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Amid competing priorities, business can be a force for good
SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson draws on his storied company’s values to navigate between business pragmatism and doing good.

Jonas Weil Entrepreneurship Fellowship helps pediatric telehealth founder make strides
Funding earmarked for Johnson alumni entrepreneurs enabled Marla Beyer, MBA ‘20, MHA ’20, to launch her startup, Hopscotch, right after graduation.

Johnson honors distinguished alumni at the Big Red Bash
Johnson’s Big Red Bash included panel discussions with alumni honorees about their careers, leadership, and how Johnson prepared them as leaders.

Learning from COVID: Addressing COVID-19 in Johnson’s curriculum
Johnson faculty incorporated pandemic challenges into their curriculum to spur relevant discussions, research, and analysis among students.

Student Voices: Meet Yifan Wu, Two-Year MBA Class of 2022
A marketing production executive and a musician who is pursuing a career in consulting, learn why Yifan Wu joined the Two-Year MBA Class of 2022.

How Barbara Novick ’82 helped grow BlackRock from startup to asset management giant
BlackRock co-founder Barbara Novick outlined eight key lesson she deems critical to BlackRock’s success.

Making it count: Emanuele De Biase, Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY class of 2021
Emanuele De Biase set out to build his network and broaden his outlook when he joined the Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY class of 2021.

MBAs launch high-growth startups in deep tech through radical collaboration
Big Red Tech Strategy partners MBAs with Cornell Engineering Commercialization Fellows to launch businesses based on their technological innovations.

Park Perspectives: Reading the shorthand
For Caleb Heyman Two-Year MBA ’21, the Johnson MBA experience has taught him not to live life ‘short-handed.’