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January 2008
Johnson School celebrates 10 years of Park Fellows
Designed to develop tomorrow's leaders for the business world, the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at Cornell's Johnson School celebrated its 10th anniversary in grand style by connecting with all 253 Park Fellow alumni at the Rainbow Room in New York City, December 1.
At the end of the fall semester, the class of 2008 elected class officers. I am thrilled to announce and welcome the 2008 Class Officers to the current alumni leadership. More...
Alternative Investments Club launches
Calling All Bloggers
First Years Stand and Deliver
Yaniv Grinstein Awarded Best Paper Prize
Sachin Gupta Receives 2008 O'Dell Award
Johnson School Student Give Back in New Orleans
Big Freeze: Consumers Not Protected From ID Theft
Errata, Annual Report 2006-07
Featured Alumni
News Highlights
Alumni in the News
Events
Alternative Investments Club launches with broad support, announces inaugural event
The Alternative Investments Club (AIC) announces that since the club's launch on December 20, 2007, over 140 members have joined, including students from each of the school's MBA programs, faculty, and alumni. The AIC's mission is to provide a forum for Cornell students and alumni to enhance their understanding of the alternative investments universe and provide effective networking opportunities to meet industry players. The club is specifically tailored to address issues that pertain to private equity, hedge funds, fund of funds, structured products, venture capital, and real estate investment vehicles. Club members receive information about future AIC conferences and events. Register to join .
"We are honored that Professor Harold Bierman Jr. is serving as AIC's faculty advisor and we are presently working in conjunction with Professor David BenDaniel to organize our inaugural event, which will feature practitioners in the private equity space to discuss hot topics in the industry," says Elie Azar, MBA '09 (E), club president. "Please join us at our inaugural conference on February 29th at the Cornell Club in New York City from noon to 3 pm." RSVPs should be sent to Azar at epa24@cornell.edu .
Calling All Bloggers
If you're a blogger, we want to hear from you! Send the URL for your blog and a description of it—why you started it, and what it's about—to us at Enterprise@johnson.cornell.edu . We'll include a list of blogs by Johnson School alumni and faculty in Cornell Enterprise.
First Years Stand and Deliver
Students practice skills and teamwork in Integrative Case Competition.
Yaniv Grinstein Awarded Best Paper Prize
"The Disciplinary Role of Debt and Equity Contracts" noted as best paper for 2006 in Journal of Financial Intermediation
Sachin Gupta Receives 2008 O'Dell Award
Gupta's paper provides lasting impact on marketing theory, according to the Journal of Marketing Research.
Johnson School Student Give Back in New Orleans
A team of 10 students spends a week with Habitat for Humanity.
Big Freeze: Consumers Not Protected From ID Theft
Eric Eisenstein, assistant professor of marketing, finds that profit motive hampers identity theft deterrence.
Errata, Annual Report 2006-07
The Office of Alumni Affairs and Development sincerely thanks our fiscal year 2006-07 donors whose names appeared in the most recent Annual Report 2006-07. The success of the Johnson School is due in large part to these important contributions from generous alumni and friends. We would like to correct an error that occurred in the report and give proper recognition to the following person:
Featured Alumni
Bill Raisch, MBA '81: Promoting organizational resilience
News Highlights
Reshaping the Debate on Raising Taxes
New York Times – December 9, 2007
Professor Robert Frank comments on why anti-tax rhetoric is hurting the economy.
If online worlds collide, some hope for big bang of sales
Christian Science Monitor - December 7, 2007
Accounting Professor Robert Bloomfield is quoted in a look at possible real world applications of such online role-playing virtual worlds as Second Life. This article also appeared:
Virtual 3-D Commerce Seeks A Standard
CBS News – December 7, 2007
Cornell to the Core
BusinessWeek – December 16, 2007
Bailey Stoler (MBA '09), writer for a BusinessWeek.com business school blog, comments on how she has been "humbled, impressed, and inspired" by the Johnson School Core experience.
Alumni in the News
Manager's Diary: The New Guard Weighs In on Women in Leadership
Raquel Lacey Nelson, MBA '03, shares her strategies for career success as a woman working in a male-dominated company.
QuisLex reaps rewards for legal work
IndUS Business Journal – December 15, 2007
Founded by Ram Vasudevan, MBA '96, QuisLex is a New York City-based company that provides high-quality, low-cost outsourced legal services to Fortune 500 corporate law departments and law firms worldwide.
Events
For more upcoming events, check out the Alumni Events Calendar
January 23, 2008
Johnson Club of the Finger Lakes – 1st Annual Predictions Dinner
Time: 6:30-9:30 PM
Location: Statler Hotel, Ithaca
January 26, 2008
Johnson Club of Boston - Predictions Dinner
Time: 6:00-9:30 PM
Location: Omni Parker House, Boston
February 5, 2008
Cornell's ILR School and Johnson School Alumni Associations and the Cornell Hotel Society – NYC Wine & Chocolate Tasting
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
February 13, 2008
The Johnson Club of Boston – Valentine Dessert Event
Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: Finale Park Plaza, Boston
February 28, 2008
Chicago Parker Series Event sponsored by Jeff Parker BS '65, MEng '66, MBA '70
The Johnson School - Parker Series – Asset Management Revisited:
"Expected Investment Returns Going Forward – Are You Being Realistic?"
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago
