Blog Posts

Combining Passions in Pursuit of a Dream by Ana Kalugina, MBA ’17, MPS ’17, Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Every great journey begins with a step, and with enough of them, you can run a marathon. My hope is that the past two years will lead to an ever-fulfilling finish. In deciding between graduate […]

Untrashing News by Mauricio Medaets, MBA ’17, MEng ’17 Putting organic waste in its place — laying the groundwork for a cleaner and more sustainable America Many people dream of a world where trash doesn’t accumulate in landfills (or in abandoned city blocks or rivers, as is the reality in most developing countries). Grind2Energy, a […]

The SGE Immersion: A True Consulting Experience by Brett Lester, MBA ’17 The Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion allowed me the opportunity to interact with clients and support a market expansion problem, leaving me prepped for success for my internship with EY’s Strategy group.One of the most important questions a 1st year MBA student must […]

Finding My Place in the World and the Courage to Pursue It by Jackie Barrett, MBA ’17 Whether I was interviewing an executive or pulling retention data this summer, I knew from my Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion experience that I had acquired all of the skills that I needed to succeed and in a […]

by Jon Tang-Kong, MBA ’17 Why choose SGE? Jon Tang-Kong relates how his SGE Immersion experience gave him the necessary confidence and expertise to navigate tough problems and even tougher CEOs. During the first week at Johnson, every student asks each other the same few questions. One of them is: “What immersion are you doing?” […]

Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi (Oxford University Press, October 2016; gainingcurrency.com), a new book by Eswar Prasad, will be launched at the Brookings Institution on Friday, September 23rd, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Panelists:  Caroline Atkinson, Head of Global Public Policy, Google, and former Deputy National Security Advisor, White House Ben Bernanke, Distinguished Fellow, Brookings Institution, and former Chair […]

by Marcelo Oliveira de Paiva, MBA ’17 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow During my internship on the trading floor of an energy company, I stumbled upon the concept of energy resource reliability and its importance to the energy sector. The drastic changes that the U.S. energy sector is currently undergoing demands a cross […]

By Lori Sonken via Cornell Chronicle One in 10 people on Earth live in China’s cities. Over the past decade, nearly 200 million people in China have moved from rural to urban regions, and 8 million more are expected to relocate every year between now and 2050. Just what this means for China and the […]

by Alexa Ing Stern, MBA ‘17 The SGE Immersion helped me find creative ways to solve ambiguous problems during my brand management internship at Unilever. Going into the first year of myMBA, I knew I wanted to do brand management, so the Strategic MarketingImmersion (SMI) seemed like the logical progression. However, I am passionateabout business […]