Student Voices & Experiences

Chinese companies recognize value in Israeli startups
After the iTrek trip to Israel, Siqi Shi, Johnson Cornell Tech MBA ’19, summarizes his insights on the emerging market between China and Israeli startups.

Park Perspectives: Life is a highway
Core classes, recruiting, and traveling from Ithaca to NYC for company events give students the opportunity to deepen friendships with their classmates.

Just Tech It: Recapping the 2019 Johnson Women in Technology (JWiT) Conference
This year’s JWiT theme, Just Tech It, celebrated MBA women who have leveraged technology to make significant cross-industry impacts.

Students attend 2019 National Farmers Union College Conference on Cooperatives
As part of the Dyson School’s Cooperative Business Management course, students had the opportunity to travel to Minnesota for this invitation-only event.

A wanderer at heart, Andrea Bonds ’20 finds her home as a Hotelie
Andrea Bonds earned money for college by playing her flute as a street performer. Now she’s focused on hospitality entrepreneurship at her dream school.

Learning beyond the classroom with winter travel treks
Sara Schmitt, MBA ’19, reflects on 35 days spent traveling the world on business, technology, and entrepreneurship treks with her classmates.

Aligning values: My internship as a summer consultant at NPR
Harrison Jobe, MBA ’19, discusses the state of journalism and his summer internship at NPR—made possible with help from the Social Impact Internship Fund.

Park Perspectives: From internship to mentorship
Bryan Tannenbaum, Two-Year MBA ’19, reflects on his Johnson experience as a first-year during recruiting and how he transitioned to a second-year mentor.

Exploring a New Age IPO: Beyond Meat
The 2019 IBI continues with an in-depth look into IPOs and a guest lecture from Alex Ivanov, MBA ’00, managing director of equity capital markets at Citi.