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Social Scientist, lawyer, and educator, Anu Gupta, shares insights on building collaboration, enhancing communication, and fostering belonging. Topics include how to navigate difficult conversations, increase cultural awareness, and turn unconscious bias into conscious action.

Baruch College held its 2023 Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, May 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, conferring degrees to 5,795 undergraduate and graduate students from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and the Zicklin School of Business. Baruch College President S. David Wu  presided over the exercises, and Linda Essig, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, served as the master of ceremonies. The Class of 2023 includes more than 4,100 undergraduates, over 1,600 graduate degree recipients, and four graduates receiving doctorate degrees. Speakers and honorary degree recipients are Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani and Sam Pollard, Film Director and Screenwriter.

Eugene M. Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship reception was held on Baruch campus. The celebration was introduced by the Provost Linda Essig. A total of nine faculty members received the awards.    

Moderated by David Rosenberg, Professor from the Center for Corporate Integrity at Zicklin School of Baruch College, this lecture focuses on the new OpenAI's  ChatGPT. Last November 2022, OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT, a free chatbot that creates text using AI technology. ChatGPT demonstrates remarkable abilities, such as passing exams from law, business, and medical schools and its text-generation capabilities have also been used for simpler tasks such as to writing Shakespearean sonnets, discussing complicated topics, and composing heartfelt love songs. As the hype around ChatGPT continues to grow, new ethical concerns are emerging about the development and use of AI tools. In the chat, Professor Yafit Lev-Aretz and Professor Nizan Packin discuss the current state of ethics in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the importance of responsible AI in today's society. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in the discussion, ask questions, and share their own experiences and perspectives on the ethical considerations of ChatGPT.

Baruch College 56th commencement exercises (2022)

This is the first major renovation of the Field Building, which opened in 1929 and sits on the site of the Free Academy of 1849, birthplace of the City University of New York.

This is the first major renovation of the Field Building, which opened in 1929 and sits on the site of the Free Academy of 1849, birthplace of the City University of New York.

Baruch College invites you to the Russell Banks CEO Leadership Lecture Series with special guests, David P. Abney, Chairman and CEO of UPS, and Baruch student Molly Roth.

Baruch College invites you to the Russell Banks CEO Leadership Lecture Series with special guests, David P. Abney, Chairman and CEO of UPS, and Baruch student Molly Roth.

Students are inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Iota Epsilon, and Sigma Nu Tau.

Students are inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Iota Epsilon, and Sigma Nu Tau.

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Book Launch and Signing with New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Pollak.

Book Launch and Signing with New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Pollak.

On May 3, 2019, ten teams of CUNY students competed for prizes in the final round of the 2019 CUNY IBM Watson Social Impact Challenge. The mission of this competition is to provide CUNY students with the opportunity to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to solve problems facing NYC's public sector. The students developed and utilized essential skills such as critical thinking, communication skills and technological literacy to help solve concrete policy challenges. Stan Altman, PhD, Professor at Baruch College's Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and Stan Litow, former President of the IBM Foundation and its Citizenship Program, conceived this idea four years ago. With support from IBM, the Donald and Shelley Rubin Foundation, Baruch College and CUNY, over 1,000 students have participated in these competitions. This year, 210 students from 19 of CUNY's 25 campuses joined the challenge, demonstrating the demand for experience-based learning opportunities to solve real world problems, using 21st century technology such as IBM's Watson technology. The 11 students on the top three winning teams this year developed tools to reduce suicide rates among veterans, ease student attrition at CUNY and help New York City Transit improve the efficiency of its maintenance systems.

On May 3, 2019, ten teams of CUNY students competed for prizes in the final round of the 2019 CUNY IBM Watson Social Impact Challenge. The mission of this competition is to provide CUNY students with the opportunity to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to solve problems facing NYC’s public sector. The students developed and utilized essential skills such as critical thinking, communication skills and technological literacy to help solve concrete policy challenges. Stan Altman, PhD, Professor at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and Stan Litow, former President of the IBM Foundation and its Citizenship Program, conceived this idea four years ago. With support from IBM, the Donald and Shelley Rubin Foundation, Baruch College and CUNY, over 1,000 students have participated in these competitions. This year, 210 students from 19 of CUNY’s 25 campuses joined the challenge, demonstrating the demand for experience-based learning opportunities to solve real world problems, using 21st century technology such as IBM’s Watson technology. The 11 students on the top three winning teams this year developed tools to reduce suicide rates among veterans, ease student attrition at CUNY and help New York City Transit improve the efficiency of its maintenance systems.

Executives on Campus mentor Chris Bishop conducts a presentation and workshop on jobs that don't exist yet.

Executives on Campus mentor Chris Bishop conducts a presentation and workshop on jobs that don't exist yet.

Previously known as CUNY-IBM Watson Case Competition, CUNY-IBM Watson Social Impact Challenge is a semester-long experience designed to improve the academic achievement and social engagement of the City University's diverse student population through project-based learning focused on using applied IBM Watson AI technologies to solve social problems. Moderated by Stanly Altman, Professor from the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs (MSPIA), Baruch College, this workshop was presented by two IBM developer advocates, Helen Lam and Nicolas Bourdakos. The topic is on Wason AI, API, and Cloud computing services.  

This event was moderated by Mona Jha, Chief Diversity Officer of Baruch College. The 2019 Women's History Month highlighted ACLU attorney Gillian Thomas for a discussion of her book, Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work, which chronicles the Supreme Court's landmark sex discrimination cases, and of what that history can teach us about the fight to achieve gender justice on the job. The topic for the day's presentation is entitled “Sex Discrimination at Work: Then and Now.”   

Previously known as CUNY-IBM Watson Case Competition, CUNY-IBM Watson Social Impact Challenge is a semester-long experience designed to improve the academic achievement and social engagement of the City University’s diverse student population through project-based learning focused on using applied IBM Watson AI technologies to solve social problems. Moderated by Stanly Altman, Professor from the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs (MSPIA), Baruch College, this workshop was presented by two IBM developer advocates, Helen Lam and Nicolas Bourdakos. The topic is on Wason AI, API, and Cloud computing services.