Student Voices & Experiences

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.

7 tips for surviving winter in Ithaca (from 2 Texans!)
To help you learn to love (or at least tolerate) the Ithaca winters, we’re sharing our 7 tips for surviving the coldest months on campus!

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.

10 questions with equestrian’s Vaughan Shanley
The Cornell Daily Sun sits down with Vaughan Shanely, Dyson ’19, to talk about everything from her pre-riding rituals to her love of baking.

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.

10 military veterans to watch from the Class of 2019
Military veterans from business schools, including Johnson, are featured on the student section of Poets & Quants.