By Melissa Linares, MBA ’26 AI in health care is often discussed through the lens of developed markets, incremental efficiency gains, administrative automation and optimization of already-digitized systems. In emerging…
Each PIHE Perspective is authored by a current board member of the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship, highlighting the expertise and insights of our leadership. While sitting on multiple boards…
With support from the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, I represented Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at the Americas regional finals of the Global Sustainability Challenge (GSC),…
When sustainability is discussed today, the conversation is often dominated by carbon markets, renewable energy, electrification and climate technology. I focused on these themes while participating in the Center for…
The Smith Family Business Initiative’s 2026 Italy trek brought me and a group of Cornell graduate students to Verona and Parma, Italy, for a weeklong immersion in one of the…
Growing up in India, I walked to the kirana store — a small neighborhood grocery — almost every day for milk, cooking oil, lentils and, in the summer, daily ice…
Leadership, for a long time, felt synonymous with authority to me. A title. A clear hierarchy. Formal decision rights. I was comfortable leading when the lines were clearly drawn, such…
After landing a coveted position with Cornell University’s student-managed investment portfolio during her senior year, Grace Ogden ’22 put herself on a new professional path: investment research. Four years after…
On a sunny afternoon in September 2025, my head was noisy the entire walk from Sage Hall to my downtown Ithaca home. That day was The Cayuga Fund’s first class…
At the 2026 Cornell Business Impact Symposium in April, student organizers gathered business experts from many sectors to share their honest insights about sustainability — not just what works, but…