Welcome back to Campus Chronicles! This week we’ll take a look at Cornell Johnson’s student newspaper, the Cornell Business, to see what’s been going on for Johnson students.
Earlier this month a team of first- and second-year Johnson students won the IDEAcorps challenge in New Orleans, a competition in which MBA student teams work with local entrepreneurs to create solutions for business challenges faced by the entrepreneur’s start-ups. The eight Johnson students and two faculty advisors from Johnson worked with Chris Laibe, the founder of a medical software services company. The IDEAcorps challenge ran concurrently with New Orleans Entrepreneur week, through which the participating students had the chance to hear from guest speakers, including the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. In addition to the IDEAcorps challenge and Entrepreneur Week, Johnson students had the chance to rebuilt homes in areas recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
In addition, on a recent Sustainable Global Experience Immersion trek to Washington D.C., Johnson students learned about cap and trade and renewable energy from diverse parties including the government, DuPont, USAID, National Geographic, and SustainAbility, a boutique consulting firm, as well as Honest Tea, a startup organic food company. Johnson students came away with knowledge from sustainability leaders and entrepreneurs about the newest actions in energy use, policy, media, and business approaches.
Finally, Johnson students have created a Top 10 list for newly admitted students, aimed at informing them about the business school. With humorous advice about the most popular campus social events, hot spots in Ithaca, and must-have professors, incoming Johnson students should be ready to attend Sage Socials, compete in a Jell-o eating contest, see the Taughannock waterfalls, and take a class from Professor Vishal Gaur.
That’s it for Campus Chronicles this week. Be sure to check back next Thursday to see the recent events on another business school campus!
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