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Texas Music Star Performs for Johnson Students

By Zachry Brown JGSM '10

Who ever said Yankees don't like country? Last week, eighty-some Johnson students twirled and two-stepped to country ballads in the cozy honky tonk of Castaways. If you are not from Texas, then you might not know who Paul Eason is. However, any good Texas music lover will tell you that Paul Eason is the new best thing to hit the Texas music scene, with tunes echoing the husky rhythms of Robert Earl Keen and Pat Green.

Big Win for the Johnson School at DFJ Venture Challenge

By Anna Bruno JGSM '10

We have a celebrity among us. For those of you who didn't have access to the internet this summer, here's the scoop. Keith Cowing took $250,000 all the way to the bank when he won the Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) East Coast Venture Challenge with his new venture Digiceipt.

The Tenure Process at the Johnson School

By Mark W. Nelson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

One of my jobs at the Johnson School is to oversee our promotion and tenure process. I described that process to the Student Council last year, and Council members thought it would be useful to explain it to the broader Johnson School community. So, fair warning, here is more about tenure than you probably ever wanted to know� What is tenure? Tenure basically is a right to stay employed at Cornell for as long as a faculty member desires, so long as the faculty member performs the duties associated with his/her position.

Class of 2011: A Snippet

By Jon Lewis JGSM '11

The Johnson School Class of 2011 is here, and let's be real: we are really awesome. I mean, really, really awesome. Like, more awesome than awesome. But show, don't tell, you say. And, you are absolutely right. So take my hand, grab a beverage, and let's go inside the mind of 2011 to discover the meaning of awesome.

America's New Military Threat

By Steve Maddox JGSM '10

A new enemy is presenting itself on the horizon of our nation's security. It can't be met with military might, defeated and made to sign a treaty. It presents a set of challenges even more complex than those brought to bear by the current ideologues our military finds itself fighting today.

There's Something Growing in the Amazon: Business Model Creation in an Unlikely Setting

By Jennifer Li JGSM 2010

It was my second day in the Ecuadorian Amazon. I was hiking through the 4,300 acre rainforest reserve protected by the Yachana Foundation. The morning's rain had left the trails slippery and difficult to manage. My rubber boots got stuck in the mud in some parts and lost their grip in others.

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