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May 6, 2020 Zicklin Grad Students Take Top Spot in Pitney Bowes Data Challenge

Nearly five dozen students from Baruch College and the Zicklin School of Business got to show off their data-crunching skills recently when they participated in the Baruch College – Pitney Bowes Data Challenge, held on May 1. The winning team of Zicklin graduate students — Drace (Yilei) Zhan... View Article

May 4, 2020 Zicklin Professor Publishes Article on Legality of COVID-19 Antibody Testing

Debbie Kaminer, Professor of Law, has published an article in the New York Law Journal entitled “Discrimination Against Employees Without COVID-19 Antibodies,” in which she considers the legal and policy ramifications of COVID-19 antibody testing, including the possibility of workplace... View Article

May 1, 2020 Zicklin’s Lauren E. Aydinliyim Among Recipients of The 2019 Abraham J. Briloff Prize in Ethics

The 2019 Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics were awarded to three Baruch College faculty members, as well as an undergraduate and graduate student. The Briloff Prizes are funded by a gift from alumnus Charles R. Dreifus (’66, MBA ’73)... View Article

April 29, 2020 Zicklin Team Wins $10,000 in 2020 International Risk Management Challenge

Despite last-minute defections and a complete overhaul of the competition format, four graduate students from the Zicklin School of Business won the 2020 International Risk Management Challenge, held on April 20. Alyssa Wei (MS Statistics, ’21), Lyle Chen (MS Finance,... View Article

April 23, 2020 Zicklin School of Business Student Earns Venture for America Fellowship

Debbie Li, who is majoring in economics, is the sixth Baruch student to receive the Venture for America Fellowship award. A frustrating delayed subway ride ended with an unexpected surprise for Debbie Li (’20), a Zicklin School of Business student... View Article

April 17, 2020 Extending our Business and Accounting Accreditation

AACSB International has announced that the dual accreditation in business and accounting for the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College has been extended. With this news, the Zicklin School joins an impressive list of 38 global business schools whose... View Article

April 10, 2020 Professor Lauren Block Announced as New Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consumer Psychology

The Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) is pleased to announce the new editorial team for the Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP). Dr. Lauren G. Block, Lippert Professor of Marketing at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, will be... View Article

April 8, 2020 Let FinTech Help Jumpstart The Economy by Nizan Geslevich Packin

We are in the middle of a global economic crisis. This crisis, which was triggered in large part by the novel coronavirus, is very different from the 2008 financial crisis in fundamental way—big banks, which were at the epicenter of... View Article

March 27, 2020 Zicklin’s MBA Programs Ranked #1 Among Public Institutions in NYC by U.S. News & World Report

Baruch College continues to earn national recognition for its graduate programs, as the Zicklin School of Business and Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs once again receive high rankings on U.S. News & World Report’s “2021 Best... View Article

March 27, 2020 The Zicklin School of Business Ranks #1 on Money’s “Top 10 Best Colleges for Business Majors”

The Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College is the #1 place in the country to study business according to Money. The top placement represents a two-point jump in Money’s “Top 10 Best Colleges for Business Majors” list since the... View Article

January 31, 2020 Sole Man: Zicklin Alum Gero Francis Makes Sustainable Footwear

When Gero Francis decided to start a business, he didn’t even know what kind of business it was going to be. “I was an architect by training and I loved product design,” says the native of Chennai, India, who earned... View Article

January 30, 2020 Zicklin Alum Lara Abrash Honored as 2020 AACSB Influential Leader

Fifth annual initiative recognizes 25 business school graduates creating lasting impact in the world. New York, NY (January 30, 2020)—The Zicklin School of Business announces that alum Lara Abrash is one of 25 business school graduates honored by AACSB International... View Article

December 3, 2019 Zicklin Students Score Hat Trick in Deloitte’s Annual Audit Innovation Challenge

For the third year in a row, undergraduate accountancy students from the Zicklin School of Business won the Northeast regional division of Deloitte’s annual Audit Innovation Campus Challenge, held in Boston on November 22. Zicklin and Rutgers University placed in... View Article

November 20, 2019 Zicklin’s Real Estate Program at the Zicklin School of Business Among Nation’s Best

#7 national ranking, #2 among public institutions, according to College Factual The William Newman Department of Real Estate at Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business earned top placements in College Factual’s “2020 Best Real Estate Colleges in the U.S.” ranking.... View Article

November 20, 2019 Zicklin’s Master of Business Administration Program at the Zicklin School of Business Ranks among Nation’s Best

#1 for Highest Gender Diversity & #1 for New York State Public Institutions According to WalletHub Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business offers one of the nation’s best Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, according to a new WalletHub ranking.... View Article

November 5, 2019 Zicklin School of Business Students Receive Gilman International Scholarships

Four students are spending the 2019 fall semester in South Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, and Spain This fall, four undergraduates from the Zicklin School of Business are studying abroad in South Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, and Spain after being selected... View Article

September 30, 2019 Zicklin Alumna Lara Abrash Named to Crain’s “Notable Women in Accounting & Consulting” List

Zicklin School of Business MBA Graduate Leads Deloitte’s U.S. Audit & Assurance Business Crain’s has named Baruch College alumna Lara Abrash to its “Notable Women in Accounting & Consulting” list for 2019. Abrash received her Master of Business Administration in... View Article

August 19, 2019 Regulating Crypto Exchanges: Mind The Gaps by Gideon Pell

Gideon Pell, a distinguished lecturer in the Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics recently published an article in Forbes regarding the challenges faced by global regulators and supervisory boards when attempting to regulate crypto currencies (assets) and associated... View Article

July 18, 2019 CNBC Ranks Baruch College as a Top 10 Public University for Return on Tuition Dollars

Baruch College continues to garner national accolades for its value and return on investment securing a top ranking on CNBC’s first-time list of the “Top 50 US Colleges That Pay Off the Most.” Among the 25 public universities analyzed... View Article

June 21, 2019 “Why Investors Should Be Wary of Automated Advice” by Nizan Geslevich Packin Printed in The Wall Street Journal

People think suggestions from algorithms are always more objective than advice from humans. They’re wrong. Many of us routinely—and even blindly—rely on the advice of algorithms in all aspects of our lives, from choosing the fastest route to the airport... View Article

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