Centers and Institutes

This conference explores the intimate relationship between energy and water consumption and conservation, and their effects on urban infrastructure, real estate, and the environment.

Denial Is Not A River in Egypt: Edward Clerico, Professional Engineer at Alliance Environmental delivers the opening address.

Working with Nature: A panel discusses environmentally sustainable building, development, and infrastructure. Panelists include: Paul Mankiewicz, Executive Director of the Gaia Institute; Lary Levine, Attorney, of the Natural Resources Defense Council; and Sri Rangarajan, Manager of Watershed Planning Services at HydroQual, Inc. The Panel is moderated by Alice Cook, Director of Sustainability at Time Equities, Inc. A Q&A Session follows.

Energy, Water, and Technology: A panel discusses water supply and waste water infrastructure in New York City, and water management strategies. Panelists include: Warren Liebold, Director of Metering and Conservation, New York City Department of Environmental Protection; Susan Kaplan, Director of Sustainable Development at Battery Park City Authority; Jane L. Snowdon, Senior Manager of Energy and Environment: Intelligent Buildings and Smarter City Research at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; and Carey W. King, of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at The University of Texas--Austin. The panel is moderated by Chris Garvin of Cook+Fox Architects. A Q&A session follows.

Opening and closing remarks are given by Jack S. Nyman, Director of the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute.

This event is part of the Sustainability Shoptalk Series, and is presented by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute. The event takes place on October 28, 2009 in the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

"Michael J. Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980, relates the big questions of political philosophy to difficult issues of the present day. His presentation and his new book, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, challenge the audience to think through the hard moral challenges confronted by citizens. Professor Sandel explores how the most hotly contested issues can be illuminated by reasoned moral argument.

The presentation is followed by a Q&A session and a book signing.

David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, offers opening remarks.

The event takes place on November 19, 2009, at Mason Hall, 17 Lexington Avenue."

This is a penal discussion on the ethical challenges American corporations face when they participate in the judicial electoral process. The program is co-sponsored by the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Baruch College; Center for Political Accountability; and Carol & Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania as part of the David Berg Foundation Lecture Series.

Donald Shepers, Director, The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate, Integrity, makes the opening remarks. The panel is moderated by Marya Cotten, Assistant Professor of Law, Baruch College. Speakers include:

Dorothy Samuels, Member, New York Times Editorial Board; author of The Selling of the Judiciary

James Sample, Professor, Hofstra Law School; formerly director of the Judicial Elections Project at the Brennan Center, New York University

Jeffery Berger, Associate, Mayer Brown

The Hon. Penny White, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law; former justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court

Roy Schotland, Professor of Law, Georgetown University

The event takes place on September, 17, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, and Personal Democracy Forum present this Nonprofit Seminar on social media and technology.

A panel discusses how nonprofits learn to better use the Internet, Twitter, and social networks to organize, fundraise, and disseminate message. Panelists include: Allison Fine, Speaker and Author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age; Andrew Rasiej, Founder of Personal Democracy Forum; and Deanna Zandt, Media Technologist, Consultant, and Author of the forthcoming book Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. Kyra D. Gaunt, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Black Music Studies, Baruch College, moderates the discussion.

Jack Krauskopf, Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, and David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, make the opening remarks.

The event takes place on October 19, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

John Chadwell, Tekserve, Inc. and Eliza Cooper, Walei Sabry of Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), gives a demonstration of the Apple suite of products including the MacBook, iPod Nano, and the iPhone and how they are accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired.

Konstandinos Chalkias, Coordinator of CCVIP Demo Center, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on October 19, 2009, at 17 Lexington Ave, Room 1220.

Roger Bolton, Senior Counselor for APCO Worldwide and Past President of the Arthur W. Page Society, speaks on the society's Special Report, "Dynamics of Public Trust in Business: Emerging Opportunities for Leaders, A Call to Action to Overcome the Present Crisis of Trust in Business." The report was a joint project with the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics. A Q&A session follows.

Professor Michael Goodman, Director, Corporate Communication International and Director, MA in Corporate Communication, offers opening remarks.

This event is presented by Corporate Communication International, and cosponsored by the Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

The event takes place on September 23, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

Professor Michael Goodman, Director, Corporate Communication International and Director, MA in Corporate Communication, discusses the results of research and surveys conducted by the CCI since 2000 on corporate communication practices and trends in the public relations industry.

The event takes place on October 15, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-270.

"A panel of industry leaders detail how the public relations profession has changed, how it has remained the same, and what direction it will take going forward. Panelists also discuss what role the Internet has played, how down-sized newspapers have impacted their clients’ goals and objectives and how direct to consumer opportunities have changed the ground rules, as well as what qualities and skills sets are necessary for beginners to be successful in a public relations career.

Panelists include: Don Middleburg, CEO of Middleburg Communications; Peter Himler, Founding Principal of Flatiron Communications, LLC; Jeffrey Gluck, Manager of Communications at IBM; and Bill Southard, President of Southard Communications; Dave Armon, former President of PR Newswire, moderates. A discussion and Q&A session follows.

Professor David Luna, Director of MarkLab, makes the opening remarks.

The event takes place on October 15, 2009 at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750."

"Brown Rane performs at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on April 11, 2008 as part of 55 Underground Concert Series.

As a singer, songwriter, musician, and composer, Brown Rane draws inspiration from the likes of Nina Simone, Mary J Blige, Whitney Houston, Prince, and Jill Scott. Her sound is an amalgamation of R&B, soul, jazz, pop, funk, rock and hip-hop in one sandwich. She has toured with an energizing group called the Mary J’s, and a dynamic group of singers, MC’s, and poets called The Cataclysm. As a soloist, she has performed at several regional venues, including Gregory’s, 5 Spot Soul Food Restaurant, Remote Lounge, Cheetah Club, and Carmichaels’ Underground Jazz Club.

Opening acts include the Castle Boyz, and Mother Metaphor."

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, and the Center on Equality Pluralism, and Policy, present this Nonprofit Seminar on legal services for nonprofits.

A panel discusses how legal services for nonprofit agencies are procured, and legal resources available to nonprofits, and how nonprofits can be good clients of legal services. Panelists include: Sean Delaney, Executive Director of the Lawyers Alliance for New York; and Michael Rothenberg, Executive Director of New York Laywers for the Public Interest. Sonia R. Jarvis, Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Center on Equality, Pluralism, and Policy, moderates the discussion. Also, the results of a study on Leadership, Diversity, and Legal Services conducted by Professor Sonia Jarvis, are presented and discussed. An informal discussion and Q&A session follows.

Jack Krauskopf, Director of the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, and David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, make the opening remarks.

The event takes place on September 24, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.