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The Smith Family Business Initiative (SFBI)
Johnson BusinessFeed

Helping family businesses thrive: SFBI turns five years old

A Cornell-wide program, the Smith Family Business Initiative was founded in 2014 with a $10 million donation from John Smith, MBA ’74, and his wife, Dyan.

Water pump filling a bucket in a garden
Dyson BusinessFeed

A daily enjoyment: What is clean water worth?

Cathy Kling has dedicated her career to studying the value of clean water and how this information can be used to enact change in the world.

Women of SHA
Nolan School BusinessFeed

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Faculty reflect on their careers and share their best advice

To the women who wear many hats we celebrate you today and every day as you empower others and exemplify what it means to live a life of service.

Collection of Dyson women faculty
Dyson BusinessFeed

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Career advice and lessons learned along the way

To the women who wear many hats, we celebrate you today and every day as you empower others and exemplify what makes the Dyson School so distinct.

Andrea Bonds
Nolan School BusinessFeed

A wanderer at heart, Andrea Bonds ’20 finds her home as a Hotelie

Andrea Bonds earned money for college by playing her flute as a street performer. Now she’s focused on hospitality entrepreneurship at her dream school.

Female celebrity posing In a limousine for paparazzi on a red carpet
Nolan School BusinessFeed

In entertainment and business, it’s a race to the top. But what happens once you get there?

What “Oscar Curse?” Heeyon Kim’s research focuses on the effects of positive social status shifts and proximity to high-status brands.

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Nolan School BusinessFeed

NSMH’s 30th anniversary: Celebrating the past, treasuring the present, shaping the future

The National Society for Minorities in Hospitality, co-founded by Hotelies in 1989, celebrated its 30th anniversary at the 2019 NSMH National Conference.

The Soods laughing and dancing
Johnson BusinessFeed

Years after graduation, these Cornell MBAs are still each other’s Big Red valentines

It’s no secret that Johnson MBAs have been known to fall in love. On Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating alumni who are still each other’s perfect case.

A group stands outside Warren Hall
Dyson BusinessFeed

For STAARS fellows and mentors, their Business is a Better World

Through STAARS, talented, young African economists continue their education with policy-oriented research on the structural transformation of rural Africa.