Centers and Institutes

The Baruch College Wall Street Careers Program presents a panel discussion by invited Baruch College alumni who work on the buy side on Wall Street. Panelists share their career experiences, why they decided to study at Baruch, and chose to work on the buy side of Wall Street. Panelists include: Obinna Isiadinso, Managing Member, Monolith Investment Management, LLC.; Jay Landauer, Investment Associate, Union Capital; Oleg Langbort, Associate Level Research, Optimal; Karen Lee, JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Inc.; and Adi Mayan, Investment Management, JP Morgan Chase.

Baruch students and members of the Wall Street Careers Program, Ismoila Alli-Balogun, David Zhichao Yi, Darren Smith, and Ari Jalyli share their experiences at Baruch College and how the program prepares them to be competitive candidates for Wall Street internships and jobs.

The event is moderated by Christine Li-Auyeung, the Wall Street Careers Program Coordinator, Starr Career Development Center. The opening remarks are given by Patricia Imbimbo, Director of the Career Development Center.

The event takes place on March 29, 2007, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Martin Rapaport, Chairman of Rapaport Group which provides a broad range of diamond trading and information services, speaks on the rough diamond business at the 76th Mitsui Lunch-time Forum. He talks about his career in diamond industry; his business interests in various aspects of the industry including diamond pricing, certification, shipping and jewelry distribution; and his advocacy of diamonds for development and an ethical diamond trade.

Terrence Martell, Director of the Weissman Center for International Business introduces the speaker.

The event takes place on March 20, 2007 at Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity hosts a program "Corporate Integrity in the Global Economy" as part of Baruch Ethics Week 2007. In this unrehearsed program, Dean John Elliott, Professor Lilach Nachum and Professor Michael Stauffer constitute the board of directors of a company doing significant business outside the U.S. They respond to potential business situations posited by Ronald Goldstock, and attempt to make a profit while avoiding ethical and business pitfalls. Ronald Goldstock, Independent Private Sector Inspector General, is Adjunct Professor of Law at N.Y.U., Cornell and Columbia Law Schools. He was the Director of NYS Organized Crime Task Force, 1981-94, and was formerly an Assistant District Attorney, New York County, Director of the Cornell Institute on Organized Crime, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor, and Managing Director, Kroll Associates.

Student organization co-sponsors include Association of Latino Professionals in Finance & Accounting (ALPHA), The Baruch Debate Team, Beta Alpha Psi, and Net Impact/CREGA.

The event takes place on March 8, 2007 at Newman Conference Center 7-50, introduced by Steven Lilien, director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and Weinstein Professor of Accountancy.

The Global Student Group Presentations include Japanese Tea Ceremony, The Role of World Bank in IMS, and other topics.

The presentations are made by students from The Global Student Certificate (GSC)Program. The event takes place on April 27, 2006.

Neal Wolkoff, Chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange, speaks on U.S. capital markets at the 75th Mitsui Lunchtime Forum, hosted by the Weissman Center for International Business.

Terrence Martell, Director of the Weissman Center for International Business makes the opening remarks and introduces the speaker.

The event takes place on December 7, 2006 Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.

Joji Nakaya, Takaji (Ted) Hishiyama, Josef Wieland, and Ans Kolk-Tulder from the International Center For Corporate Accountability Seminar discuss ethics in Japanese corporations.

Baruch College and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity present "Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial and Management Implications for Business", a conference that explores the business community's role in an effective response to an influenza pandemic.

This is the Part 4 of the conference - panel discussion on "Management Issues" moderated by Professor Robert Laud, Baruch College. The panel covers corporate disaster planning with an array of operational, human resource, communications, and financial concerns. Panelists include:

Patrick Alesi, VP, Business Continuity Management, Lehman Brothers;

Daniel Gonnella, VP, Business Continuity Management, Lehman Brothers;

Thomas Lowe, Health and Safety Representative for the NYS Nurses Association;

Dr. Tia Powell, Executive Director, NY State Task Force on Life and the Law;

Jonathan Rosen, Director, Occupational Safety & Health Dept, NYS Public Employees Federation.

The event takes place on December 1, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.

Baruch College and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity present "Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial and Management Implications for Business", a conference that explores the business community's role in an effective response to an influenza pandemic.

This is the Part 3 of the conference - luncheon address by Deputy Commissioner Isaac Weisfuse, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The topic is "New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Pandemic Influenza Plan". The speaker is introduced by Professor Donald Schepers, Baruch College.

The event takes place on December 1, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.

Baruch College and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity present "Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial and Management Implications for Business", a conference that explores the business community's role in an effective response to an influenza pandemic.

This is the Part 2 of the conference - panel discussion on legal and ethical issues, moderated by moderated by Professor Donald Schepers, Baruch College. The panel covers an array of legal and ethical concerns: How should government balance the demands of public safety and business continuity? Who defines "essential" workers and to what degree can businesses protect them or be held liable for their exposure? Should business monitor workers and prevent those with certain symptoms, such as elevated temperature, from coming to work? Who gets scarce medical resources?

Panelists include:

Dr. Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief, Ethics Consultation, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care;

Jeff Buechner, PhD, Director of the Bioethics Institute and Lecturer in Philosophy, Rutgers University - Newark;

Nancy Dubler, Professor and Head, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center.

The event takes place on December 1, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.

Carol Millar, Choi Cheng Chen, Bindu Arya-Salk, Dennis Smith, and Anil Bharadwaj from the International Center For Corporate Accountability discuss the relationship between Multinational Corporations and NGOs.