BS Applied Economics and Management

There’s so much happening within our AEM program. Read more about our students, faculty, alumni, and staff in these stories and updates.

Grand Challenges students deliver equipment to the Bomberos Tarapoto 71 station in Peru
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Student delivers equipment to Peruvian volunteer firefighters

During a Cornell Dyson School trip, Kiran O’Kelly ’26 befriended a Peruvian firefighter. He spent the next year organizing an equipment delivery.

Warren Hall at the Dyson School
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Cornell’s Dyson School earns No. 3 place in Poets and Quants ranking

The Dyson School’s composite score awarded by Poets & Quants is 95.38 out of 100, ranking in the top five for career outcomes and admissions standards.

Dyson's AEM 2818 class, led by Sarah Jefferis, meet on the Ag Quad to discuss sustainability through writing.
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CTI grants enable faculty to research how students think and learn

Dyson’s Grand Challenges Program used a CTI grant to focus on shaping students’ thoughts through metacognitive assessment. 

Pete Saltonstall, co-owner of Treleaven Wines, shows previous Dyson students documents.
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Students design a reusable bottle system for local wineries

The proposed pilot program aims to cut operating costs and carbon dioxide emissions for Finger Lakes wineries.

Solar panels
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Advancing large-scale solar boosts farmland prices

Legislative support for solar projects in New York state has increased the price of farmland near energy infrastructure and could disincentivize the use of land for farming. 

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Richard ‘Doc’ Aplin, emeritus professor of marketing, dies at 96

In the late 1990s, the Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Fund was established by alumnus J. Patrick Mulcahy ’66, MBA ’67.

Warren Hall spring
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Cornell’s undergraduate business programs earn top 10 national ranking

Cornell SC Johnson College’s undergraduate and graduate programs recently earned top 10 national ranking.

Headshot of Vanessa Bohns, net to an enlarged image of her book, on a red background.
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Discovering the Influence You Already Have

Vanessa Bohns’s book shows how we underestimate our power to persuade and connect.

Commencement processional of students in the SC Johnson College of Business dressed in graduation regalia and holding a college banner.
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Commencement 2025: Stories From Our Graduating Class

Our seniors share their most memorable experiences from their time at @SCJohnsonCollege and how they will carry them into the future.