Baruch College News

NOVEMBER 28: Demonstrators march near Baruch College in Manhattan to protest against proposed tuition increases in New York City.

New York's legislative session has been highlighted by flashy proposals to strengthen abortion rights, expand casinos, publicly finance campaigns, and combat corruption and sexual harassment after several scandals.

Much of the focus in Manhattan this election season is on the Democrats, but the borough's Republican party says that despite some disadvantages, they're ready to fight hard this fall.

Kairos Italy Theater , the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, presents In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond.

The recent news out of Cal Poly that Dave Christy is heading to New York to be Baruch College’s chief academic officer is great news for Dave and Baruch College, but a loss for our community.

Doug Cerf, area chair for accounting and business law at the Orfalea College of Business, will serve as interim dean starting July 1. Cerf has been area chair for accounting and business law since 2007, and a Cal Poly faculty member since 1990.

James M. Avena -- who was appointed to the board in February 2012, lost in an election four months later, was appointed again to the board 10 days after that by the lame-duck mayor, then removed three days later by the incoming mayor -- is challenging Dorit Zeevi-Farrington, who was appointed to the board last July to replace a newly elected ... (more)

The report calls this a "modest estimate," as it's based on five 15-minute breaks taken during an eight-hour workday, assuming three breaks are taken at sanctioned times.

Syria, defeated by Israel in three wars and afraid its arch enemy had gained a nuclear arsenal, began in earnest to build a covert chemical weapons program three decades ago, Anti-government protesters responsible for Turkey's worst riots in years are "arm-in-arm with terrorism," Prime Minister Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, in a defiant ... (more)

Los Angeles, CA June 03, 2013 Pure Minutes , one of America's fastest growing prepaid international long-distance calling solutions, has named Fred Leon its newest Senior Account Executive.

Six long decades ago George Marshall, the American secretary of state, delivered the commencement speech at Harvard University's graduation ceremony.

Kassandra Guzman, a Flushing High School senior, speaks in support of the NYS DREAM Act at a New York State DREAM Coalition rally at Baruch College on May 28.

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I thought of her observations as I looked at the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor U.S. Report issued last week by Babson College and Baruch College.

Tim Jordan has been named vice chancellor and chief financial officer at Antioch University .

Launching an imperfect product is an entrepreneur's worst nightmare. But by taking the time to perfect it prior to launch, entrepreneurs might be missing out on valuable feedback from customers, says Ryan Ferrier, co-founder of the program 60 Day MBA.