Two-Year MBA

by Laura M. Wendt ’15, Industrial and Labor Relations School Cross-functional integration is more than just a buzzword in modern business, and for those of us in the Semester of Strategic Operations (SSO) Immersion it has become ingrained in our approach to successful business strategy implementation. From studying operations through diverse lecture topics and cases […]

by Winston Sun, MBA ‘16 I recently visited Welch Allyn, the leader in medical diagnostic equipment. The company holds many patents, but the most impressive one for me is a very simple one, the FlexiPort® Disposable Blood Pressure Cuffs. It’s on a very different and promising end of the innovation spectrum compared with ordinary inventions. […]

by Brian Liberatore, MBA ’16 I can think of few industries as fascinating as energy right now. New technology, shifting regulations, and exploding international demand are changing everything we know about this industry. I am fortunate to have a chance this semester to delve into some of the questions surrounding this transformation by working on […]

by Colin Shengbo Gu, MBA ‘15 “We are all really impressed by your final presentation, Colin. Congratulations!” This final comment concluded my 11-week summer internship at Corning Inc. as a strategy intern. I chose to attend the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management seeking a transformational experience, and the Strategic Marketing Immersion (SMI) is […]

by Ace Stryker, MBA ‘16 On a trip to NYC SGE students heard from startups and Fortune 50 companies, from entrepreneurs and investment bankers, from real estate developers and ice cream makers, all of whom shared a passion for finding opportunity at the intersection of financial return and social/environmental impact. Milton Friedman famously argued in […]

by Brennan Duty, MBA ‘15 Cornell MBA students describe their experience working with the Zambian social enterprise, COMACO as part of the SGE immersion in the spring of 2014. Anna Glaab (MBA ’15), Johann Tritthardt (MBA ’14), Helen Schnoes (MRP ’14) and I share a passion for impact investing, sub-Saharan Africa, equitable food systems and […]

by Damian Kearney, MBA ‘15 Interning with Accenture Development Partnerships in the Philippines, Damian Kearney worked with clients trying to improve the disaster preparedness and recovery sectors. The Philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. The country sits precariously in the notorious Ring of Fire. Dozens of typhoons hit the nation’s 7,100+ islands annually. Experts […]

by Claude Rosen, MBA ‘15 Claude Rosen describes his deep dive into the sustainability challenges of the aquarium fish industry this summer as a Packard Environment Fellow. Coming into business school, I knew that my target industry was food and my target job function was operations and supply chains. This somewhat niche and non-traditional focus […]

by Mark A. Ramos, MBA’15 SGE Immersion team learns about Chinese manufacturing and culture firsthand while working on supply chain optimization with Team Planet. As part of the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion, Ihad the privilege of working with Team Planet, a start-up that sells small-scale solar panels in Malawi. The student team consisted of […]