April 8, 2021
Andrew Karolyi, acting dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business since Kevin F. Hallock stepped down March 4, will serve as dean of the college for the remainder of Hallock’s term, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee approved the appointment April 8. Karolyi’s term will end June 30, 2024.
Andrew Karolyi
Karolyi is also the college’s dean of academic affairs, and the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.
“I am honored and grateful to serve as the next dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business,” Karolyi said, “and have the opportunity to continue to work with this incredible community to keep us moving forward, advancing as a college.”
March 4, 2021
Kevin F. Hallock, the dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, will depart Cornell this summer to become president of the University of Richmond, effective Aug. 15.
Kevin Hallock
Hallock will step down as dean effective March 4 but will remain a member of the Cornell faculty and continue to serve on campus committees through August. Andrew Karolyi, deputy dean and dean of academic affairs and the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, has been named acting dean.
Andrew Karolyi
“During Kevin’s 16-year tenure at Cornell, he has held several administrative roles, including the dean of Cornell’s ILR School and, most recently, dean of Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff said. “In each role, he brought a strong vision and leadership that helped to make him and the colleges he oversaw successful. Moreover, Kevin has been an outstanding university citizen, contributing tirelessly to many initiatives
February 16, 2021
Harold “Hal” Bierman Jr., the Nicholas H. Noyes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Finance, who transformed the framing of investment decisions and mentored thousands of MBA students over nearly six decades at Cornell, died Feb. 12 in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. He was 96.
Bierman joined the Cornell faculty in 1956, serving for 59 years in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management as a professor of finance, accounting and management.
Harold Bierman Jr.
“Hal was a longtime and beloved member of the Johnson and Cornell communities, and his influence and impact will live on,” said Mark Nelson, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of Johnson.
Will the U.S. Dollar Lose Its Place as the World s No. 1 Reserve Currency?
On 2/5/21 at 2:38 PM EST
Some fear stimulus spending to offset the worst of the economic shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Federal Reserve s injection of billions into the economy threaten the U.S. dollar s standing as the world s reserve currency.
Some investors have moved out of dollars and into gold. While it s hardly a stampede, it could be seen as further evidence of the dollar s increasing weakness. Others see Bitcoin as an inflation hedge, and last month investors drove the price of the cryptocurrency to $41,973, an all-time high.