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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.

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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.

Illustration depicting remote learning during COVID-19 shows two students in the foreground, working on laptops at separate, facing tables, wearing masks, in front of a large screen showing a speaking wearing a mask, a line graph, and a bar chart. In the background is a globe overlaid with a couple of COVID-19 symbols.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.’

Diversity Awards recipients 2020
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Johnson honors three distinguished alumni at its Diversity Alumni Awards ceremony

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Alumni Affairs honored three diverse alumni for their leadership excellence and community contributions.