What’s Important

Baruch College: The Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction

On Friday, May 1, the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College brought together 100 leading educators and business professionals for a productive dialogue on cultivating effective oral and written communication in academic and business settings. The discussion revolved around the theme of "The Medium is the Audience." The Symposium approached the broad topic of "audience" in a number of different ways ranging from exploring how electronic media have changed our conception of what and who an audience is, to considering how the needs of an audience shape what constitutes effective, purposeful communication. The Symposium generated many concrete, useful ideas, activities, tools, and approaches to fostering effective speaking and writing in the classroom and the workplace...Read More

New America Foundation: Bernard L. Schwartz
Economic Symposium

Looking Towards the London G-20 Global Growth Summit -
What Will Replace the American Consumer?

For the past decade and a half, U.S. consumption has been the principal driver of world economic growth, supplying demand for the consumption of goods that propelled the world economy. As the U.S. struggles with recession and its consumers are forced to retrench, leaders of the G-20 Summit must make it their first priority to search for new engines of global growth...Read More, including video

An Economic Recovery Program for the Post-Bubble Economy

By Bernard L. Schwartz and Sherle R. Schwenninger, New America Foundation

The American economy is in trouble. Battered and bruised by the collapsing housing and credit bubbles, and by high oil and food prices, it is having trouble finding its footing...Read the full article

May 21, 2009:

Bernard L. Schwartz Presented 2009 SAIS Founder's Award
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- Bernard Schwartz accepts 2009 SAIS Founder's Award from Dean Jessica Einhorn and secretary-general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.

May 1, 2009:

Bernard L. Schwartz Communications Institute at Baruch College: The Annual Symposium
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April 22-23, 2009:

SAIS Conference: "New Ideas in Development After the Financial Crisis"
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March 27, 2009:

The Asia Society Establishes the Bernard Schwartz Book Award
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January 12, 2009:

Brookings: Memo to the President - Invest in Infrastructure for Long-Term Prosperity
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January 7, 2009:

ITIF: The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America
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