Centers and Institutes

Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia, industry, and civic organizations to explore the legal, ethical, social, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. The program features a series of panel discussions throughou...

Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia, industry, and civic organizations to explore the legal, ethical, social, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. The program features a series of panel discussions throughou...

Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia, industry, and civic organizations to explore the legal, ethical, social, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. The program features a series of panel discussions throughou...

Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia, industry, and civic organizations to explore the legal, ethical, social, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. The program features a series of panel discussions throughou...

Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia, industry, and civic organizations to explore the legal, ethical, social, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. The program features a series of panel discussions throughou...

Most nonprofits invest in programs, fundraising, and staff development. Far fewer invest in their leadership team's ability to work well together. That gap costs more than people think. Drawing on 25 years of evidence-based team coaching, this session explores what actually drives leadership team effectiveness in nonprofits, what teams consistently get wrong when trying to improve, and where nonpr...

Nonprofit leaders often claim that their organizations do not engage in advocacy, yet many leaders report organizational activities that qualify as such. This discrepancy, which we call the “say/do” gap, suggests that nonprofit advocacy may be more widespread than commonly believed. Drawing on the first nationally representative survey of U.S. nonprofit advocacy in two decades, we explore explanat...

The US budget for direct arts spending for the National Endowment for the Arts was $207 million in 2024. However, in 2024 the United States spent between $2 and $3.35 billion to support arts nonprofits through the charitable contribution deduction. Over 90% of those deductions came from people earning more than $200,000. Are there such important enough benefits from these Congressionally provided...

Mr. Anupam Ghose is a Founding Partner and CEO of System Two Advisors, LP, where he focuses on the start-up business operations and strategic direction of the firm. Prior to System Two, Mr. Ghose was the Co-President and Chief Strategy Officer of Roc Capital, responsible for overseeing the firm's marketing and investor relations as well as implementing short-term and long-term firm strategies. Pri...

Wesley D. Archer is an entrepreneur and adventure seeker who graduated from Baruch College in 1998 with a degree in finance. In 2001, he founded ALaS Consulting LLC, a specialized firm focused on post-trade processing technologies and the accounting of financial instruments. What began as a one-man operation with a single client grew into an industry-recognized firm serving more than 40 clients an...

Join the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship on February 5th as we welcome Lew Frankfort, former CEO and Chairman Emeritus of Coach, to Baruch College. Frankfort will reflect on his remarkable professional journey, from his early career in New York City government to leading Coach for nearly three decades and transforming it from a six mi...

Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum CLXXVIII: With over three decades of experience in the financial sector and 26 years as a WPP veteran, Stacey will keynote a conversation titled "THE ART, SCIENCE, AND SOUL OF FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP," moderated by Professor Andreas Grein. As a leader who believes the CFO role embodies these three pillars, Stacey will share how she combines creative thinking, sharp financial a...

Join the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity for a timely and thought-provoking discussion on how some of the nation’s largest law firms navigated the legal and ethical challenges in the wake of the Trump Administration’s retaliatory actions against them. The program will feature Rebecca Roiphe, leading voice in criminal law and ethics; rights litigator; Christopher J. Clark, pre-eminent...

Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum CLXXVII: Dana Zeller is a financial services operations leader with a track record of modernizing complex organizations, building high-performing teams, and driving measurable growth. She has helped global and regional banks streamline processes, embrace automation, and deliver better client experiences while navigating highly regulated environments. Dana has held senior le...

Jennifer Hadden and Sarah Bush’s book “Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs,” examines how global nonprofits are being squeezed by competition, specialization, and dispersion—even as global needs grow. This event will discuss the arguments of the book in light of recent developments in the international NGO sector, including global crackdowns on civil society a...

What makes people give, and how can we inspire them to give more? Join us for a dynamic conversation on how to segment audiences—not by who they are on paper, but by why they care. Learn how mindset-based segmentation has helped changemakers connect with new audiences and motivate action across causes from higher education to climate to equity. This event will provide practical insights for nonpro...

As part of Baruch College’s annual Ethics Week, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity is proud to welcome Stephanie Cuba for an event titled “Navigating Professional Growth and Workplace Best Practices.” This event will explore the intersection of professional development and workplace hygiene. Professional development refers to the continuous process of acquiring skills, knowledge, an...

Join Professor Casandra Silva Sibilin (York College) and the Baruch Center for Teaching & Learning for a conversation on the impact of AI on our pedagogies. Students are going to be living and working in an increasingly AI-infused world. Our pedagogies should evolve to address this new reality. What does such a pedagogy look like? What current pedagogical practices should we re-evaluate, and which...

This event explores the research and practice of grassroots organizations that combine a public charity with a social welfare organization to engage in community organizing, policy change, and political action. We will share findings from a recent research study about the opportunities and challenges of grassroots multi-entity organizations and hear lessons from leaders of Down Home North Carolina...

Social workers and nonprofit practitioners face challenges when advocating for people living in poverty. Join us for this public event to learn about advocacy strategies developed in close collaboration with communities facing discrimination, racism, and poverty that can encourage policymakers to listen and act. Featuring Peter Raeymaeckers, Professor of Social Work and Sociology, the University o...

Corporate leaders encounter significant challenges when addressing public debates on contentious topics. They must strike a balance between the pressures to speak out or remain silent while navigating the polarized nature of today’s discourse and the powerful, diverse interests of shareholders, employees, consumers, and civil society groups. Join the Robert Zicklin Center for a talk featuring Lawr...

Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum No. CLXXI

Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum No. CLXIX