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Evan Yates, MBA ’18: Uniting business, tech, and medicine
After starting a company with a friend during his second year of medical school, Yates knew that he wanted his life and career to be built on more than just medicine.

An international healthcare experience: Scrubs, suits, and social impact
The Social Impact Internship Fund provided me with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Cleveland Clinic’s International Operations department and contribute to their global mission.

Lessons for MBA team-building from an improv comedy pro
In sharing my experiences, I hoped to inspire people to give it improv a try someday, as well as take some lessons from improv with them through their journeys here as Cornell MBAs.

A strategic pursuit: Benefits of earning an MBA and a JD
I knew the hybrid of having skills from a JD and an MBA would be essential for becoming the practitioner and advisor that I wanted to be.

A community of service: Giving a hand up at Berea College
Every year on President’s Day weekend, a group of Johnson students and alumni go to Berea to provide career and recruiting advice.

5 things I learned from Ben Alden ’06, general counsel at Betterment
One of my favorite speakers this month was Ben Alden ’06, a fintech legal authority general counsel at Betterment. I could not have been more impressed by the quality, openness, and insightfulness of Ben’s presentation at Cornell Tech.

An inside look at winter residence week with the Metro program
While it had only been a short month of break between my first and second semester, I couldn’t help but notice how excited I truly was for residence week.

3 reasons why robo-advisors threaten the traditional wealth management industry
Have you ever considered the advice of a robot for your investments? It probably sounds weird, but it’s not at all. Robo-advisors are real, and they are giving advice right now.

Business venturing session combines skydiving and macroeconomics
It was great to see so many of my classmates again—many of whom I haven’t seen since our two-week kickoff in July. We just completed our second residential session in Arizona.