Blog Posts
Why the Capital Markets and Asset Management Immersion is a No-Brainer
by David Michael Estrine, MBA ’17 When beginning the Capital Markets and Asset Management (CMAM) immersion, there were a few common terms on our minds: equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. We all agreed that it doesn’t take an MBA to know that bankruptcy is something to avoid. That opinion changed during our first […]
“China’s Cities” Chosen for Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences’ Collaborative Project Funding
The “China’s Cities” project was recently chosen for funding by the Institute for the Social Sciences. Each collaborative project is comprised of 4-5 Cornell faculty members, researching a cutting-edge and significant social science issue or topic. Priority is given to “shovel ready” projects that build bridges between researchers across the university. The “China’s Cities” project […]
Key Ways Spring Semester Prepared me for my Consulting Internship
by Mark Geskermann, MBA ’16 Deciding on an immersion is what I imagine choosing a favorite child is like for parents. Alright, I admit that’s a bit exaggerated, but it was still a tough choice. Second semester proved to be critical in preparing me for my summer internship at the Boston Consulting Group. As I […]
Socially Responsible Investing Goes Mainstream
by Thomas Bishop, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance & Impact Investing Fellow The Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion and its career trek to Washington, DC were instrumental in making a career transition to social impact and finance and landing an internship with Calvert. I had the opportunity to intern with CalvertInvestments, a socially responsible investment […]
What I Didn’t Know Before My Corporate Finance Immersion
by Shiril Sunil Nikhar, MBA ‘17 The beginning of Johnson’s Corporate Finance Immersion (CFI)for the Class of 2017 MBA candidates was a boot camp led by Matthew Holaves, co-founder and managing director of Pillars of Wall Street, in conjunction with Jack Ferrer, MBA ’07, visiting lecturer of Finance. Ferrer, a well-known industry figure, brings real-life […]
Intense, Practical, Worth It: Immersion Learning at Johnson
by Alessandra Kroeff, MBA ’16 About a year ago, I was faced with the important decision of selecting an immersion; a unique Johnson experience that involves an intense, hands-on semester of integrated course- and field-work in a specific industry or career interest. Possessing a corporate finance background, I was unsure whether I should explore […]
How skills that I thought I would never use became essential during my internship
by Claudio V. C. Macedo, MBA ‘16 Have you ever had the feeling that you are studying something that you will never need to use? After working for seven years in real estate in Brazil and transitioning to a summer internship in the petrochemical industry in Houston, I realized the importance of all types of […]
Capitalizing “8 Minute Energy”
by Mei Poon, MBA ‘16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Candidate Mei Poon shares her experience working at a startup within a multinational organization. The sun fuels all life on earth. It takes exactly 8.3minutes for sunlight to reach earth at the speed of light. One hour of sunlight is enough to power […]
How to Draw an Owl
by Ace Stryker, MBA ‘16 Applying in-class MBA frameworks to ambiguous business situations which result in meaningful recommendations can be much like drawing an owl. The first-year MBA core and immersion experience at Johnson can feel a little like this: The professors in your classes are tremendously helpful atgetting you through step one. You spend […]