Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, starting December 5

December 6, 2021

Next week @ Baruch…

Sunday-Monday, December 5-6
48 Hour Showing
Free 48-hour streaming of Mr. Kaplan, the final film in our fall Jewish/Latinx film series

Join us as we close out our fall Jewish/Latinx film series with a streaming of Mr. Kaplan, directed by Alvaro Brechner, on 12/5-12/6. Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America because of World War II. But now turning 76, he’s become rather grumpy, fed up with his community and his family’s lack of interest in its own heritage. One beach bar may, however, provide him with an unexpected opportunity to achieve greatness and recover his family’s respect in the community: its owner, a quiet, elderly German, raises Mr. Kaplan’s suspicion that he is a runaway Nazi. Ignoring his family’s concerns about his health, Jacob secretly recruits Contreras, a more loyal than honest former police officer, to help him investigate. Together, they will try to repeat the historic capture of Adolf Eichmann, by unmasking and kidnapping the German and secretly taking him to Israel.

To register, contact Carina Pasquesi.

Monday, December 6
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Marxe Global Insights Series. “Cocaine, From Andean Fields to City Streets: A Conversation,“ moderated by Enrique Desmond Arias, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

This roundtable, which emerges from the recently published volume Cocaine (Duke University Press) includes scholars who have studied the production, shipment, and retail sale of cocaine. The participants will discuss cocaine value chains and their implications for communities in different parts of the Americas. For more information and a full list of participants, click here.

Tuesday, December 7
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
The Information Systems and Statistics Research Seminar Series, presenter, Xinwei Deng, Virginia Tech

Prof. Deng will present on the topic “Adaptive Convex Clustering for Generalized Linear Models with Applications to Purchase Likelihood Prediction.” Abstract: In the IT service pricing, it is essential to make accurate prediction of the purchase likelihood of potential clients. However, the heterogeneity related to both clients and products results in very different purchase behaviors. Thus, it is not appropriate to use one global model on all data. There is a great need of constructing distinctive models under different data segments. Towards this aim, we propose a convex clustering approach to performing data segmentation and model fitting simultaneously. The proposed method ensures data points with a common model structure are grouped into the same segment. An efficient algorithm with asymptotic convergence properties are developed in parameter estimation. The performance of the proposed approach and its merits are illustrated by numerical examples and a case study with business data from a major IT service provider.

ZOOM LINK: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/84406700457
PASSCODE: stat2021f

2:30 PM-3:45 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Innovations in Fostering Student Engagement Showcase, multiple speakers/panelists

Thirty-eight faculty teaching across Baruch’s three schools participated in the CTL’s inaugural Fostering Student Engagement Seminar over the summer of 2021. This fully online Seminar provided an opportunity for faculty teaching in fully online, hybrid, and in-person modes of instruction to connect with one another and consider student engagement in their courses. This showcase highlights some of the innovative methods and approaches to increasing student engagement from the Summer 2021 cohort. For more about this event and a list of panelists, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/event/innovations-in-fostering-student-engagement-showcase/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Sayed Kashua in conversation with Dr. Brian Horowitz, speakers, Sayed Kashua, journalist/novelist and Dr. Brian Horowitz, Tulane University

The Wasserman Jewish Studies Center is honored to host novelist and journalist Sayed Kashua, in conversation with Professor Brian Horowitz, Sizeler Family Professor, Dept. of Jewish Studies, Tulane University. Kashua is the author of the novels Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning (which was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), Second Person Singular (winner of the prestigious Bemstein Prize), and Track Changes. Kashua wrote a weekly column for Haaretz and is the creator of the prize-winning sitcom, Arab Labor. Kashua was born in Israel to Palestinian parents and was a resident of Beit Safafa before moving to a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem. From the beginning of his career, Kashua wrote exclusively in Hebrew despite having grown up speaking exclusively Arabic. This was an intentional choice on his part in reaction to the poor representation of Palestinian characters in Hebrew books. He currently teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. For more information, contact Carina Pasquesi.

Wednesday, December 8
4:30 PM-5:15 PM
Got an Unpaid Internship, Need Funding?, speakers, Tina Coco and Sandra Kupprat, STARR Career Development Center

Have an Unpaid Internship/ volunteer experience lined up and are looking for compensation? Come to our Information Session on the Max Berger Pre-Law Unpaid Legal Internship Stipend Program or the Dr. Wendy Heyman Public Interest Fellowship. Learn how you can get paid for these priceless work experiences that will help you develop your future career. Note: Max Berger Stipend Program is for unpaid internships in the legal industry. Heyman Fellowships is for students doing unpaid internships in places where they are making a difference in the world (i.e., non-profits, NGOs, cultural institutions, government, politician offices, campaigns). Faculty curious about funding sources through STARR are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Sandra Kupprat.

Thursday, December 9
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Zotero 2: Advanced Zotero Workshop, hosted by Prof. Joseph Hartnett, Library

The Zotero 2 workshop will show you how to maximize Zotero’s capacity and streamline the research and writing process with the help of Zotfile, Dropbox, PDF editor, and Zotero Bookmarklet software. This workshop is open to all students and faculty at Baruch and CUNY SPS who previously completed the Zotero 1 Workshop and have the prerequisite software installed (see sign up page for details).

Friday, December 10
2:30 PM-3:45 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Innovations in the Macaulay Honors Seminars, moderated by Allison Lehr Samuels, CTL and Jody Clark Vaisman, Honors Program

Throughout their first two years of undergraduate study, Macaulay honors students take four required seminars that introduce them to the academic disciplines. The seminars feature creative inquiry and hands-on exploration of the city’s resources to understand the cultural, natural, social, and economic forces that shape the contemporary urban landscape. At this session sponsored by the Baruch CTL, faculty members teaching the Macaulay Seminars will share how undergraduate research, experiential learning, and collaborative projects build students’ professional profiles; foster their awareness of New York City’s communities and history; inspire their imaginative engagement with the city; and develop their sense of belonging as students, creators, and citizens. The interdisciplinary, creative, and hands-on inquiry featured in the seminars can be transferred to classes across the curriculum to engage students at all levels of their undergraduate careers. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

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