Zicklin’s MBA Consulting Program Helps Startup Realize Its Vision of Bringing Inclusive Design to the Masses
When you sip your morning coffee, do you ever think about the design of the mug you’re holding? Probably not. But if you had tremors from Parkinson’s disease or were missing fingers or a hand, could you still hold it? The founders of CURVD, a startup that makes products accessible for everyone, designed a mug that can be used by the abled and disabled alike. The only problem was, they needed help selling it.
Zicklin Undergrads Place in Top 6 Percent in Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge
Zicklin undergraduate students Hugo Bravo (BBA, ’23), Oscar Manchego (BBA, ’22) Carlos Rodriguez (BBA, ’23), and Yanfei Wu (BBA, ’22) were given a hypothetical portfolio of $1 million to invest over a seven-week period. Using the Bloomberg terminals in the Subotnick Financial Trading Center, they bested 93 percent of the student teams in the worldwide competition.
Zicklin Alum Says Accounting Offers Broad Range of Career Opportunities
Alla (Karachun) Aynbund (BBA, ’07), a director at PwC, returned to the Zicklin School last November as a panelist for “Ensuring Integrity,” the audit conference held annually at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. She spoke about the future of the profession.
Zicklin MBA Students Star in Season 2 of #WhyZicklin Video Campaign
Meet a former oboe player, a footwear designer, and a cybersecurity professional, and learn why they chose the Zicklin School of Business for their MBAs.
Zicklin School Partners with Deloitte to Fund DEI Scholarships for Fifth-Year Accounting Students
“We are excited to collaborate with the Deloitte Foundation as part of our initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion,” said H. Fenwick Huss, Willem Kooyker Dean of the Zicklin School.
Zicklin in the Media
Alumna Nicole Bellini (BBA, ’18) was promoted to head softball coach for the Baruch College Bearcats.
Alumna Sandra Buchanan Hurse (BBA, ’86) was appointed to the board of directors of Angi Inc.
Alumnus Scott Chan (MBA, ’08) was published in Investing Daily.
Assistant Professor Xi Dong (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) co-published research on portfolio returns.
Professor Marc Edelman (Department of Law) was quoted in GOLF.com about how antitrust laws could affect the PGA Tour.
Undergraduate Kyle Ferguson (BBA, ’24) has won second place in a CUNY-wide photo contest. His winning photo (here) was taken just across the street from the Newman Vertical Campus.
Assistant Professor Sophia Gilbukh (William Newman Department of Real Estate) co-published an article in ProMarket about compensation for real estate agents.
Alumnus Mayer Kamkhatchi (BBA, ’19) was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for retail and e-commerce.
Alumna Mary Kearl (MBA, ’15) wrote an article for Popular Science.
Alumnus Ilya Leyvi (BBA, ’09) has been named co-chair of the real estate finance practice group at Duval & Stachenfeld.
Lynn Martin, a member of the Advisory Council of the Weissman Center for International Business since 2018 and a past Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum speaker who presented on “Big Data, Big Opportunity,” has been appointed president of the New York Stock Exchange.
Associate Professor Alex Mills (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) coauthored a paper, “CEO Tenure and Recall Risk Management in the Consumer Products Industry,” that was publicized on the Indiana University news website.
The Zicklin School’s MBA in Real Estate degree was ranked fifth nationwide by Best Accredited Colleges.
Alumnus Oscar Onyema (MBA, ’08) was profiled on Nairametrics, a Nigerian financial news website.
Associate Professor Nizan Geslevich Packin (Department of Law) spoke on an Australian podcast about globalization.
Research by Professor Lin Peng, Krell Chair of Finance (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) was cited in a Financial Times article.
Alumnus Michael Roth (BBA, ’67), Interpublic Group Executive Chairman, announced his retirement.
Zicklin Events
Due to coronavirus, all in-person events have been canceled. We continue to offer an array of virtual events for the Zicklin community.
Doctor of Business Administration Virtual Information Session
January 4, 12 – 1 pm
Zicklin’s 10 Specialized Master’s Programs
January 6, 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MBA Virtual Information Session
January 6, 12 – 1 pm
Evening MBA Program Webinar
January 11, 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MS in Human Resource Management Virtual Information Session
January 11, 5 – 6 pm
Graduate Admissions Live Chat Q&A
Wednesdays (January 12, 19, 26), 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration Virtual Information Session
January 12, 11 am – 12 pm
Big Data, Big Choices – Six Programs for Mastering Data at Zicklin
January 20, 11 am – 12 pm
Full-Time MBA Program Webinar
January 25, 11 am – 12 pm
Application Workshop Webinar
January 27, 11 am – 12 pm
