Where Tech Meets Tradition: Cornell MBAs Graduate

By Sarah Magnus-Sharpe

At this year’s Cornell Commencement, three Cornell MBA students will be carrying more than their diplomas. They will also carry a transformative experience shaped by two distinct campuses, two cities and a shared commitment to innovation where business and technology intersect.

Graduating from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business are Nghi Tran and Jordi Sabria, both students in the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA program at the Cornell Tech campus, and Alicia Pettis, a student in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Cornell MBA program. Together, their stories illustrate how Cornell’s dual‑campus MBA ecosystem prepares students for leadership roles in an increasingly tech‑driven economy.

SC Johnson College offers distinct yet interconnected MBA pathways: the traditional two‑year program at Ithaca’s residential campus and the immersive one‑year tech MBA in New York City on Roosevelt Island. Both programs are linked through dual‑campus opportunities that allow students to take classes across locations, collaborate on projects and access Cornell’s academic and alumni community, as well as New York’s innovation ecosystem.

Read more in the Cornell Chronicle.