The Zicklin School of Business’ MBA program vaulted 10 spots to tie for #26 on the U.S. News & World Report “2026 Best Graduate Schools” ranking for part-time MBA programs. And for the eighth straight year, both the Zicklin MBA... View Article
Have you seen the CUNY subway ads that say, “Study your way,” and show a man leaning on a desk in the middle of a lawn? That’s digital marketing major Luis Soto (BBA, ’27), a Macaulay Honors student at the... View Article
If you’ve ever had a math teacher ask you to show your work, Dexin Zhou’s research will probably resonate with you. In a paper published last year in the Journal of Corporate Finance, Zhou, an associate professor in the Bert... View Article
How does a one-time high school dropout become the multimillionaire founder of a 150-employee financial consulting firm? Through hard work, humility, luck, and an appetite for risk. That’s what Zicklin School of Business students heard in February from the Mitsui-Lunch-Time... View Article
The Zicklin School of Business has won five grants from the City University of New York to implement innovations in artificial intelligence education. Nearly $95,000 in funds will cover faculty stipends, graduate assistantships, AI software licenses, and the like, to... View Article
Since he arrived in New York in the 1990s, Wendell Batista (BBA, ’14) has gone from the loading dock to the first-class cabin—literally. As the Northeast regional director of continuous improvement for LSG Sky Chefs, the world’s largest airline catering... View Article
The Zicklin School of Business has long been known for its excellent finance and accounting programs, which outperform those of many private colleges. Now its real estate program is also gaining attention for punching above its weight. A team of... View Article
Zicklin School of Business undergraduate Jay Li (BBA, ’26) has seen himself coming and going. On the subway, staring out from a poster across from his seat. On the side of a crosstown bus hurtling down 23rd Street. “I saw... View Article
If you’re ever in a descending elevator with Lecturer Ken Abbott (Department of Law), chances are he’s headed down to the Baruch ARC (Athletics and Recreation Complex) in the basement of the Newman Vertical Campus. “I’m still the same weight I was when I got married... View Article
Are there toxins in those tater tots? Probably, if recent research by a Zicklin School of Business professor is any indication. But what she subsequently learned about the new leadership in Washington was worse, galvanizing her to pen an article... View Article
Zicklin News recently took an elevator ride at the Newman Vertical Campus with Lecturer Robert Buchsbaum of the William Newman Department of Real Estate. He told us his story and how he ended up at the Zicklin School of Business. Here’s what we learned. ... View Article
The University of Texas at Dallas tracks publications in the top 24 business research journals. Three of these journals specialize in accounting: The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. In 2025, the Zicklin School of Business ranked... View Article
Dana (Weisberg) Zeller (MS, ’05), chief operating officer of BHI, studied statistics at the Zicklin School of Business and went on to build a successful career in banking. She sat down for an interview with Zicklin News. Zicklin News: Tell us about... View Article
Zicklin News took a recent elevator ride at the Newman Vertical Campus with Douglas Carmichael, Eli and Claire Mason Professor of Accountancy in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy. Earlier that day, he had led Ensuring Integrity: The 20th Annual Audit Conference, one of the Zicklin... View Article
Zicklin News spoke to three undergraduates who recently returned from studying abroad on Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships. The program, operated by the U.S. Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based program offering students of limited financial means the opportunity to... View Article
Taylor Swift sang, “You can’t spell ‘awesome’ without ‘me.’” Now a Zicklin School alumna says, “You can’t spell ‘thrive’ without ‘HR.’” Denise (Messineo) Compitello, who received an MS degree in human resource management (at the time known as industrial and labor relations) from Executive Programs in 2015, recently launched her own HR firm after 15 years in the business. She calls... View Article
The results are in: After five weeks competing against some 10,000 students around the world, a team of Zicklin School undergraduates has placed in the top 3 percent in the 2025 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge. Out of nine Baruch teams... View Article
Maria Halbinger, an associate professor in the Lawrence N. Field Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, has watched in recent years as digital competitions across various platforms have become highly popular tools for platform managers to generate new content, attract users... View Article
Ava Monaco (BBA, ’28) loves numbers. In pre-kindergarten, she was already memorizing her times tables. In grade school, she used an abacus. In high school, she visited the New York Stock Exchange to watch her father’s company ring the... View Article
Last month, Zicklin School alumna Karina Chiqui (BBA, ’22) ran the 2025 TCS New York City marathon—and raised over $4,000 for the Baruch College Fund, almost 50 percent more than her original goal of $3,000. Read More
