Cornell Business News: Johnson School Edition

News, faculty research insights, and features from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Is an MBA for Healthcare Professionals Worth It?

May 21, 2025

Discover if a master’s in healthcare management is worth it and explore benefits, career paths, and more.

Delicious Innovation: Students Aim to Shake Up the Food System

May 21, 2025

SC Johnson students have created business ventures ranging from AI nutrition tracking to new exotic dried fruit products.

Stars or Numerals? How Rating Formats Change Consumer Behavior

May 20, 2025

The researchers found that consumers tend to overestimate fractional star ratings and underestimate fractional Arabic numerals.

Helping Fintech Startups Scale Up: A Q&A with Vanessa Di Frances, MBA ’22

May 19, 2025

Career Corner: Financial services executive Vanessa Di Frances pivoted from product manager to bank VP advising fintech startups.

Big Red Bash 2025: A Night to Celebrate Leadership, Impact, and Community

May 15, 2025

The Johnson School’s premier alumni event honored leadership, service, and impact across the global Cornell business community.

Conservatives More Likely Than Liberals to Negotiate Price

May 8, 2025

According to new research out of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, conservatives are more likely than liberals to negotiate over price for items such as used cars or houses.


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Commencement 2025: Stories From Our Graduating Class

May 23, 2025

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we're featuring the first female faculty members at each of our schools here at @SCJohnsonCollege.

Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Innovative Startups in NYC

May 8, 2025

Cornell University’s Life Science Technology Innovation Fellows gathered on March 22 in midtown Manhattan to pitch their startups.

Tolan Honored with Forté Foundation Award for Women’s Business Leadership

April 18, 2025

SC Johnson College MBA Student Hannah Tolan will receive the leadership honor at Forté annual conference in June.

Read more posts by MBAs in Johnson’s Two-Year and One-year Johnson Cornell Tech MBA programs

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Executive MBA

The Financial Times Ranks Cornell University’s Johnson School 6th Place Among Top U.S. MBA Programs

February 17, 2025

Faculty research accounted for 10% of the Financial Times MBA ranking with Cornell Johnson placing #7.

Transforming Education for a New Era: The Journey of Lrn

September 18, 2024

Cornell Metro NY EMBA students aim to revolutionize education with their AI-powered app, Lrn, that personalizes learning to address educational gaps.

The Intersection of AI and Emerging Markets: Opportunities and Challenges

August 13, 2024

AI and machine learning have transformed industries worldwide. Their adoption could significantly influence the futures of emerging markets.

Read more posts by executive MBAs in the Executive MBA Americas, Executive MBA Metro NY, and Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership programs

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MPS in Management

Cornell Student Entrepreneurs Take First Place at Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition

May 15, 2025

An interdisciplinary architecture and real estate graduate student team took home Cornell's first-ever top prize in the competition's history.

Poets and Quants Ranks Dyson School No. 2 Among Business Programs

March 17, 2025

Poets and Quants' ranking of the Dyson School rose four points to its highest position to date of No. 2, with a composite score of 98.9 out of 100.

Nolan Team Takes First Place at Hospitality Sustainability Competition in Dubai

November 19, 2024

Three Nolan MMH students earned top honors for their concept, PYRO, a machine converting food scraps into biofuel for cooking.

Read more posts by students in Johnson’s MPS in Management and MPS in Management – Accounting Specialization programs

MPS Voices


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Leading the Charge: Raghu Dharmaraju’s Journey to Scalable Sustainability

May 16, 2025

The Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise celebrates 20 for 20 honoree Raghu Dharmaraju MBA ’07, CEO of ARTPARK.

Cornell’s Sustainable Tourism To Partner with United Nations Tourism

April 28, 2025

The partnership will allow 350 candidates to receive tuition-free enrollment in STAMP's online course.

Earth Day Research: Powering the Future with Clean Energy

April 17, 2025

New SC Johnson College research shows primary contributors to recent clean energy patents are existing inventors rather than newcomers.


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Commencement 2025: Stories From Our Graduating Class

May 23, 2025

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we're featuring the first female faculty members at each of our schools here at @SCJohnsonCollege.

Johnson School

How timing can reduce bias in peer reviews at work

May 21, 2025

New SC Johnson College research shows when peers evaluate each other after an outside source has confirmed a team’s success, ingroup favoritism goes down.

Johnson School

Is an MBA for Healthcare Professionals Worth It?

May 21, 2025

Discover if a master’s in healthcare management is worth it and explore benefits, career paths, and more.

Dyson School

Delicious Innovation: Students Aim to Shake Up the Food System

May 21, 2025

SC Johnson students have created business ventures ranging from AI nutrition tracking to new exotic dried fruit products.

Dyson School

Directory Boosts Usefulness of Mobile Phones, Bottom Lines, in Rural Africa

May 20, 2025

In rural Africa, most mobile phones don’t have search capabilities to find businesses. A new phone book helps, boosting sales by 104%.

Johnson School

Stars or Numerals? How Rating Formats Change Consumer Behavior

May 20, 2025

The researchers found that consumers tend to overestimate fractional star ratings and underestimate fractional Arabic numerals.