Nominations sought for Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professorships

Nominations for the 2006 Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professorship are now being sought from all from all members of the Cornell community, including faculty, staff, students, alumni and Cornell groups and organizations.

Maker of anthrax vaccine discusses challenges of marketing overseas

On March 9, MBA students taking International Political Risk Management, a course taught by Elena Iankova, a lecturer at the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, heard Fuad El-Hibri, chairman and CEO of Bioport's parent company, Emergent BioSolutions Inc., discuss the hurdles his firm faces in making and marketing its products abroad.

Daniel A. Carp, Eastman Kodak CEO and president, is Park speaker, April 9

Daniel A. Carp, chairman, president and CEO of Eastman Kodak Co., will be the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Park speaker on Monday, April 9, at 4:30 p.m. in B09 Sage Hall. The title of Carp's talk is "Crossing the Digital Divide." The event is free and open to the public.

Former Fannie Mae CEO to speak on corporate responsibility Nov. 16

James A. Johnson, chairman and CEO of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company, will speak at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management Nov. 16 on "Corporate Responsibility in the 21st Century."

Corning Inc., Cornell's Johnson School form partnershipto develop intensive e-business curriculum

A $1 million grant from Corning Inc. to Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management will enable the school to develop a total-immersion curriculum in "e-business" and other components of an extensive electronic business program.

Top corporate strategist Orit Gadiesh to speak at Cornell Sept. 7

Orit Gadiesh, an international expert on management and corporate strategy, will give a talk on that topic at Cornell on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. The talk is part of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Park Leadership Speakers Series and is free and open to the public.

Three Cornell Park fellows open the doors to college for urban teens

A new program developed by three Cornell University students promises to help more of Ithaca's urban teens get into college. The 16 Leadership Service Projects developed by Park Fellows at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Cornell women learn how to succeed on Wall Street from alumnae and other mentors

Six Cornell University seniors, all women, went to New York City this past summer hoping to learn how to crack Wall Street's infamous glass ceiling — that invisible, impermeable surface their mothers merely scratched.

Their confidence high, average investors still lose out consistently to the professionals, Cornell study finds

Their confidence high, average investors still lose out consistently to the professionals, Cornell study finds. Theory aside, efficient markets fail to protect the "little guy."