The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many changes, one of which was a sharp increase in the use of telehealth services in medicine. Under ubiquitous lockdowns, patients could not make appointments to see their healthcare providers in person. Yet providers had... View Article
If you’ve been a troglodyte for the past decade, you might not have heard about The Accountant, a 2016 action movie starring Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, an autistic accountant who, when not adding long sums in his head, is... View Article
Did you know that if you found out your drinking water was contaminated with carcinogens and you joined a class action lawsuit against the polluter, you’d be very unlikely to win damages unless you could prove you had cancer that was... View Article
How should policymakers and regulators deal with disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, and their applications, including cryptocurrencies? That’s the question Professor Nizan Packin (Department of Law) poses in an article she recently published in the American University Law... View Article
The winners of Baruch College’s 2024 Abraham J. Briloff Prize in Ethics were announced recently, and, not surprisingly, the Zicklin School of Business was a top performer. Valerie Watnick, professor and chair of the Department of Law, won a... View Article
Many in the investment community believe that short-term earnings forecasts do more harm than good. Legendary investor Warren Buffett, for example, has called for CEOs to stop issuing quarterly profit forecasts, out of the view that once forecasts are set,... View Article
As part of Baruch College’s Respectful Dialogue Series last month, Associate Professors Allison Hahn and Eric Gander of the Weissman School moderated a debate about the benefits and drawbacks of technology. Each side was led by an outside faculty expert,... View Article
The Rackow Conference Room of the Information & Technology Building was packed recently for a high-profile “fireside chat” between Matt Levine, a financial journalist who writes the daily “Money Stuff” newsletter for Bloomberg News, and Lin Peng, PhD, Krell Chair... View Article
More than 100 professors and doctoral candidates filled a 14th-floor conference room in the Newman Vertical Campus on March 6 for the kickoff of the Baruch Climate Finance and Sustainability Conference, co-sponsored with the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis... View Article
Three Zicklin faculty members have won the Zicklin Innovation in Teaching Awards for 2025, announced Marios Koufaris, interim associate dean for administration and finance. Each award came with a $7,000 stipend. Associate Professor Mahima Hada (Allen G. Aaronson Department of... View Article
