September 2020

Zicklin Professor Publishes Research on Resilience

Most people would agree that resilience—the ability to bounce back from adversity—is an advantage in pretty much every area of life. C. Justice Tillman wanted to learn more about this quality, and as an assistant professor of management, he was especially interested in how it helps people at their jobs.

Zicklin Undergrads Win $10K Scholarships

Ying Zhang and Kanokwan Siengsutthi-wong (left to right) have each won a $10,000 scholarship to help with their accounting studies. They’re among just 234 students nationwide who were named PCAOB Scholars for the upcoming academic year.

September 15 Webinar: The Price of Being Unprepared: COVID-19 and Healthcare

Please join (left to right) alumnus JC Alejaldre (Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration, ’18), a practice administrator at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Associate Professor of Operations Management Alex Mills, academic director of the Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration program; and our benefactor Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) for our next New Normal in Business webinar.

COVID-19 and the Ethics of Vaccine Distribution

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Zicklin in the Media

Alumnus Charlie Dreifus (BBA ’66, MBA ’73) was interviewed for a podcast about his work as portfolio manager and managing director of Royce Investment Partners.

Professor Marc Edelman, Department of Law, published an article in Forbes about the battle over college athletes’ economic rights.

Professor Linda Weiser Friedman, Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics, co-authored an article in the Journal of Values-Based Leadership entitled “Welcome to New York City, COVID-19 Capital of the World.”

Alumnus Cavel Khan (MBA, ’05) has won an award from the American Advertising Federation.

Professor Debbie Kaminer, Department of Law, was quoted in Healthline about mandatory COVID-19 vaccines.

Assistant Professor Shan Li, Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management, was quoted in a Fortune article about why Domino’s is the best-selling pandemic pizza.

Alumna Rolande Pryce (BSc. International Business and Mathematics, ’92) has been appointed Country Manager for Rwanda, at the World Bank. Previously she had been Operations Manager for Indonesia and Timor Leste..

Alumnus Apurva O. Saraf (MBA, ’03) was appointed President and CEO of Cosette Pharmaceuticals.

Associate Professor Weilei (Stone) Shi, Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management, co-published research in Industrial Marketing Management on how a firm’s relational ties to business or government entities affect its financial performance, and how this is mediated by innovation.

Professor Yildiray Yildirim, Chair of the William Newman Department of Real Estate, was quoted in an article in The Real Deal about the decline in New York City tourism.