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4 reasons to attend the Cornell Executive Forum on Sustainability
Stay informed on industry trends at the intersection of business and sustainability and attend the Cornell Executive Forum on Sustainability.

Alumni and execs provide key insights at High-Yield and Restructuring conference
In the spring we attended the High-Yield and Restructuring (HYRx) conference in NYC to hear from recent alumni and business executives who shared insights into their careers and experiences.

IBI Case #2: Finding sand through mergers and acquisitions
Our second case for the Investment Banking Immersion focused on mergers and acquisitions and required a presentation on whether Hi-Crush (an oilfield services company) should acquire Smart Sand (a sand provider).

Park Perspectives: Cornell business education—where the rubber meets the road
The value an MBA is that it teaches business managers how to convert opportunity into value; how to find where the rubber meets road. Cornell is home to so many top-tier programs that have produced truly world-changing work.

Bridging the gap between politics and renewables
After gaining nearly five years of political advocacy experience, I decided to shift my career trajectory toward an industry I had always been passionate about: renewable energy.

Park Fellows alumni spotlight: Andrea Findley, MBA ’09
Andrea Findley, MBA ’09 and Park Fellow, reflects on her Park Fellowship experience and how it has influenced her personal leadership style.

Maureen O’Hara earns Bernstein Award for contributions to finance industry
Johnson professor Maureen O’Hara receives prestigious Bernstein Award for a paper she co-authored titled “Footprints on a Blockchain: Trading and Information Leakage in Distributed Ledgers.”

Noteworthy: Enterprise Radio interviews Al Bhimani, MBA ’81, on financial management for tech startups
Al Bhimani, MBA ’81, is featured on an episode of Entrepreneur Podcast Network and discusses how financial management for tech startups requires a new mindset.

Research Recap: Legal analysis proposes new standards in the age of “Me Too”
David Sherwyn and Paul Wagner discuss what constitutes sexual harassment, identify the problems, and propose a solution that could eradicate, or at least mitigate, the reason for the Me Too movement.