Centers and Institutes

This online event provides a forum to discuss about virtual or hybrid team leaderships for nonprofit organizations in order to increase team trust, bonding, cohesion, and conflict management. Including in the panel are presenters and experts from non-profit sectors, Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeiiken, Principal Consultant of Five Oaks Consulting and Ahmed Hachelaf, Peace & Conflict Education Specialist of Generations For Peace.

The main theme of this Zoom event is to provide joint conversations with Baruch alumni nonprofit leaders which include the following speakers: Donna Frisby-Greenwood (MPA’96), Ciara Ginyard (MPA’12), Jenny Lai (MPA ’17), Steven Raga (MPA ’16), and Pinky Vincent. The moderator of today’s program is Barbara Paxton.    

This program starts with brief introduction by Janet Rossbach, Director of Alumni Relations, as well as brief talk by Dean Sherry Ryan from Marxe School, and George Mitchell.

This online event provides a forum to be engaged with audiences on revisiting and updating the knowledge of how NGOs conduct advocacy on international issues. Presenters Christopher A. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood focus on issues related to NGO draw on their recently published volume entitled:  Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in International Politics.

The program starts with brief introduction provided by George Mitchell.

This online event provides a forum to discuss about international nongovernmental organizations. Including in the panel are presenters from non-profit sectors and NGO, Ido Lotan and Matthew Aubry.

The program is introduced by the co-hosts George Mitchell and Barbara Paxton with Barbara Paxton from BoardStrong to provide nonprofit board training, consultation, and educational resources.

This online event provides a forum to examine the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. Presenter Allison Schnable focuses on issues related to NGO drawn from her book entitled:  Amateurs without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion The program is introduced by George Mitchell and a Q&A session follows the lecture. 

The 163rd Mitsui USA Lunchtime Forum was held on Tuesday, April 18th  with speaker Lawrence Fannin, Director of Trade Compliance and Export Commissioner, Americas Carl Zeiss, Inc. The title of the presentation is “A Day in the Life of International Business.” 

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.