New Study by Lehman Professor Could Lead to Better Crop Yield

A breakthrough study in plant sciences and biology led by Professor Zhi-Liang Zheng, (Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences) has potential long-term ramifications for improving crop yield and food quality. Prof. Zheng has identified a unique function for a sulfur nutrient transporter called SULTR1;2 and for the  first time provides genetic and physiological … Read more

2009 Sunset Cinema Series – Better Luck Tomorrow (USA)

Better Luck Tomorrow (USA, 2003) Running Time: 99 Minutes Ah, the pressures of being young, rich and brilliant. Discontent with his current lifestyle of straight A’s and upper-middle-class monotony, overachieving high school student Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) seeks a lifestyle of excitement and danger. He finds it with help from a suburban gang of other … Read more

Does Doing Good Lead to Doing Better? Insights and Challenges

In recent years, few notions have so fully captured the corporate imagination as that of corporate social responsibility (CSR); its relevance, role and returns are at the forefront of corporate consciousness today. In this presentation, Prof. Sankar Sen will provide an overview of my research on CSR, which takes a strategic, stakeholder (e.g., consumers, employees, … Read more