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Two students from the School of Public Affairs and two students from the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College have accepted internships in the New York State Legislature.

Solo in the City: Jewish Women, Jewish Stars is a solo performance series which will be presented throughout March at Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Ron J. Williams, CEO and Co-founder of Knod.es, will be the keynote speaker at the 11th Annual SmartPitch Challenge kick-off event from 9 a.m. to noon, February 1 at Baruch College.

Baruch College and The Rubin Museum of Art will host the conference, “Museums and Higher Education in the 21st Century: Collaborative Methods and Models for Innovation,” April 24-25.

On February 8, Baruch College’s Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and Corporate Communication International present the 5th Annual Symposium entitled, “Profits and Politics: Sustainability and the Global Corporation.”

Baruch College invites you to meet Jay S. Fishman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc. on March 21, as part of the Burton Kossoff Business Leadership Lecture Series.

Donald H. Schepers, Ph.D, Associate Dean of the Zicklin School of Business and Professor of Management at Baruch College has been named by Trust Across America as one of 2013′s Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior.

Baruch College presents the exhibition Franz Kline: Coal and Steel at the Mishkin Gallery from Friday February 8 to March 5, 2013. An opening reception will take place from 6-8 p.m on Thursday, February 7.

This spring, a diverse set of young entrepreneurs from U.S. colleges and universities will compete in the 11th Annual SmartPitch Challenge, hosted by Baruch College and IBM.

NEW YORK, NY-January 9, 2013 – Baruch student Juan Pablo Alonso Escobar won second place in the 2012 Metaquotes Automated Trading Championship held from October 1 to December 28, 2012. Juan Pablo, who is enrolled in Baruch’s Master’s in Financial Engineering Program, won a $25,000 money prize. He was among the 451 traders from more [...]

The Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Baruch College is offering a 10-day program for students from Chile looking to launch their own businesses and learn about the U.S. financial markets.

Baruch College Alumna Cristina Jiménez was recently recognized by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as a leader and among “5 From the Nonprofit World Who Will Influence Public Policy in 2013.”

Baruch College has rescheduled the lecture titled, “Reporting Financial Performance: The Key to Resolving Many Vexatious Standard Setting Issues?” to November 28. The Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Lecture will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. The venue remains the Newman Conference Center, 151 E. 25th Street, room 750.

Baruch College has been placed at #21 on the “Top 25 Undergraduate Programs for Entrepreneurship” list released today by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

Baruch College’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Affairs and will host the Berkin-Friedman Forum— an evening dedicated to political discussion and the viewing of the U.S. Vice Presidential Debate on Thursday, October 11.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $898,506 to The Research Foundation of CUNY, Baruch College for support of an entrepreneurship program led by Stuart A. Schulman, Ed.D., professor of entrepreneurship with the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship in Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

Dr. Jeffrey M. Peck, Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences and Vice Provost for Global Strategies at Baruch College, will moderate a discussion between U.S. and German university leaders on liberal arts education as it relates to the 21st century job market.

Baruch College presents the exhibition Decisive Moments: Urban Environments and Street photography at the Mishkin Gallery from September 21 to October 19. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, September 20 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Baruch College graduate Belen Guerra-Carrillo was recently awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation for her graduate research efforts.

Baruch in the News Spring 2012 newsletter.