College of Business
Cornell Gives No Reason for Business College Dean’s Sudden Departure
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As of Wednesday morning, the cause of Dutta’s unexpected exit remained a closely-guarded secret.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/college-of-business/page/2/)
As of Wednesday morning, the cause of Dutta’s unexpected exit remained a closely-guarded secret.
At the SC Johnson College of Business celebration today, H. Fisk Johnson expressed his hope that his donation will unite the three schools and increase the international prestige of Cornell’s business program.
“The Johnson family has provided remarkable leadership and support to Cornell over three generations,” Interim President Hunter R. Rawlings told the Cornell Chronicle. “Their friendship, guidance and generosity have helped to shape the university we know today.”
Despite the controversy surrounding the creation of the College of Business just last year, Johnson’s gift will be an important milestone for the growth of all three respective schools within the college.
Area coordinators held meetings about future plans for CCB, according to Chris Barret, CCB Deputy Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs.
The College of Business has leased the second, fourth and fifth floors of the property, and plans to open the second floor for use next month.
Dean of the College of Business Soumitra Dutta predicted that the launch marks the beginning of “a new era of business education” at Cornell.
“It’s an opportunity to facilitate integration and cooperation, to make sure that the College of Business is as special as the three schools are individually,” he said. “The CCB can help us offer more opportunities for our students while also helping us identify teaching arrangements that help attract and retain excellent faculty.”
“It’s important for all of us — for the pride of our school and for selfish reasons — to ensure that Cornell remains an elite business school,” Breazzano said. “Because that enhances the value of our diploma, and we all want to be proud that we have a Cornell diploma.”
“The more we start to appreciate how much we have in common, the quicker we break down these natural fears that some of our colleagues hold and achieve the aspirations that most of our colleagues are seeing in this opportunity,” Barrett said.