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Last summer couldn’t have been brighter for Baruch College. In July Money magazine ranked Baruch #1 among the “Best Public Colleges” and #2 for “Best Colleges for Your Money,” behind Princeton University, in its analysis of 711 schools across the country.
The future Allen G. and Mary E. Aaronson Student Center took a major step forward as Baruch College signed a 15-year lease agreement (with an option to renew for an additional 15 years) with the U.S. Post Office for space in its historic building on 23rd Street.
Longtime advertising and television executive, Robert "Bob" Silberberg (‘55), died peacefully with the same grace and dignity for which he was known, on October 26th, in Boynton Beach, Florida from pancreatic cancer. He was 83. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother and friend.
From modeling to social media, television reporting to activism, alumna Tsvetta Kaleynska (EMPA '15) keeps herself busy with a variety of professional and personal pursuits.
Hailed as the world’s first ever “Chief Risk Officer,” James C. Lam (’83) is a man of many talents. He was recently recognized in the 2017 NACD Directorship 100 as one of the most influential directors in the boardroom community.
Painting Faces, a memoir by Baruch alumna Frances F. Friedman ('48), explore the rise of women in the workplace - written by a woman who climbed the ladder to lead a major PR firm.
This spring Baruch College’s Sidney Mishkin Gallery shared 40 treasures from the Aldemaro and Ana Romero Collection in the exhibition Self-Taught Art from Latin America and the Caribbean, which ran from April through May.
Fulbright Awards top the list of the most prestigious grants conferred on college graduates. So the announcement that three Baruchians had been selected for U.S. Student Fulbright Awards for 2017–18 was met with great fanfare. It’s the greatest number of Fulbright Student Awards in one competition cycle in Baruch’s history.
Earlier this year, the College welcomed influencers from the worlds of business, government, nonprofits, and the media, whose participation in a variety of forums greatly enriched students’ Baruch experience.
It’s been a whirlwind career for Carlos Dos Santos, who has represented his native Mozambique in such locations as the United Kingdom, Germany, Zimbabwe, Washington, D.C., and New York City. “All of my postings have been of great importance to my country,” says Mr. Dos Santos, a career diplomat who currently serves as Mozambique’s ambassador … Continue reading Everywhere Man
