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17 students inducted into economics honors society
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Seventeen Cornell students have been inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics.
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Thaler, author of Nudge, lectures May 14
MOUNT VERNON – Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, will deliver the Roe Howard Freedom Lecture on May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Cornell College in Hedges Conference Room.
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Berry Center hosts Applied Economic Symposium
MOUNT VERNON – Two economists will speak at Cornell College’s Berry Center Applied Economic Symposium “Human Health and Economic Development: Lessons from Africa” on April 15, at 3 and 7 p.m. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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Students study business of blueberries in Uruguay
Deep in the throes of an Iowa winter, thoughts turn to sunny climes…and blueberries. That was the situation at least for Jeff Curran and Audrey Saunders who spent part of February 2009 in Uruguay developing a case study on a budding commercial blueberry venture.
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Brian Balster ’04
Brian Balster, ’04 has used the liberal arts education he received at Cornell to create his own destiny as an entrepreneur. “Since graduating from Cornell I have had some pretty amazing experiences. From launching a new online company to backpacking through Eastern and Western Europe.
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Former 9/11 commissioner to speak
MOUNT VERNON – Tim Roemer, former congressman and 9/11 commissioner as well as current president of the Center for National Policy, will speak on “National Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. in the Ringer Recital Studio at Cornell College.
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National security lecture series comes to Cornell
MOUNT VERNON—National security experts will speak at Cornell College this fall as part of a National Security Network’s “Around the Country” series. The National Security Network, based in Washington, D.C., is a foreign policy organization dedicated to strengthening public understanding and support of international relations, global affairs, and national security.
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Stephanie Froehlich ’05
Stephanie Froehlich, ’05, has used the liberal arts education she received at Cornell and the experience she gained from internships to jump into a position with the NASDAQ. She makes presentations to companies on the benefits of switching from the New York Stock Exchange to the NASDAQ.
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Andrea Wirth ’01
Andrea Wirth, ’01, has used the liberal arts education she received at Cornell to steadily advance in the field of investment banking.
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Leading economist to speak at Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON — Professor Kevin Murphy, one of the leading academic economists in the United States, will speak at Cornell College on April 22 in Ringer Recital Studio in Armstrong Hall at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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Economics course travels to Chicago for historical research
The city of Chicago is the textbook when Economics and Business Professor Santhi Hejeebu teaches about the rise of the industrial era. Thanks to Cornell’s One Course At A Time schedule, students in her economics and business course, U.S. Business and Economic History, spent four days in Chicago researching business history where it was made.
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Berry Center book group meets Freakonomics author in Chicago
Eighteen students joined President Les Garner, his wife Katrina, and professor of mathematics, Ann Cannon, in the Garners’ home for Berry Center Reading Group discussions on Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Students questioned topics such as “why do drug dealers still live at home with their moms and how the […]
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Top young economists to lecture at Cornell symposium May 17
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College’s Berry Center for Economics, Business, and Public Policy will host an Applied Economics Symposium on Thursday, May 17, featuring two speakers playing a significant role in shaping the future of economic research.
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International trade expert to lecture at Cornell on U.S., Europe ag policies
MOUNT VERNON — An international trade expert from the University of Birmingham in England will discuss the agricultural policies in the United States and Europe, and their implications for global trade negotiations, in a lecture at Cornell College on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m. in Shaw Lounge of The Commons. Admission is free.
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Cornell alumnus’ $5 million gift helps launch center for economics, business, public policy
MOUNT VERNON — A Cornell College alumnus has donated $5 million to endow a program that will prepare future leaders in business and public policy, as a tribute to his grandfather who rose from meager beginnings to run one of the most successful businesses distributing industrial bearings.