Sarah Magnus-Sharpe

Sarah Magnus-Sharpe is the director of Public Relations and Communications for the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Complex incentives shape worker effort, for better or worse

Johnson School professors used data to examine how workers respond to complex pay structures.

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How biodiversity startups raise capital

Biodiversity startups raise less capital than other startups but attract a broader coalition of investors, according to new research that used machine learning.

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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.

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Rank less, bond more: Rethinking performance feedback

The study explored how relative performance information affects social bonding and cooperation in the workplace.

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The speed trap: why leaders’ quick pivots can seem inauthentic

The research team conducted three studies in a leader-centric workplace with over 3,000 participants.

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Avner Arbel, emeritus finance professor, dies at 90

Arbel co-founded the Center for Hospitality Research in 1992, which continues to serve as a global platform for scholarly and industry collaboration.

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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.

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Cornell’s Johnson School Achieves Top 10 in Bloomberg 2025-26 Ranking

Ranked No. 8, Johnson’s MBA programs made strong gains in Bloomberg’s three methodology indices and in the area of survey participation.