Residential MBA Programs

Cornell Chronicle: Students across colleges work together on hospitality hackathon
115 Cornell students spent the weekend of Sept. 29–Oct. 1 coming up with ideas focused on the luxury hotel industry during a hospitality hackathon.

Noteworthy: Shreya Bajaj, MBA ’18, talks with P&Q on pursuing a U.S. MBA as an Indian student
Scholarships and programs specifically targeted to international students, such as an annual Diwali celebration, help ease the transition to American life.

Beyond Ithaca: Johnson’s Ithaca-based MBAs can take classes at Tech campus, NYC
Innovative coursework is being offered for Ithaca MBA students who wish to spend weekends or an entire spring semester in NYC at the Cornell Tech campus.

Noteworthy: Drew Pascarella gives tips on choosing an MBA program for finance, banking
Recruiting relationships and conversion rates are important factors to consider, according to the Johnson School’s Drew Pascarella.

Park Perspectives: Coaching peers — How to not be an expert
There are moments when the tools that we’re developing as graduate students–leadership of organizations and people–come to the fore and are put to the test.

Park Perspectives: Johnson prepares women to “lean in”
Four years ago “Lean In” opened my eyes to the struggles women face in the workplace. Johnson strengthens our personal motivations as women to push further.

Top 5 outdoor activities for an MBA in Ithaca, New York
When I was applying to business schools, I was looking for a place that was family-friendly, inspired me to study, and had plenty of outdoor activities.

Park Perspectives: Second-year goals
“Saying no” is a commonly-referenced difficulty for us Type-A business school students. The solution? Set some goals for your second year.

The Consortium: You can choose your family
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is the largest MBA diversity network in the United States. I began the Two-Year program this year as a Consortium member.