Centers & Institutes

Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.

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Professor Shanjun Li Chosen for the ACSF Faculty Fellowship

Professor Shanjun Li is chosen for the Faculty Fellowship for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts supported by Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF). This fellowship program supports Cornell faculty in […]

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Doing Business in Nigeria

Although Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy, it has been battling with economic and political instability, particularly Boko Haram and the recent oil crisis. by Ibijoke Oke, MPA ’16, EMI Fellow A few […]

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Pollution and Human Capital: New Evidence from China

Xi Chen Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University Affiliated Faculty, Department of Economics, Yale University PhD in Applied […]

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One Week in Bangkok

The 2016 Mai Bangkok Business Challenge. by Jeremy Kuhre, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow “I’ll tell you what. I’ll offer you $300,000 for 50% of the company right now.” My partners […]

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An interview with Mark Lomanno: Why everyone in hospitality needs to pay attention to distribution costs

Kelly interviews Mark Lammano about recent research from Kalibri Labs that found distribution costs are rising at two times the rate of room revenue.

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Rizwan Quraishi, MBA’16, Wins First Place in Morgan Stanley Campus Photo Competition

Winning image captures early mangrove saplings coming to life, taken on an eco-tour with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) along the Makran Coastal Highway in Pakistan Rizwan Quraishi, […]

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Baidu’s recent trouble opens great opportunity for Bing in China

Baidu is involved in a series of public relations crisis, which opens a great opportunity for Bing to explore the China market. by Winston Sun, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow Launched […]

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Insights on the UAE from an MBA student

Johnson UAE Trek Spring 2016 by Jonathan Jorge Swavely, MBA ’16 To be honest, I did not have very high expectations for this trip to begin with. Of all the […]

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Africa the Country: The Prejudice that is Hurting a Continent and Investors

Many people from the US and Europe tend to group the different countries of Africa into one generalized nation of Africa by David Matthew Breazzano, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow In […]