Two student teams tie in business plan competition

Two student teams' presentations were so strong that judges of the Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition declared a tie. Both teams will be awarded first-place prize money of $25,000.

Former Johnson professor David Ahlers dies at 78

David Ahlers, an entrepreneur and educator who taught at Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, died in Ithaca March 28 at age 78 after a long illness.

Business competitions highlight student ideas

Would-be student entrepreneurs from across campus are spending some of their spring break polishing their pitches for the Big Idea Competition.

Celebration draws Cornellian business leaders April 14-15

More than 700 alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff are expected to attend Celebration, Entrepreneurship at Cornell's annual business conference, April 14-15 on campus.

Sheryl WuDunn '81 to deliver Iscol Lecture April 20

Journalist and business executive Sheryl WuDunn '81 will deliver the 2016 Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture, "Navigating Environmental and Economic Conflicts in China and the World," April 20.

Top-heavy dispersal of wealth linked to lower life evaluations

A study co-authored by Cornell's Richard Burkhauser contends that the overall life evaluation of citizens drops as the share of income held by the top 1 percent of the population increases.

Audio of Konvitz' American Ideals lectures now online

Audio from 44 "American Ideals" lectures by legendary Cornell Professo Milton Konvitz, which many Cornellians say shaped their lives, is now available online through DigitalCommons@ILR.

Pre-Seed Workshop helps turn scientists into entrepreneurs

The Pre-Seed Workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, offers scientists guidance on how to move their technologies and inventions from the lab to the marketplace.

Performance rankings affect worker effort: researchers

Victoria Prowse, ILR School assistant professor, and colleagues find workers at the far ends of the performance scale curve try harder and workers in the middle put in less effort.