Recent Zicklin School alumnus Dan Johnson (MBA, ’25) returned to the business world after four years of active duty.

A visitor to the Zicklin School of Business’ ZEP 9630 class was surprised to find a bunch of students standing in a circle, shouting nonsense words and pointing at each other.

Heather Marso got promoted at MetLife thanks to the dissertation she wrote as part of the Zicklin School’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program. She sat down for an interview with Zicklin News.

Is a cryptocurrency a security, a commodity, or something else entirely? The answer determines which government agency might be responsible for overseeing this rapidly evolving sector: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), or possibly a new regulatory body altogether. Some argue that crypto markets urgently need oversight, not only to protect investors but to clarify tax rules, prevent money laundering, and introduce other risk management strategies. Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) discusses these issues with Professors Nizan Packin (Department of Law); Associate Professor Leonard Kostovetsky (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance); and Benjamin Lawsky, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, CEO of The Lawsky Group, and Global Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at NYDIG, a financial services firm focused on Bitcoin. With an introduction by Dean Bruce Weber and Q&A moderated by Associate Dean Gwendolyn Webb.

Associate Professor Xi Dong (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) co-authored a paper that was listed in the Journal of Finance‘s top 25 most cited articles.

Former valedictorian Annmarie Gajdos (BBA, ’20) wrote about her post-college journey for CUNYverse.

Doctoral candidate Richard Ieong (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) co-authored research that was featured in the Financial Times.

Alumna Barbara Karpinska-Hopkins (Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration, ’02) was profiled in Gentleman, a Polish magazine.

Professor Molly Kern (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) co-authored research that was featured in Lab Manager.

Alumna Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad (BBA, ’01) was named to the inaugural Cherry Bombe 2025 Power List.

Alumnus Nitin Mirwani (MBA, ’03) is now chief accounting officer at MarketAxess Holdings.

Alumnus and current graduate student Gabor Olah (BBA ’24, MS ’26) is now a tax associate at PwC.

Assistant Professor Billy Organek (Department of Law) was quoted in The Washington Post.

Alumna Mahek Patel (BBA, ’22) is now a management consultant at Accenture.

Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor of Finance (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance), spoke to FOX Carolina about social media and the stock market.

Alumnus Adam Perry (BBA, ’24) is now a customer relationship specialist at Charles Schwab.

Alumnus Robert Salame (BBA, ’11) is now a shareholder at Vedder Price.

Professor Sankar Sen (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business) co-authored research that won the 2025 Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp Award for Long-Term Impact from the European Marketing Association.

Alumnus Zhoudi Tang (MS, ’13) was elected to the New York State Society of CPAs 2025-2026 Board of Directors.

Alumna Olga Tretiakova (BBA, ’11) was promoted to senior vice president of operations and business development at Foodture.

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