economics & business
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Economic and business students study financial markets in Chicago
Students get a first-hand view of risk management at a variety of Chicago institutions during Financial Management Seminar with Professor Chris Conrad.
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Saunders receives Minority Achievement Award
MOUNT VERNON – Audrey Saunders, a senior at Cornell College, received the Alliant Energy Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Minority Achievement Award for academic achievement and student leadership. The award carries with it a grant of $2,500.
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Amazing Edibles Intern
Amazing Edibles, a catering firm in Chicago, was a meal ticket to the business world in February 2009, for art major Matt Smith ’09. Owned by Cornell alumna Andrea Herrera ’85, the 14-year-old firm caters at professional development and corporate events and social gatherings.
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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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Cornellian receives Aegon scholarship
MOUNT VERNON – Sam Peters, a Monroe resident and a sophomore at Cornell College, has been selected to receive an Aegon Transamerica Foundation Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year.
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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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Knoop on KCRG
MOUNT VERNON – Associate Professor of Economics and Business Todd Knoop was featured in a story on KCRG on Wednesday concerning the closing of two stores in Cedar Rapids.
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Knoop to appear on "Money Talk" with Bob Brinker
MOUNT VERONON – Associate Professor of Economics and Business Todd Knoop will appear live on Money Talk with Bob Brinker, a nationally syndicated radio talk show, on Sunday, Nov. 9.
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Knoop cited in financial crisis story
Associate Professor of Economics and Business Todd Knoop was quoted extensively in a Cedar Rapids Gazette article on the financial crisis and bailout plan today.
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Amity Shlaes is third Roe Howard lecturer
MOUNT VERNON – Amity Shlaes, senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, will deliver Cornell College’s Roe Howard Freedom Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Hedges Conference Room, The Commons. Admission is free and open to […]
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Fellows program creates pathway to Target Corp. jobs
In the summer of 2005, Aaron Reykdal ’06 completed a Cornell Fellowship at Target Corporation headquarters in Minneapolis, where he spent three months working on human resources projects. After completing his fellowship, Reykdal was offered a full-time job in a coveted position at Target a year before he completed his degree.
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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.
Economic and business students study financial markets in Chicago