#ZicklinPride: #1 and #2
Baruch College has announced the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2021, and for the third year in a row, both students hail from the Zicklin School of Business.
Zicklin Professor Honored by U.S. Department of Commerce
As director of the Weissman Center for International Business at the Zicklin School, Dr. Terrence F. Martell has been promoting international business as an educator for decades. This is just one reason the U.S. Department of Commerce recently recognized him for his efforts to help small businesses in the New York metropolitan region succeed in the global marketplace.
Zicklin Professor Wins Fulbright Award for Research in Ethiopia
Professor Lilac Nachum of the Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing & International Business has won a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study Ethiopian firms in the textile and apparel industries. She sat down for a Q&A with Zicklin News.
June 8 Webinar: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Insights From a Big Four Accounting Firm
What progress have we as a nation made in advancing the causes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the past year? In this webinar, Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) will discuss DEI initiatives with Ken Bouyer, EY Americas Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, and with Zicklin Senior Associate Dean Paquita Davis-Friday.
Zicklin in the Media
Research by Professor Raquel Benbunan-Fich (Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems & Statistics) was cited in Training Journal.
Alumnus Alex Boafo (MBA, ’07), a physician with Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was profiled on Yorkpedia.
The late Professor Abraham J. Briloff (1917-2013), widely known as “the conscience of the accounting profession,” was honored in a special edition of Barron’s for his crusading articles for that publication in the 1960s.
Alumna Geraldine Chadenat (MS ’22, BBA ’09) received a Rising Star Award from World Trade Week NYC for her work as Marketing Director of The Estée Lauder Companies.
Professor Marc Edelman (Department of Law) wrote about proposed legislation that he believes will not adequately protect college athletes, and was quoted on Sports Handle.
Alumna Linda A. Eppolito (BBA, ’89) has been appointed president of Berkley Oil & Gas in Houston, TX.
Dean’s Advisory Council member Francis Greenburger was quoted along with Professor Yildiray Yildirim in an article on rental-to-condo conversions in The Real Deal.
Alumna Gaye (Chambers) Jackson (MBA, ’11) was named Senior Partner, Director at GroupM.
Alumnus Alex Lafaras (Executive MS in Finance, ’16) has been appointed CFO of Transervice Logistics.
Alumna Shana Mathur (MBA, ’06) has been appointed Chief Strategy and External Relations Officer of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.
Alumna Rebecca Moser (MBA, ’21) was profiled in The Wall Street Journal.
The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute published a paper on historical trends in condominium and cooperative conversions in New York City.
Associate Professor Nizan Geslevich Packin (Department of Law) published an article in Forbes on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investments.
Research by Lin Peng, Professor and Krell Chair of Finance, and Assistant Professor Dexin Zhou (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) was cited by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Research on cosmetics industry regulations by Valerie Watnick, Professor and Chair (Department of Law), was cited in The Regulatory Review.
Yildiray Yildirim, Professor and Chair (William Newman Department of Real Estate), and research from the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute were cited in an article on rental-to-condo conversions in The Real Deal.
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.
Graduate Admissions Live Chat Q&A
June 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10 – 11 am
Executive MS in Finance Virtual Information Session
June 3, 6 – 7 pm
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration Virtual Information Session
June 8, 2 – 3 pm
Executive MS in Human Resource Management Virtual Information Session
June 8, 6 – 7 pm
Executive MS in Information Systems Virtual Information Session
June 10, 6 – 7 pm
Financing Your Graduate Education
June 11, 10 – 11 am
Doctor of Professional Studies in Business Virtual Information Session
June 14, 2 – 3 pm
The Future of Accounting: What Machine Learning Is and How It Is Transforming the Industry
June 16, 1 – 1:45 pm
