The Zicklin School’s Willem Kooyker Dean Bruce W. Weber (far left) with our newest faculty members. From left: Joshua Coven (William Newman Department of Real Estate), Tania Konstantina Ploumi (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management), Shirley Bluvstein (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business), Mauricio Caceres Bravo (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance), Harsh Parekh (Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics), Thomas Piskula (Wasserman Department), and Anastasia Zakolyukina (Wasserman Department). Not pictured: Gideon Pell (Chook Department), Kenneth Abbott (Department of Law).

Associate Professor Chung Eun Lee (Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics) was awarded a generous National Science Foundation grant.

It was 2001. Adam Levy (Executive MBA, ’01) had just graduated from the Zicklin School and the tragic death of his classmate on September 11 had made him rethink his career path.

The latest employer-partner in the Zicklin Business Co-Op Program is PwC, the Big Four accounting and professional services firm. Undergraduates Bryan Ramirez Vazquez and Julia Sudol talked to Zicklin News about their internships.

Zicklin News spoke with faculty members who recently completed year-long fellowships that enabled them to focus exclusively on their research. Here’s what we learned.

Artificial intelligence is transforming the business landscape, and business education is evolving right alongside it. With Baruch College itself undergoing an AI transformation that will touch all students and all university roles, how can the Zicklin School lead in preparing students for the future of work? Larry Zicklin (BBA, ’57) leads a discussion on this essential issue with (left to right) Bruce Weber, Willem Kooyker Dean of the Zicklin School; Professor Kannan Mohan, Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Innovation; and Zicklin alumnus James Massa (Executive MS in Finance, ’08), Senior Executive Director of Software Engineering and Architecture, JPMorgan Chase. With an introduction by Dean Bruce Weber and Q&A moderated by Associate Dean Gwendolyn Webb.

Undergraduate Cole Bailey (BBA, ’26) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Academic Honors Court.

Undergraduate Maria Calvo Prado (BBA, ’27) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Alumnus John Capotorto (Executive MBA, ’00) was appointed executive medical director of Amputation Prevention Experts Health Network.

Undergraduate Abigail Castro (BBA, ’26) was highlighted by Wall Street Journal Custom Content.

Undergraduate Ava Deguzman (BBA, ’25) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Hunter Diamond (BBA, ’28) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Associate Professor Xi Dong (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) won the 2025 China International Conference in Finance XiYue Best Paper Award.

Alumna Yana Edinovich (MS, ’22) is now senior portfolio accountant at EA RESIG.

Undergraduate Joseph Fitzgerald (BBA, ’25) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Academic Honors Court.

Former valedictorian Annmarie Gajdos (BBA, ’20) was published on AOL.com (originally in Business Insider).

Undergraduate Brandon Goldberg (MS, ’27) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Academic Honors Court.

Professor Debbie Kaminer (Department of Law) was quoted in Bloomberg Law.

Graduate student Mussa Kone (MS Business Analytics, ’25) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Academic Honors Court.

Alumna Shona Kulkarni (MBA, ’23) is now global head of InStep partnerships and student relations for Infosys.

Alumna Yangchen Lama (BBA, ’23) won a Columbia SPS CUNY Fellowship.

Alumnus Haokai Liao (BBA, ’23) is now software engineer II at American Express.

Recent graduate Steven Margolis (BBA, ’25) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Recent graduate Demaliyah McDaniel (BBA, ’25) won a Columbia SPS CUNY Fellowship.

Graduate student MD Miah (MS, ’27) was interviewed on PIX11 News.

Alumnus Michael Morris (MBA, ’03) has joined Cresa to launch a data center capital markets and advisory platform.

Undergraduate Tuna Nergizoglu (BBA, ’26) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Graduate student Gerard Nicholson (BBA ’24, MS ’26) was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Academic Honors Court.

Adjunct Professor Patrick Reed (Department of Law) wrote about President Trump’s tariffs for The Hill.

Alumna Amelia Tran (BBA, ’12) is now head of activations at Marketecture Media.

Associate Professor and Deputy Chair Robert Wagner (Department of Law) was a finalist for the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher’s Competition.

Alumnus Shiniu Wei (MBA, ’11) is now chief financial officer of OncoC4.

Undergraduate Aishika Yadav (BBA, ’27) was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

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