Inside SC Johnson

Christopher Barrett, deputy dean and dean of academic affairs for the SC Johnson College of Business, gave a talk on poverty in Africa at the event “The Uneven Transformation of Rural Africa Myths, Facts and Pressing Needs.”

Research by Dyson’s Todd Schmit and Roberta Severson surveys the economic landscape of broadband markets across rural northern New York.

Alex Jaritz ’97 SVP and global brand head of Tru by Hilton, ensured the Tru brand had the fastest growing development pipeline in lodging history. Check out her interview with Lodging Magazine about her background and the future of Tru.

Professor Harry Kaiser discussed his recent analysis at the U.S. Grains Council’s 15th International Marketing Conference and 58th Annual Membership Meeting in Houston.

Research co-authored by the Dyson School’s Cynthia Lin Lawell examines the EPA’s renewable fuel standard (RFS) and recommends ways to improve renewable fuel policy and climate policy.

One of my favorite speakers this month was Ben Alden ’06, a fintech legal authority general counsel at Betterment. I could not have been more impressed by the quality, openness, and insightfulness of Ben’s presentation at Cornell Tech.

The Cornell Daily Sun sits down with Vaughan Shanely, Dyson ’19, to talk about everything from her pre-riding rituals to her love of baking.

Studying accounting is akin to what students learn in linguistics class, says Michael Paz; but instead of developing a proficiency in a foreign tongue, accounting makes one fluent in the most familiar language on earth: business.

Johnson professor Ori Heffetz discusses his research on the economics of happiness.