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Congrats to Baruch College Zicklin School of Business professors Svenja Dube, Seil Kim, and Edward Li (Stan Ross Department of Accountancy) on being appointed to the editorial board of Contemporary Accounting Research. 👏

The Subotnick Financial Services Center was particularly busy on a recent humid morning in late July. Several dozen young people and a smattering of adults in the Sidney Lirtzman Financial Seminar Hall, just outside the Wasserman Trading Floor, listened as the Zicklin School’s Associate Dean Marios Koufaris welcomed the “new market experts and future titans of Wall Street” to the prize-giving ceremony of the annual High School Stock Market Challenge. 📈

The challenge, explained Gideon Pell, the Subotnick Center’s director, was an opportunity for rising high school seniors from across New York City’s five boroughs to spend five weeks learning the basics of investing and trading by managing a virtual portfolio of $500,000 in “play money” in a simulated trading environment.

This year, 33 students representing 17 area high schools took part in the challenge—a significant increase from the 22 who participated last year. Students received introductory financial education classes every Monday for five weeks and spent four weeks trading; they were required to diversify their portfolios by investing in at least five different companies.

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It's a full-circle moment for LaToya C. Crawford (BBA, '03) as she makes her way back to Baruch College's Max Berger Pre-Law Program to serve as a Peer Pre-Law Mentor for the 2026–2027 cohort. ⚖️🎓

Crawford's commitment to advancing education and representation in marginalized communities led her to serve leadership roles in non-profit organizations and schools across the U.S. The choice to go to law school was to fulfill a "lifelong calling to pursue justice, advocacy, and generational change," Crawford said. 💬

Now pursuing her Juris Doctor at North Carolina Central University School of Law, Crawford is bringing her experience to inspire students. "I understand how invaluable mentorship can be throughout the law school application process. The guidance, encouragement, and wisdom I received along the way made a lasting difference, and I am grateful for the opportunity to pay that forward," Crawford shared in a LinkedIn post. 🤝

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CUNY Announces $6.8 Million Expansion of Career Success Program to Five CUNY Campuses, Bringing its Impact to 125,000 Students – The City University of New York The City University of New York today announced a $6.8 million investment as part of the FY27 State Budget to expand CUNY Beyond, the University's ambitious plan to prepare every student for post-college success, to five colleges. The addition of Baruch College, City College of New York, Kingsboroug...

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Baruch College has earned national recognition as the Northeast's only public five-star college in MONEY's Best Colleges in America 2026 list. 🏆

In its analysis of more than 735 public and private institutions across the country, Money points to the College's location and alumni earning outcomes as some of its strong suits. 🏙️

Being in New York City, Baruch students benefit from access to coveted internships, networking opportunities, and career pathways at many of the world's leading companies and institutions. Graduates from the College report median early-career earnings of nearly $83,000—well above the national median among colleges included in the rankings.💰💼

Learn more about Baruch College's award-winning value proposition here: https://newscenter.baruch.cuny.edu/news/money-names-baruch-northeasts-only-public-five-star-college/

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Robert A. Schwartz, Marvin M. Speiser Professor of Finance (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance), has joined the board of directors of Green Impact Exchange (GIX).

Read more: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/11/3310420/0/en/leading-academic-pioneer-in-equity-market-microstructure-robert-schwartz-joins-gix-board-of-directors.html

How to navigate the working world while AI is rewriting the rules in real time? It’s a question in the back—or front—of nearly every student’s mind these days, and one person with some answers is Baruch College Zicklin School of Business alumnus Yash Upadhyay (BBA, ’05).

Yash gave a presentation entitled “From Classroom to Career: Thriving in an AI-Driven World” at a recent Mitsui Lunch-Time Forum at the Weissman Center For International Business. It offered practical tips rather than doom and gloom.

Read more: https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/zicklin_news/what-a-zicklin-alum-knows-about-thriving-in-the-age-of-ai/

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