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

Social scientists analyze the dynamics shaping China’s cities
The faculty fellows of the China’s Cities collaborative project answer a question from the audience at their capstone lecture March 22 at the ILR Conference Center. From left, Shanjun Li, […]

Seminar: Favoritism and Corrective Taxation
Speaker: Mathias Reynaert Mathias Reynaert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics and a research affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). His fields […]

Student takeaways from the 2019 HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas
Taylor Hardy ’19 recaps her experience at the 13th annual HR in Hospitality Conference, hosted by CIHLER.

Rethinking food disposal with Baldor Food’s Thomas McQuillan
McQuillan, Baldor’s VP of corporate strategy, culture, and sustainability, talks to students about innovations in the food industry to reduce food waste.

2015 Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition
11/23/2015 Lighting Africa: Johnson Students’ Proposal to Bring Solar Systems to Africa Wins the 2015 Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition From the very first moment we signed up […]

EMI congratulates the UMA Bioseed team
11/17/2015 The EMI is proud of the success of EMI Fellows and the impact of the institute in the initial launch of some of its endeavors. The Emerging Markets Institute […]

Uma Bioseed wins $500,000 in Buffalo competition
11/04/2015 Cornell student business startup wins incubator competition Click here to read the article

Johnson’s Emerging Markets Institute hosts “The Modi-fication of the Indian Economy” conference in NYC
10/21/2015 Distinguished speakers, including India’s Minister of Finance Jayant Sinha, address latest reform efforts The Emerging Markets Institute’s fifth annual conference, “The Modi-fication of the Indian Economy,” was held at Cornell […]

India has launched ‘game-changing’ reforms, says MoS for Finance Jayant Sinha
10/21/2015 Click here to read the article