News, Announcements, & Events Archive
Professors Chester Zarnoch and Timothy Hoellein Receive National Science Foundation Grant
Multiple Grants Awarded to Natural Sciences Professors Jalilian-Marian, Dumitru, Orland, Gruber, and Munshi-South
Alexander Ochs Speaks on Climate Change Diplomacy
Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents Weissman Talks: Dean Peck Interviews Theodore Bikel.
Professor Michael Plekon, Author of Hidden Holiness, Podcast Interview: "Crisis of Holiness in Our Time"
Professor Carol Berkin Publishes Civil War Wives
A Reading, Conversation with Harman Writer-in-Residence Joseph O’Connor
Distinguished History Professor Abrahamian Prominently Cited in The New Yorker and Interviewed on NPR
Weissman History Professor Bert Hansen Publishes New Book: Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio [Read Review in NY Times]
Elisha Abas Solo Piano Concert
English Department & Encounters Magazine Present: Fiction & Poetry Reading
The Changing Nature of Race, Power, & Ethnicity in the Era of Obama & Sotomayor
Professor Glenn Petersen Publishes Traditional Micronesian Societies
Ross Lewin Speaks at Weissman Faculty Seminar, Study Abroad and Global Citizenship, 10/01/09
From Particle Physics to Publishing Poetry, Weissman Professor Sultan Catto Stands Out
Journalism Professor Roslyn Bernstein Publishes New Book, Boardwalk Stories (Read citation in New York Times)
Great Works Reading Series Presents Tartuffe, Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch Debates Diversity & Internationalization, Guest Speaker: Prof. Olufemi Vaughan
Professor Gene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble Performs
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Laments Passing of
George Weissman ’39
Art 4900 Photo Exhibit: Our Neighborhoods, Where We Come From, Coordinated by Prof. Leonard Sussman. Ongoing 9 AM-9 PM, BPAC
Baruch Convocation '09 Welcomes Freshman, Introduces Interim President Altman
IIE Releases White Paper: Expanding Study Abroad Capacity at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Summer Blog Follows CUNY Scientists on Location; Features Weissman's David Gruber
UN Youth Assembly – Three Day Conference, August 5 – 7 , 2009
Highlights from Baruch's 44th Commencement, May 27
Weissman’s Stacey Korolkova Honored for Best Macaulay Honors Student Thesis
Professor Zoë Sheehan Saldaña ins Prestigious New YorWk Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant
Zoë Sheehan Saldaña’s Work Exhibited in Dress Codes, at Katonah Museum of Art, July 12 – October 4, 2009
7 Baruch Students Win Top Spots in CUNY Math Challenge
Ross Lewin, Editor of The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad, Leads a Weissman Faculty Seminar, Fall 2009.
Anthropology Professor Glenn Petersen Publishes Critique of New Yorker Article
Journalism Professor Roslyn Bernstein Read from New Book, Boardwalk Stories. Mulberry St Library, 10 Jersey St, 7/22/09 @ 6:30 pm
Professor Alfonso Quiroz Interviewed on History, Consequences of Peruvian Corruption, in Rorotoko
Dean Jeffrey Peck Leads Conversation Following Screening of Just an Ordinary Jew
Off-Broadway Production of Night Sky to Run at Baruch Performing Arts Center, May 22 –June 20
Professor Eugene Marlow to Address Media Ecology Association on his
Jazz in China© Project
Weissman Student Danielle Jakubowski Named Gilder Lehrman History Scholar
President Waldron Receives Prestigious Ellis Island Medal
First Annual Paul André Feit Memorial Lecture by Prof. Alberto Sandoval
Weissman Professor Esther Allen Wins Cullman Center Fellowship
Modern Languages Professor Albert Fayngold's The Call of Kiev Published in New York Times
Baruch College Holds 44th Commencement Exercises
5/27/09, Main Arena, Madison Square Garden
Professor Charlotte Brooks Publishes, Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends
50th Anniversary Celebration for Pirandello Society of America and Founder, Marta Abba
Professor Stanley Buder Publishes Capitalizing on Change
New York City Classical Guitar Society Presents Dennis Koster (Flamenco and Classical Guitar)
Dean Jeffrey Peck Leads Conversation Following Screening of Just an Ordinary Jew
Editor Robert Thomson, of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, Speaks at Newman Conference Center
WEISSMAN talks: Onstage Dialogue Series Exploring Central Liberal Arts Topics
The English Department’s Spring Symposium, 2009: "What is the Use of Literature?"
Professor Leonard Sussman Publishes Book of Provence Photographs
Resonances: Contemporary Writers on the Great Works
Conference Announcement: A World on the Move: Emigration and Immigration in Europe and the Americas
Former AT&T Exec VP Debuts New Book: Secrets of the Marketing Masters
Emeritus Professor Stanley Buder Lecture, “Then and Now: the ’29 Depression and 2009”
Alexander String Quartet Presents Brahms Program
PEN World Voices: Distinguished Writers Select, Discuss Classic Work from Great Works Program
English
Dept Gains Two New Scholarships
National Grid Foundation Grant Supports Mathematics Education
Six MFE Student Winners at Interactive Brokers Trading Olympiad
Professor Catherine Russell Gains Guinness Acting Record
Globus Lecture: Dr. Rafael Medoff Discusses His Book, “Blowing the Whistle on Genocide”
Guinness Recognizes Weissman Professor Catherine Russell’s Acting World Record
Dollars & Sense Wins Golden Crown Award
Weissman Student Jose Bayona Wins National Scholarship
Gloria Steinem Lectures at Mason Hall
Weissman Professor Carol Berkin Cited in Wall Street Journal
Darcey Steinke
Reads from Easter Everywhere
Global Studies @ Weissman Presents Author, Professor Aristide Zolberg
Weissman Professor William Boddy Speaks on Media at Yale
First Annual Paul André Feit Memorial Lecture by Prof. Alberto Sandoval
Sociology Professor Susan M. Chambré Receives Rockefeller Archives Grant
Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Series Presents Jazz Harpist Edmar Castaneda & His Quartet
Globus Seminar: Haitian Born Quebec Poet, Psychiatrist, Dr. Joel Des Rosiers Speaks on Migrations
Weissman Professor Ora Frishberg Saloman Authors "Rich Collection of Linked Essays"
Weissman Professor Kyra Gaunt Lectures, Performs at TED Conference
Hidden Holiness, by Weissman Professor Michael Plekon Published this Month
David Damrosch to Launch Global Studies Initiative's Faculty Seminars
February 19, 2009 for Abraham Briloff Prize in Ethics, for Faculty and Students
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions Announces Four Annual Journalism Scholarships
Weissman Professor Gene Marlow to Judge Prestigious Jazz Competition, and Exhibit at Annual Conductors Guild Conference
Opportunities for Baruch Students with Teach for America -- Application Deadline: February 13th, 2009 (archive)
Professor Gene Park Submits Book for Publication
Weissman's Prof. Tansen Sen Participates in Major Silk Road Study
Ford Foundation grant supports study on reopening ancient trade route, nets major grant for Weissman professor Tansen Sen. Read more.
Graffiti Lives, by Weissman Professor Gregory Snyder Released January 1
Read Publishers' Weekly Review and Watch Graffiti Lives Video Trailer on Youtube
Weissman Professor Quiroz Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
New York, NY – Jun. 25, 2008 – Professor Alfonso Quiroz is adding yet another prestigious honor to the long list of awards that he has received during his professional career—a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. Read more
Weissman Professor Griffiths Celebrates Publication. Read more
New York Times reviews Francine Prose’s novel Goldengrove. Read the Review
East Meets West: Indian Born Jazz Guitarist Rez Abassi and His Sextet Open Baruch's 17th Milt Hinton Jazz Series
The concerts are free to Baruch students, faculty and administration. There is a nominal ticket charge for non-Baruch community individuals. To purchase tickets and for more information, please call 646-312- 4085 or visit www.theatermania.com. Read more
Weissman Establishes Journalism Department
New York, NY – Jul. 9, 2008 – After more than three decades as a specialized program within the Department of English, journalism at The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences is attaining departmental status. The new Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions formally launched on July 1, 2008. Read more
Professor Zoe Sheehan Saldana Awarded a 2008-09 Workspace Residency
Zoe Sheehan Saldana, assistant professor in the department of Fine and Performing Arts, has been named one of six emerging artists to be awarded a 2008-09 Workspace residency by Dieu Donne, a nonprofit arts organization devoted to the creation, production and preservation of contemporary art in the process of fabricating handmade paper. Read more
A Statement of Sympathy For Victims of the Recent Natural Disasters in China and Burma
New York, NY - May 13, 2008 - Baruch College extends its heartfelt sympathies to the families of the victims of yesterday's terrible earthquake in China. Read more
Jeffrey M. Peck, the New Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Brings a Wealth of Scholarly and Administrative Experience to the Position.
New York, NY – April 4, 2008 – Jeffrey M. Peck, a scholar whose work explores the complex and ambiguous relationship between German and Jewish culture, has been appointed dean of Baruch College's Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. The appointment was announced by Baruch College Provost James McCarthy and takes effect on August 1, 2008. Read more
Professor Alfonso W. Quiroz publishes new book, Corrupt Circles A History of Unbound Graft in Peru, Woodrow Wilson Center Press
In Corrupt Circles Alfonso W. Quiroz gives a definitive and thorough history of Peruvian corruption that dates back to the country’s colonial period. He demonstrates how corruption has been deeply embedded in Peru’s state institutions and has damaged the country’s prospects, and he offers a comprehensive estimate of the costs of corruption to the country’s development. Read more
Weissman Names 2008 Colin Powell Fellows
The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the two annual winners of the prestigious Colin Powell Fellowships in International Diplomacy. This year's successful candidates are senior Sean Perryman and junior Simon Mairzadeh. They were chosen from a strong field of accomplished and talented Weissman students. The fellowship offers students the opportunity to serve a six to eight-week high-level internship working either for the State Department in Washington or abroad, or at the United Nations in New York. Read more
Charles Simic Announced as Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence
Charles Simic, U.S. Poet Laureate, was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1953. He has lived in New York, Chicago, the San Francisco area, and in New Hampshire where, until his retirement, he was a professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. Read more
Baruch's Terry Berkowitz Mounts One-Person Exhibition in Madrid's Galeria Magda Belloti
New York, NY - January 28, 2008—Professor Terry Berkowitz, chairperson of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, is a visual artist with an international reputation. From Jan. 31 to Mar. 9, her work will be on view in Madrid's Galeria Magda Belloti in a one-person exhibition that tackles issues of family, war crimes, and culture. Read more
Baruch Professor John Brenkman Publishes Book on Political Thought Post-9/11
New York, NY - Jan. 9, 2008—John Brenkman's lucid and probing essay, The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy: Political Thought Since September 11 (Princeton University Press, 2007), is a timely excursion into contemporary intellectual history, covering both the response to the shock of a terror attack on U.S. soil, and the political thought that produced the Iraq War and its dismaying aftermath. Read more
Baruch College Professor Carl Rollyson Awarded NEH Grant
New York, NY - Dec. 4, 2007—Carl Rollyson, professor of English at Baruch College's Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2008-2009 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers to complete his book on the New England poet Amy Lowell. Click here to read more about this project. Read more
Baruch's Professor Marlow Turns From English and Journalism to Music Composition and Performance
Eugene Marlow, professor of English at Baruch College, has had a long and distinguished career in media and public relations. But his love for and interest in music finally got the better of him. Read more
Weissman Journalism Director Launches Multimedia Website
Geanne Rosenberg, Weissman Journalism Director and Associate Professor, has produced and written a multimedia, educational Website: kcnn.org/legal_risk. The site has loads of content, quizzes and animations, and videos of expert lawyers from Harvard Law School and the Media Law Resource Center. Professor Rosenberg produced the site under a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in collaboration with CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism and J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism's Knight Citizen News Network.
Financial Engineers Thrive Despite the Subprime Mess
International Herald Tribune Cites Weissman's MFE Program. Read more
