Centers and Institutes

The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute presents a report and a forum on the the Gowanus area that holds promise for Brooklyn and the wider city.

The report "Reconsidering Gowanus: Opportunities for the Sustainable Transformation of an Industrial Neighborhood" by the Newman Real Estate Institute is released at the forum designed to inform and promote dialogue among stakeholders in the Gowanus Corridor and the wider area. Civic leaders and researchers recommend measures for creating a vibrant, sustainable future for Gowanus, and panelists assess challenges and opportunities.

Panelists include:

Honorable Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President;

Honorable Brad Lander, City Council Member, New York City District 39;

Harry Schwartz, Planning and Development Consultant;

Rosemary Scanlon, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate;

Stuart Pertz, Former member, City Planning Commission, Independent Architect & Planning Professional;

Michelle de la UZ, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee;

Carl Hum, President & CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce;

Bill Appel, Executive Director, Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation;

Danie Wiley, Community Coordinator, U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez;

Hilary Semel, Real Estate, Environmental and Consulting Law, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, LLP;

Purnima Kapur, Director, Brooklyn Office, NYC Department of City Planning.

Jack S. Nyman, Director of the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, hosts the forum.

The event takes place on May 12, 2010, at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

The Center on Equality, Pluralism and Policy (CEPP) at Baruch College presents a program entitled "College Affordability: Expanding Access and Financial Resources During Tough Economic Times."

Panelists include:

Daniel Hurley, Director of State Relations and Policy Analysis, American Association of State Colleges and Universities;

Rebecca E. Supiano, Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education;

Ben Corpus, Ph.D., VP of Student Affairs at Baruch College.

The panel is moderated by Sonia R. Jarvis, Director, Center on Equality, Pluralism and Policy. David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on March 22, 2010 at the Baruch College Newman conference Center, Room 750.

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management of the School of Public Affairs presents the seminar "Recovery and Reconstruction in Haiti: The Role of U.S. Philanthropy and Local Groups."

A panel of experts discusses the role of nonprofit and community groups in New York and Haiti addressing transitional needs. Speakers include:

Johnny Celestin

Project Executive, Office of the President, Atlantic Philanthropies, USA

Founder, The Haitian Fund for Innovation and Reconstruction at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Marilyn Gelber

President, Brooklyn Community Foundation

Haitian Hope and Healing Fund

Margaret Satterthwaite, Esq.

Director, International Human Rights Clinic

Faculty Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

New York University School of Law

Marie Marthe Saint Cyr

Chair of the Board, Lambi Fund of Haiti

James A. Krauskopf, Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, makes the opening remarks.

Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, Executive Director, Prospect Hill Foundation, moderates the event.

The event takes place on May 12, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Michael B. Goodman, Professor at Baruch College and Peter B. Hirsch, who runs an independent consulting firm specializing in corporate reputation and issues management, follow-up as authors of their newly published book, Corporate Communication: Strategic Adaptation for Global Practice (Peter Lang Group, May 2010). In it, adaptation is the why and the how - a corporate communication road map to the future. They discuss corporate communication as strategic adaptation relating it to leadership, context, culture, models for practice, and performance.

The event is moderated by Dick Martin, CCI Advisory Board Member & Executive Vice President, Public Relations and Employee Relations, AT&T (retired).

The event takes place on May 11, 2010, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center's Engelman Recital Hall, co-sponsored by Baruch Corporate Communication Graduate Student Association (BCCGSA).

John Gillespie, author of Money for Nothing: How the Failure of Corporate Boards is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions, discusses how and why corporate boards have become so dysfunctional; how the failure of corporate boards has contributed to our current economic crisis; how the legislative and regulatory proposals currently under consideration fail to deal with the fundamental structural and cultural problems of boards; and comprehensive recommendations for the reforms that are needed to transform boards into the effective advisors.

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

The event takes place on April 22, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Jonny Frank, Fraud, Risks, & Controls leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, gives an overview of top fraud and corruption cases in 2009 and discusses why leading organizations now view fraud management as a profit, rather than a cost center.

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

The event takes place on March 17, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity presents a panel discussion on "Google vs. China" as part of the David Berg Foundation Series on Ethics and Accountability. The panel experts take a closer look at the conflict between Google and China.

Panelists include:

Devin Stewart - Director, Global Policy Initiatives, Carnegie Council

Zachary Karabell - President, River Twice Research

Joey Lee - Robert L. Bernstein Fellow in International Human Rights, Human Rights in China

Donald H. Schepers, Director, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, moderates the panel discussion.

The event takes place on March 23, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Baruch College School of Public Affairs and the Mexican-American Students Alliance present "The Big Countdown: Census 2010", a panel discussion examining the 2010 Census and how its results will impact New York City.

Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs Correspondent, The New York Times, moderates the event. Panelists include:

Seema Agnani, Executive Director - Chhaya CDC

Stacey Cumberbatch, New York City Census Coordinator

Angelo Falcon, President - National Institute for Latino Policy

Tony Farthing, Director - New York Regional Office, U.S. Census Bureau

Joseph Salvo, Director - Population Division, NYC Department of City Planning

Doug Muzzio, Co-Director of the Center for Innovation & Leadership in Government and Professor of Baruch College, makes the opening remarks and introduces the speakers.

The event takes place on March 25, 2010, at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Dr. Edward Rogoff is awarded the Lawrence N. Field Chair for Entrepreneurship. The awards recognize his achievements and leadership that has helped create the Lawrence N. Field programs in Entrepreneurship and helped raise them to an extraordinary level of recognition nation wide.

Dean John Elliott, Dean of Zicklin School of Business, Stan Altman, President of Baruch College, and Lawrence Field speak at the ceremony.

The event takes place on February 11, 2010, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 761.