Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, starting October 16
October 15, 2020
Tomorrow (Friday, October 16) @ Baruch…
9:00 AM-9:00 PM
Yael Weiss: 32 Bright Clouds, performer, Yael Weiss
32 BRIGHT CLOUDS: BEETHOVEN CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE WORLD is a global music-commissioning, performing, and recording project. Curated and performed by pianist Yael Weiss, this groundbreaking project commissions new works from thirty-two countries of conflict and secluded areas spanning the globe, all united through musical themes from Beethoven. 32 Bright Clouds aims to harness music’s great power for unity and peace. This event is sponsored by the Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) and the Aaron and Freda Silberman Recital Series. This event will run from October 1-18. For more information click here.
RSVP required: https://ci.ovationtix.com/1091/production/1031673
Coming next week…
Tuesday, October 20
12:00 PM-1:30 PM – 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-1:45 PM
The Information System and Statistics Research Seminar Series, presenter, Gregory D. Moody, University of Nevada
This talk is part of The Information Systems and Statistics Research Seminar Series. This week’s study focuses on mobile security notifications and factors that lead to users’ deferred security coping behavior. Sponsored by the Paul H. Chook Department of Information System and Statistics. For more information, contact Prof. Adel Yazdanmehr.
ZOOM LINK: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/97456910155
MEETING ID: 974 5691 0155
PASSWORD: 218295
Wednesday, October 21
11:00 AM-12:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Balancing Work and Life with Kids during the Pandemic: An Oxymoron?, hosts, Pamela Thielman and Katherine Tsan, Center for Teaching and Learning
The pandemic has made life especially challenging for parent academics with children at home. In this hour-long webinar, we will discuss some of the current literature on the subject, impart time management tips and collectively come up with a list of goals to focus on as we move further into the academic year. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
Thursday, October 22
9:00 AM-10:30 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Student Engagement in the Online Classroom: Zoom Tools and Teaching Techniques, host, Catherine Kawalek, Center for Teaching and Learning
Join us to review and discuss the Zoom options for delivering engaging class environments. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
11:00 AM-12:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Transition to Distance Learning: Weekly Check-in, hosts, Tamara Gubernat and Seth Graves, 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.
12:30 PM-2:00PM
College Football, COVID and Dollars: The NCAA’s Ethical Obligations to Student-Athletes, speakers, Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) – Moderator
Former Chairman, Neuberger Berman, and Marc Edelman, Professor of Law, Baruch College and Contributor, Forbes SportsMoney
A significant number of universities have opted to cancel in person classes while simultaneously deciding to bring their student-athletes back to campus to practice and play football. Such action, in the midst of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, has led to renewed debate about the role of the NCAA as the gatekeeper for college football in the modern era. Is the NCAA just like any business trade association in which the end goal is to maximize profits? Or, are there other stakeholder considerations, specifically those of student-athletes, that the NCAA is compelled to factor into its decision-making process? Join sports law Professor and expert, Marc Edelman, and former Chairman of Neuberger Berman, Larry Zicklin, for a lively discussion on the role of the NCAA and the future of college football. For more information on this event click here. Sponsored by The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.
To register click HERE.
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
The Information System and Statistics Research Seminar Series, presenter, Maryclare Griffin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Prof. Maryclare Griffin will discuss her research about “Estimation of Possibly Non-stationary Long Memory Processes Via Adaptive Overdifferencing.” Dr. Griffin is an assistant professor of statistics at Umass Amherst. She received her PhD in statistics from the University of Washington in 2018, and completed a one-year postdoc in the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. 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
Friday, October 23
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Natural Sciences Faculty Seminar Series, presenter, Mason Wolak, Acting Head of the Nanomaterials Section, United States Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Mason Wolak will present on “Cellular Tracking and Drug Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Using Quantum Dot-Spike Conjugated Pseudo-Virions.” He and his collaborators, Eunkeu Oh, Kimihiro Susumu (US Naval Research Laboratory – NRL) and Kirill Gorshkov (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences – NCATS), are developing tools to study and treat SARS-CoV-2. Faculty and students invited to attend.
EMAIL: Rebecca Spokony for Zoom link
Looking Forward…
Thursday, October 29
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence, speakers, Seth Dobrin, Chief Data Officer, IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to make data-driven decisions in a range of business domains, managers need to understand how to deal with different biases that can manifest themselves in business analytics projects. Pre-existing human biases can be mitigated or amplified by how organizations use AI in data-driven decisions. In the recent past, bias in AI has led to poor decisions in many areas such as sub-optimal hiring decisions in recruitment and lost revenue opportunities in consumer lending. Dr. Seth Dobrin will provide a non-technical overview of bias in AI and explain why managers need to care about it. He will talk about the different types of AI biases and how to manage them in organizations. Presented by the Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics.
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