September 2022

#WhyZicklin: Meet Nia Collins

“I chose Zicklin because I realized I could get a quality education without sacrificing my wallet,” says student Nia Collins (Executive MS in Human Resource Management, ’23). “I also looked at the program’s details and I realized that they have a lot of components that certain other schools didn’t have.”

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Zicklin Undergrads Help Refugees While Gaining Job Skills

Professor Donna Gitter of the Zicklin School of Business Department of Law teaches a course for Baruch students in the Macaulay Honors program called “The Peopling of New York,” in which she has partnered with nonprofit associations to create experiential learning opportunities for her students. A case in point was a recent partnership with HIAS, a nonprofit that helps rescue and resettle refugees who have fled persecution in their home countries.

How His Zicklin School Experience Motivated This Successful Entrepreneur

Seth Besmertnik is the CEO and co-founder of Conductor, Inc., an organic search engine optimization company with over 300 employees and customers that include household names like Slack, Citibank, and Visa. Seth was inspired to launch the company by his coursework in entrepreneurship and small business management at the Zicklin School.

Zicklin Professor Lauded for Adding Data Analytics to Accounting Curriculum

Brandon Lock, an assistant professor in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, won a Zicklin Excellence and Innovation in Teaching award. “Brandon is known for using technology to foster student engagement,” says department chair Donal Byard. Prof. Lock sat down for an interview with Zicklin News.

ZicklinBusiness Newsletter Wins Award

The ZicklinBusiness newsletter received a 2022 APEX Award for Publication Excellence for issues that highlighted our Fulbright-winning faculty; efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion; monthly webinars on timely topics like DEI, post-pandemic healthcare, and cryptocurrency; and an alumnus leading successful clinical trials for a potentially life-saving drug.

September Webinar: The Dark Side of Social Media

Why do we spend so much time on social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram? Are we addicted? What do we lose by using social media for leisure? How do social media providers design their platforms in ways that entice users to spend more and more time on them? What can (or should) be done about it? Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) discusses these questions with Dr. Niam Yaraghi (pictured), assistant professor of business technology at Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, and with Assistant Professor Isaac Vaghefi of the Zicklin School of Business’ Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics. With an introduction by Dean Fenwick Huss, and a Q&A session moderated by Associate Dean Gwen Webb.

Zicklin in the Media

The Zicklin School’s 20th Annual Financial Reporting Conference was highlighted in The CPA Journal.

The Zicklin School’s Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics received a 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.

Alumnus Roger G. Arrieux Jr. (BBA, ’92) was recognized by Savoy magazine as one of 2022’s most influential Black executives in America.

Lecturer Elisa Balabram (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) wrote a case study that was published in the book Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Recent graduate Joshua Bennett (BBA, ’22) accepted a position as a media associate at Starcom.

Alumna LaToya Caesar-Crawford (BBA, ’03) has been appointed the first intergovernmental relations manager for the City of Greensboro, NC.

Alumnus Ben Davidov (BBA, ’19) was profiled for his work as general manager of a successful tutoring program in Queens.

Professor Marc Edelman (Department of Law) was quoted in a Deseret News article on the legalization of sports betting, in a Forbes article about antitrust issues at the PGA Tour, and in The Athletic (subscriber only) about golf.

Undergraduate Hande Erkan (BBA, ’23) won a scholarship from New York Women in Communications.

Alumna Kaye Foster (BBA, ’88) was appointed to the board of directors of Prime Medicine, Inc.

Alumnus Michael J. Freeman (MBA, ’70) was profiled in a story about his invention of the Mego 2-XL, a talking robot widely recognized as the first “smart toy.”

Alumnus Dmitri Galinov (BBA, ’96) was interviewed on the Finance Feeds podcast.

Alumnus Gregory Glover (BBA, ’85) was named to the Western Governors University Distinguished Alumni Council.

Alumnus John Gomes (MBA, ’02) was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.

Alumnus Eric Greenberg (BBA ’86, MBA ’91) was appointed to the board of directors of Titan Pharmaceuticals.

Alumnus Thierno-Habib Hann (MBA, ’99) was appointed CEO of Shelter Afrique.

Adjunct professor Robb Hecht (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business) was quoted in a Digital Journal article on using audio content in marketing.

Alumna Jessica Holtz (MBA, ’12) was mentioned in an article in The Athletic (subscriber only) about her client, basketball star Karl-Anthony Towns.

Undergraduate Jane Kim (BBA, ’23) won a scholarship from New York Women in Communications.

Alumna Kim Kubasek (Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration, ’87) has been named CEO of the Developmental Disabilities Institute.

Associate Professor Hagit Levy-Shalev (Stan Ross Department of Accountancy) received special recognition from the American Institute of CPAs for her teaching.

Alumna Heyun Li (PhD, ’22) recently became a professor at Wagner College’s Nicolais School of Business.

Alumna Luz Liebeskind (Executive MS in Finance, ’08) was profiled in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.

Recent graduate Elizabeth MacMahon (MBA, ’22) has started a new position as project manager at FOX Tech.

Undergraduate Saiad Miah (BBA, ’23) was profiled in Community College Daily.

Professor Ivan Montiel (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) co-authored a paper that was published in the Journal of Business Ethics.

Alumnus Orle Mulamekic (MBA, ’03) is now managing director and CFO of Hildred Capital Management.

Undergraduate student-athlete Luis Muñoz (BBA, ’22) spoke on a Baruch Athletics podcast about his solo bike trip across the country.

Alumna Nekirah Nicholls (BBA ’18, MS ’20) was profiled in the Antigua Observer.

Alumna Stephanie Nuesi (BBA, ’21) was profiled on the CUNYverse student blog.

Associate Professor Nizan Geslevich Packin (Department of Law) wrote an article in Forbes on how bankruptcy affects cryptocurrency. She also co-wrote an editorial about artificial intelligence in the Toronto Star.

LIn Peng, Professor and Krell Chair; doctoral candidate Muhammed Yonac, and Assistant Professor Dexin Zhou (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) co-authored a paper that was discussed at the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Behavioral Finance Working Group.

Professor Sankar Sen, Lawrence and Carol Zicklin Chair in Corporate Integrity and Governance (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business), co-authored a paper that won an award for long-term impact from the European Marketing Academy and the International Journal of Research in Marketing.

Alumna Colleen Simpson (BBA, ’92) is the new president of Front Range Community College in Colorado.