Student Voices & Experiences

headshot of Kafilatu Tiamiyu.
Johnson School

Kafilatu Tiamiyu Helps Build Community of African Students at Johnson

Kafilatu Tiamiyu, MBA ’23, helped increase African international students at Johnson and organized a trek to Tanzania focused on the business of safaris.

headshot of Melanie Abreu.
Dyson School

Melanie Abreu ’23 Discovers a New World through Dyson

Melanie Abreu honed leadership and communications skills in and outside the classroom and mentored students through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

headshot of Byron Grote.
Johnson School

Donor-funded Scholarship Making a Difference for PhD Students

A scholarship funded by Johnson graduate Byron E. Grote, MS ’77, PhD ’81, supports the academic activity of seven Johnson PhD students.

Couple decluttering personal belongings
Dyson School

Downsizing personal items can be just a snap away

A Cornell professor and her co-author learned, in a study involving hundreds of participants, that when individuals replace an item with a photo or memento, it satisfies the sense of ownership and makes downsizing easier.

headshot of Mardiya Shardow.
Dyson School

Mardiya Shardow ’23 Views Dyson as a Transformative Experience

Mardiya Shardow, who concentrated in marketing at Dyson, broadened her education at Cornell by minoring in inequality studies and creative writing.

People enjoying food sitting at wooden picnic tables under a greenhouse-style roof at Stone Bend.
Johnson School

The Making of a Community Space

Claire Seizovic and Diana Fahning, both MBA ’23, reflect on helping Stone Bend Farm fix its business model via the Big Red Microenterprise program.

MBA students pose in front of a lake
Johnson School

Park Perspectives: Start asking “why”

Colin Anderson, MBA ’23, encourages students to find their purpose.

Jameson Wang looking in a mirror and applying eye black in a photo taken from behind and showing his reflection.
Nolan School

Dual Threat: Cornell Big Red Quarterback Jameson Wang’s Balancing Act

Starting quarterback Jameson Wang ’25 has found a home at Schoellkopf Field and at the Nolan School. Here’s how he stays in the zone.

DAIRE members outside of JP Morgan NYC headquarters
Dyson School

First Career Trek to JP Morgan and Blackstone NYC Offices for Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate (DAIRE)

DAIRE members make first career trek to JP Morgan and Blackstone in NYC with the support of CREF