lingsong Zhang will give a talk on imbalanced and high dimension low sample size classification. Abstract: In this talk, we will address some challenges and issues related to classifying imbalanced high dimensional low sample size data sets. We will discuss both binary classifiers and multi-category classification methods. Two popular methods, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Distance Weighted Discrimination (DWD) will be used as examples. Novel classification methods that possess the merits of both methods are proposed. We show that the new classifier inheres the merit of DWD, and hence, overcomes the data-piling and overfitting issue of SVM. On the other hand, the new method is not subject to imbalanced data issue which was a main advantage of SVM over DWD. Several theoretical properties, including Fisher consistency and asymptotic normality of the DWSVM solution are developed. Sponsored by the Paul H. Chook Department of Information System and Statistics. For more information, contact Prof. Zeda Li.
ZOOM LINK: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/3601957288
PASSCODE: fall2020
Friday, November 13
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Multilingual Students, speakers, D.J. Dolack, Tools for Clear Speech, Diana Hamilton, the Writing Center, and Meechal Hoffman, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute.
The Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Tools for Clear Speech, and The Writing Center invite you to a session on inclusive teaching strategies broadly, with a special focus on multilingual students. The session will have three parts: first, the Schwartz Communication Institute will share a resource and lead an exercise overviewing some fundamentals of inclusive teaching; second, Tools for Clear Speech will share research and suggestions for supporting multilingual students in the classroom by attending to the role and responsibility of the listener; finally, the Writing Center will share research and lead an exercise on responding productively and effectively to multilingual student writing. There will be time for Q&A. We look forward to seeing you there and working together to support Baruch’s students!
ZOOM LINK: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/86163486773
PASSCODE: 111320
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Connecting Classrooms Around the World, hosts, CUNY COIL Working Group
The CUNY COIL Working Group will host an Information Session to help faculty and staff learn more about Virtual Exchange, or Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Join us via Zoom for an orientation about best practices and to learn about projects across campuses and disciplines. If you have any questions, please reach out to COIL@listserv.cuny.edu.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/COIL101
Looking forward…
Friday, November 20
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Introduction to US Census Data Workshop, presenter, Frank Donnelly, Newman Library
More than just a ten-year count, the US Census is a vast ecosystem of datasets that can be used for describing places and populations. Understanding how the census is organized and knowing which sources to use are the keys for unlocking these valuable datasets. This remote Zoom session includes a presentation that provides a conceptual overview of the census, so you can learn to choose the best data and sources for answering your specific research questions, and live demonstrations of several publicly available tools for accessing data. Basic sources for looking up stats and getting a broad profile for an area, as well as more advanced tools like data.census.gov for generating detailed comparison tables will be demonstrated. Participants will have the opportunity to ask specific questions related to their research. Advanced registration is required, and seats are limited. For more information visit: https://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/gis/intro_census_remote. Open to Baruch undergrads and CUNY grad students, faculty, and staff.
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 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.
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