Centers and Institutes

pThis online event provides a forum to discuss about virtual or hybrid team

leaderships for nonprofit organizations in order to increase team trust, bonding,

cohesion, and conflict management. Including in the panel are presenters and

experts from non-profit sectors, Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeiiken, Principal Consultant

of Five Oaks Consulting and Ahmed Hachelaf, Peace amp; Conflict Education

Specialist of Generations For Peace./p

The program is introduced by George Mitchell.nbsp;br

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pThis presentation explores the role of transnational

advocacy and international organizations in international relation. nbsp;The lecture is presented by Nina Hall and

based on her volume: Transnational advocacy in the Digital Era. nbsp;nbsp;The program is introduced by George Mitchell.

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This presentation discusses the dimensions of a

new paradigm for management of nonprofit organizations based on building

resilience and navigating crises to ensure future viability and effectiveness. nbsp;Presenters Dennis R. Young and Elizabeth A.M.

Searing offer talks based on their book: Resilience and The Management of Nonprofit Organizations. nbsp;nbsp;The program is introduced by George Mitchell.nbsp;br

pThe main theme of this Zoom event is to provide joint conversations with

Baruch alumni nonprofit leaders which include the following speakers: Donna

Frisby-Greenwood (MPA’96), Ciara Ginyard (MPA’12), Jenny Lai (MPA ’17), Steven

Raga (MPA ’16), and Pinky Vincent. The moderator of today’s program is Barbara

Paxton. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p

pThis program starts with brief introduction by Janet Rossbach, Director

of Alumni Relations, as well as brief talk by Dean Sherry Ryan from Marxe

School, and George Mitchell. /pbr

pThis online event provides a forum to be engaged with audiences on revisiting

and updating the knowledge of how NGOs conduct advocacy on international

issues. Presenters Christopher A. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood focus on

issues related to NGO draw on their recently published volume entitled: nbsp;Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar

Advocacy in International Politics./p

pThe program starts with brief introduction provided by George Mitchell. /pbr

pThis online event provides a forum to discuss about international

nongovernmental organizations. Including in the panel are presenters from

non-profit sectors and NGO, Ido Lotan and Matthew Aubry./p

pThe program is introduced by the co-hosts George Mitchell and Barbara

Paxton with Barbara Paxton from BoardStrong to provide nonprofit board training,

consultation, and educational resources. /pbr

pThis online event provides a forum to examine the rise of new actors in

the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international

nongovernmental organizations. Presenter Allison Schnable focuses on issues

related to NGO drawn from her book entitled:nbsp;

Amateurs without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion The program is introduced by George Mitchell and

a Qamp;A session follows the lecture.nbsp;/pbr

pThe 163rd Mitsui USA Lunchtime Forum was held on Tuesday, April 18thnbsp;

with speaker Lawrence Fannin, Director of Trade Compliance and Export

Commissioner, Americas Carl Zeiss, Inc. The title of the presentation is “A Day in the Life of International Business.”nbsp;/p

pModerated by David Rosenberg, Professor from the Center for Corporate

Integrity at Zicklin School of Baruch College,nbsp;this lecture focuses on the

new OpenAI’s nbsp;ChatGPT. Last November 2022, OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT, a free chatbot that

creates text using AI technology. ChatGPT demonstrates remarkable abilities,

such as passing exams from law, business, and medical schools and its

text-generation capabilities have also been used for simpler tasks such as to

writing Shakespearean sonnets, discussing complicated topics, and composing

heartfelt love songs. As the hype around ChatGPT continues to grow, new ethical

concerns are emerging about the development and use of AI tools./p

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Professor Yafit Lev-Aretz and Professor Nizan Packin discuss the current state

of ethics in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the importance

of responsible AI in today’s society. Participants will have the opportunity to

engage in the discussion, ask questions, and share their own experiences and

perspectives on the ethical considerations of ChatGPT./p

Moderated by Myung-Soo Lee, Director of Weissman Center for International Business and Professor of Marketing and international Business at Zicklin School of Business, the speaker for today’s lecture is Seth Besmertnik, former Baruch student and now company CEO, who attends Baruch’s the 161st Baruch Mitsui-Lunch Form. Mr. Besmertnik shares his successful career experiences on how he learned from failure to build his 500 million dollars business within two decades.