Centers and Institutes

The Baruch College Writing Center presents an interview with Professor E. A. Burlingame on "Writing in Anthropology."

The Baruch College Writing Center presents an interview with Professor Elizabeth Wollman on "Writing in Music."

IRS Exempt Organizations representatives Richard Crom and Peter Holiat offer IRS Tax workshops for small and mid-size nonprofit organizations. Topics include:

- Benefits and responsibilities of tax-exempt status

- Overview of the redesigned 990 form; resources and tools

- Required Disclosures

- Employment Issues; classification and filing requirements

- Unrelated Business Income

- Q&A with IRS Exempt Organizations representatives

This workshop is presented by Internal Revenue Exempt Organizations and it is hosted by Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College in partnership with Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University and Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York.

The event takes place on April 13, 2011 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

"The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity presents the third seminar of 2010 in the David Berg Foundation Series on Ethics and Accountability.

Peter J. Henning, New York Times DealBook blogger, Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, examines the ethical issues surrounding efforts to recover assets lost by the thousands of victims of Bernard Madoff’s colossal Ponzi scheme.

Seth Lipner, Professor of Law, The Zicklin School of Business, moderates the conversation.

Donald Schepers, Director, The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate, Integrity, introduces the speakers. Larry Zicklin, Clinical Professor of Business Ethics, Stern School of Business, NYU, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on May 10, 2011 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220."

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management of the School of Public Affairs presents the seminar "Beyond Philanthropy: Cause Marketing and Corporate Sponsorships for Nonprofits."

The panel discussion is moderated by Michael Feller, Ed.D., Principal, Strategic Philanthropy Advisors, LLC.

Speakers include:

Nancy Lublin, Chief Executive Officer, DoSomething.org;

Marian Gryzlo, Founder and President, Gryzlo Consulting, LLC;

Lisl Stanton, Vice President, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase.

James Krauskopf, Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, makes the opening remarks. The event takes place on December 13, 2010, at the Newman conference Center, Room 750.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Baruch College presents "The SEC and Insider Trading: Is the Line of Acceptability Shifting?" The expert panel discusses the new atmosphere on Wall Street and analyzes the legal and investment implications of the recent SEC investigations and prosecutions; and offers valuable insights into the dynamics of the enforcement of the laws that regulate the everyday business of equities research and investing.

The panel discussion is moderated by Larry Zicklin, Clinical Professor of Business Ethics, Stern School of Business, NYU. Panelists include:

Melvin Brosterman, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP;

Marc Sulam, Portfolio Manager, Healy Circle Capital;

Leigh Waxman, General Counsel, Para Advisors LLC.

David Rosenberg, Esq., Professor of Law in the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College and Associate Director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, introduces the speakers.

The event takes place on March 30, 2011 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity hosts a luncheon discussion on conducting business with integrity in emerging markets. The discussion is led by Seth Lipner, Professor of Law at Baruch College. Participants include Jason Lamin, a partner at Lenox Park - an independent marketing and advisory firm for alternative investments and Michael Buenger, Senior Counsel at the National Center for State Courts. Both have experience with risk issues in emerging markets.

Donald H. Schepers, Director, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, introduces the event.

The event takes place on March 29, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

A panel of speakers discusses on advocating for public education funds in New York. Topics include the history of education finance advocacy; the current status of public education funding in New York; and Baruch College's case study program and findings of recent case study on public education finance supported by Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.

Speakers are:

Geri D. Palast

Executive Director, Campaign for Fiscal Equity

Bill Easton

Executive Director, Alliance for Quality Education

Councilman Robert Jackson

Chair of the Education Committee, NYC Council

Laura Wolff

Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

The panel discussion is moderated by Professor John Casey, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College. The event takes place on February 7, 2011, at the Baruch College Administrative Building, 135 E. 22nd Street, Room 301.

Baruch College's Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute host the Sustainability Practice Network's first panel discussion of 2011 on "Cities as Accelerators of Sustainable Development". Expert panelists parse out the factors that make cities and urban livelihoods sustainable and reflect on the short-term and long-term changes required to mainstream sustainable practices and policies, and discuss how cities can accelerate local and global sustainable development, resilience, and prosperity while adapting to the challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and globalization.

Donald H. Schepers, Director of the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, makes the opening remarks. Jack S. Nyman, Director of the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, moderates the discussion.

Panelists include:

Jennifer Ewing Thiel, Director, Tools & Technical Innovation, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA

Micah Kotch, Director of Operations, NYC ACRE at Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Ariella Maron, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Energy Management, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Ernest Tollerson, Director, Environmental Sustainability & Compliance Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York State

Bob Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association

Michael Black, Founder of Sustainability Practice Network, makes the closing remarks.

The event takes place on January 19, 2011 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity presents the second seminar of 2010 in David Berg Foundation Series on Ethics and Accountability.

Washington Post energy correspondent Steve Mufson speaks about the BP oil spill and its implications for companies that find and provide the world with fossil fuels. He addresses the legal, legislative and policy responses to the disaster and discusses the unique ethical challenges facing the energy industry.

Donald H. Schepers, Director, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, introduces the speaker.

The event takes place on November 18, 2010 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.