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See how we’re turning ambition into impact every day through stories and updates about Johnson School students, faculty, staff, alumni, partners, and friends.

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Hotel butler service is really nice – is it worth the price?

Reneta McCarthy, senior lecturer at the Hotel School, historicizes the concept of butlers and explains how top-end hotels utilize them in today’s competitive market.

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Family businesses thrive through the spirit of entrepreneurship

Family business panelists discuss their roles in opening new markets to complement established businesses at Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2018.

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2018 Best & Brightest: Nikolaos De Maria, MBA ’18

Poets & Quants recognizes Nikolaos De Maria, Two-Year MBA ’18, as one of the Best & Brightest MBAs of 2018.

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2018 Best & Brightest: Lucie Coates, MBA ’18

Poets & Quants recognizes Lucie Coates, Two-Year MBA ’18, as one of the Best & Brightest MBAs of 2018.

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Tata-Cornell celebrates 5 years of fighting hunger in India

Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) highlighted its community-based fieldwork, where graduate students work towards uncovering failures in food systems and empowering communities to solve them.

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Johnson Club of China celebrates 10th Anniversary

In 2008, Geoffrey Lim and Charlotte Ye, both MBA ’00, launched a vibrant new community: the Johnson Club of China, in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

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An urban farmer aims to address food insecurity

Johnson’s alumni magazine, Cornell Enterprise, profiles Harlan Blynn, MBA ’10, and features his urban-farming startup, Topping Out Farms, based in Denver.

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Students go behind the scenes on Royal Caribbean cruise

Twenty students from the Hotel School witnessed firsthand how Royal Caribbean International successfully operates its cruises after they boarded the Enchantment of the Seas in February for a three-day experiential learning trip to the Bahamas.

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MBA students collaborate across cultures at Cornell Tech Hackathon

Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus hosted the third annual Hackathon, which saw 130 American and Chinese MBA students compete for $22,000 in prize money.