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NEWS AND UPDATES                                                OCTOBER 07, 2022

Baruch Hosts United Nations Development Programme for New York City's Climate Week

In an exciting new partnership with the United Nations, Baruch College makes explicit its commitment to climate action and gives students an opportunity to have their voices heard on the world stage.

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"New Faculty: Introductions"

Meet new faculty members, Benjamin Gillespie of the Communication Studies Department and Anna Pun of Mathematics, in the first of our series of video introductions. 

Meet Interim Associate Dean, Cheryl Smith

I sat down with Professor Cheryl Smith to learn about her background, her new book project, and the way she hopes to bring her vision of a poetic teaching project to the Office of Associate Dean.



Dan: For those that don’t know you, can you start by introducing yourself, say what program you come out of, and give us a brief overview of your journey here at Baruch College? 


Cheryl: Sure! My name is Cheryl Smith and I come out of the English department. I came to Baruch in the fall of 2003 as an Assistant Professor. I guess I'm starting my 20th year here. It went by in a blink!


I've done lots of interesting things in my tenure at Baruch. When I was first hired, I was the director of the Immersion Program for students that need some extra help meeting the basic benchmarks of college-level reading and writing. I was the director of the Great Works of World Literature Program for 4 years, and was the WAC coordinator for about 8 years....

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New Media Artspace opens Sarada Rauch: If All Things Were Equal, You’d Only Be the Sequel

The New Media Artspace is proud to present Sarada Rauch: If All Things Were Equal, You’d Only Be the Sequel, a solo exhibition of eight single-channel moving image works by the New York-based artist. The exhibition is curated by Katherine Behar, Associate Professor of New Media Arts, and is generously sponsored by the Sandra Kahn Wasserman Jewish Studies Center.


Sarada Rauch: If All Things Were Equal, You’d Only Be the Sequel will be on view from September 19, 2022 through December 2, 2022 on the New Media Artspace website and at the New Media Artspace gallery in Baruch’s Library and Information Building, 151 E. 25th Street, by appointment.

FACULTY NEWS, PUBLICATIONS, AND MEDIA MENTIONS

Vera Haller and Gisele Regatão Publish a Trio of Articles on TheWorld.org


Journalism professors Vera Haller and Gisele Regatão began planning a joint reporting project into the economic and social implications of the global growth of avocado production before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was only this past summer that they were finally able to travel, choosing to focus on Peru, the world’s second largest exporter of Hass avocados behind Mexico. Editors at PRX Radio’s international news show, The World, accepted the story and asked whether they could find additional stories, seeing this trip as a way of generating more news coverage out of Peru.


The professors ultimately produced three stories that explored the contradictions of modern Peruvian identity and the country’s economic and political disparity. The stories looked at challenges small Peruvian farmers faced after switching to what they hoped would be lucrative avocado crops, a rising hip hop star’s exploration of her Quechuan identity through music, and a filmmaker whose success is driving an expansion of Peru’s movie industry. 


The research trip to Peru was supported by PSC-CUNY, Baruch College, and the Weissman Dean's Office. The articles, taken together, reflect the diverse and little-known stories that are produced by faculty at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences.



Read or listen to the series below:


Peru's Avocado 'Green-Gold Rush' Loses Some Shine


Meet Peru's Quechuan Hip Hop Star


Peruvian Filmmaker Melina León Boots Peru's Film Industry With Strong Female Leads

Vincent DiGirolamo in My Central Jersey


Professor of History, Vincent DiGirolamo weighs in on the cultural significance of the newsboy cap in a Labor Day article by Jim Beckerman.


Another great opportunity to check out DiGirolamo's award winning study of the newsboy, Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys (Oxford UP, 2022).

David Gruber in NY Times


Professor David Gruber highlights the research of Project CETI, a scientist-led nonprofit organization that brings together marine biologists, roboticists, linguists and cryptographers at more than a dozen institutions to decode the communication of sperm whales, which takes the form of bursts of clicks.


Read "The Animal Translators" here.

Carolyn Abott wins Provost's Innovation Seed Grant


Carolyn Abott, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, and her research collaborator Rahul Pathak, an Assistant Professor in Marxe, were awarded a Provost's Innovation Seed Grant.  


They plan to collaboratively research “Fiscal Federalism and the Local Public Good Provision.” They have received a $12,000 grant from the Office of the Provost to support their early-stage research. They expect to develop two articles from their research.

Barbara Katz-Rothman Wins Grad Center Award for Excellence in Mentoring


Professor of Sociology Barbara Katz-Rothman. was awarded the Graduate Center Award for Excellence in Mentoring. This award recognizes her ongoing, long-term commitment to students at all stages of graduate research.


Some eleven Graduate Center alumni who worked with Barbara over the course of their PhDs wrote rave reviews about her importance and amazing constructive influence on the course of their lives.

Els de Graauw Begins NIAS Fellowship


Political Science Professor Els de Graauw joins the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for 2022-2023 year. Her research focuses on how the growing number of city and state immigrant affairs offices have addressed the societal integration of the many immigrants and refugees in the United States.

Weissman Celebrates BRESI Winners

BRESI is an historic initiative at CUNY with the overarching goal of reimagining and transforming University programs in Black, Race and Ethnic studies CUNY-wide. $1.9 million in grant funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation was allocated to support a range of proposals across the University.


More than 500 proposals were submitted from across CUNY and were evaluated by members of the BRESI Council and nine RFP committees. A total of 126 proposals have been selected for funding, including these Weissman winners in 3 of the 9 categories.

 

BRES-focused Student Research:


Timothy Aubry, Department of English: Careers in Publishing for Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds


Erica Richardson, Department of English:

Student Mentored Research for Public Knowledge Project Black Futures and OER Course "America Literature 1865 to Present: Protest Writing, Civil Rights, and Writing Social Change in America”

 

CUNY Departments and Programs and New BRES-related Initiatives:


Shelly Eversley, Department of Black and Latino Studies: Afrolatinidades

 

Faculty Publication Support on BRES Topics:


Anna Lucille Boozer, Department of History: "Daily Life in Roman Egypt: Accessibility and Diversity in Educational Texts"


Viviana Rivera-Burgos, Department of Political Science: "Puerto Rico Public Opinion Laboratory: A Questionnaire Pre-test"


Andrew Sloin, Department of History: "Between Blues and Tsures: Translation and Musical Desegregation"

SEE ALL THE WINNERS

John Brenkman Publishes and Shares Articles From His Archives

 

John Brenkman, Professor Emeritus of English, has published “Lyric” in The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion, ed. Patrick Colm Hogan, et al.


“Voix et temps,” Anne Birien’s translation of “Voice and Time,” appears in the French edition of Optional-Narrator Theory, ed. Sylvie Patron.


He has posted an essay on Keats’s “Ode on Melancholy.”


And in response to the nearly fatal attack on Salman Rushdie, he has also posted excerpts on The Satanic Verses from essays that appeared in 1999 and 2007. 


“Varieties of Nothing” appeared in a Special Issue of SubStance on Maurice Blanchot; the essay is part of an ongoing project on modernism, nihilism, and belief. 

Leonard Sussman's Photography Takes Us To The North Pole and Back Again


Since September 4th, Professor Emeritus Sussman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department has been on the USCG Healy, a 420- foot-long icebreaker on a 55 day journey from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians to the North Pole and back. The Healy is a research ship with approximately 30 scientists, tech support people, and a crew of approximately 75 members of the Coast Guard on board.


His outstanding photographs and blog posts take us along for the ride. 


Check them out here!

Alaina Claire Feldman in Artforum's "Art & Education"


Director and Curator of Mishkin Gallery, Alaina Claire Feldman reviews Documenta 15, focusing on the unbounded environmentalism / environmental justice work by the Vietnamese artist collective Nhà Sàn.


It makes for a wonderful compliment to her own curatorial efforts and Baruch's recent focus on climate. Read it here.

Who Speaks for The Oceans? Reviewed by The New Yorker



Read the Full Article

STUDENT AND ALUMNI NEWS

Sonja Kostich Becomes Executive Director of Baryshnikov Arts Center


This alumna of both Weissman and Zicklin is set to become the new leader of the world famous New York City Ballet Company.


Kostich began her career as a professional ballet dancer, performing with the American Ballet Theatre, the San Francisco Ballet, and the Zurich Ballet before moving into contemporary dance.


After retiring from the stage, Sonja pursued a BBA in Accounting and Business Communications from Zicklin School of Business. She then went on to pursue a MA from Weissman Graduate Studies in Arts Administration.


In her new role, Sonja will work side by side with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and will oversee strategic planning, fundraising, budget, programming, and management of staff and facilities.

Lamin Fofana Opens Exhibition at Tate Liverpool, UK


This Baruch College alum is contributing his music to a new exhibition at the Tate Liverpool. Fofana had his debut solo exhibition, BLUES, at our very own Mishkin Gallery in spring of 2022.


From the Mishkin to the Tate. Not a bad trajectory.


This new exhibition, a fresh look at the work of late 18th, early 19th century painter, JMW Turner, will be presented within an immersive sound environment created by Fofana.


Although working centuries and worlds apart, both artists seek to explore the power and politics of the ocean.

CUNY Climate Scholars win Funding from CUNY and NYCEDC as Part of Green Workforce Programs Initiative


The undergraduate CUNY Climate Scholars (CSS) Program, which started at Baruch, will receive funding to work directly with faculty mentors over 12 weeks in their labs on research projects related to green energy, culminating in a research presentation event. 


“I joined the CUNY Climate Scholars program because I wanted to have a more active role in the fight against climate change. This program has deepened my understanding and knowledge on climate change and sustainable energy usage, making me a better advocate for myself and everyone else,” said Zandile Koikai, a CUNY Climate Scholar and Baruch College student. “I knew that my involvement in this program would lay the foundation for my future career goals.”

Upcoming Events



  • The Baruch Black Studies Colloquium will be bring together Cristina Sturmer, Colette Pichon Battle, Dr. Nisrin Elamin, and Dr. Chakanetsa Mavhunga. October 13th - 14th. To register click HERE.


  • Who Speaks for the Oceans? Miho Hatori Performance : Do Whales Dream of Electric Human? - Thursday, October 13, 6PM. Mishkin Gallery.


  • Faculty Conference Travel Applications DUE - Wednesday, October 19, 2022.


  • The Harman Reading & Conversation with Carmen Maria Machado -October 20, 6PM. Conference Room, Room 750, Baruch College Library Building.


  • Reflections on Faith Diversity: A Conversation with Faculty Experts - October 25, 4:30PM - 6PM. Atrium, Rooms 750 and 760. Information & Technology Building (Library Building), 151 E. 25th St.


  • 13 Drivers’ Licenses Exhibit - October 24th through October 25th. Public lecture with Lisa Salko - October 25th at 6:30 pm (reception to follow) Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC).



  • Baruch In Concert - Thursday, October 27, 1PM on the Plaza.



  • A Tribute to Distinguished Professor Grace Schulman Thursday, November 3, 6:00PM - 8:00PM, BPAC.




  • Upcoming DEI Fridays:



  1. Integrating an Equity Lens in Your Work, Friday, Oct 7, 12:00-1:00pm
  2. Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace and Classroom, Friday, Oct 21,  12:00-1:00pm
  3. Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: A Provost Innovation Fellow Teach-In, Friday, Nov 4, 12:00-1:00pm
  4. Using Liberating Structures to Create Equitable and Inclusive Communities, Friday, Nov 18, 12:00-1:00pm
  5. DEI in Staff Development and Leadership, Friday, Dec 2, 12:00-1:00pm
Register for DEI Fridays HERE ; Find recordings and resources from last year's DEI Fridays HERE 


  • Upcoming Inclusive Teaching Events:


  1. Inclusive Pedagogy Showcase: Celebrating and Sharing Faculty Experiences (joint with the Schwartz Institute), Thursday, Oct 13, 12:30pm-2:00pm, in person, NVC Room 14-275
  2. Beyond the Webcam: Enhancing Student Experience in Online Classrooms (joint with CTL), Thursday, October 27, 4:30-5:30pm, virtual
  3. Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Friday, November 4, 12:00-1:30pm, virtual 
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