Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Two student teams win ECE innovation awards

Teams Pulso and Saund were the spring semester's ECE Innovation Award winners.

MBA students boost sales for Cornell's diverse suppliers

Cornell Procurement Services has enlisted MBA students as consultants for vendor businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans.

Seven new faculty members to join economics department

The universitywide Department of Economics will welcome seven new faculty members in the new academic year.

Undergrad marshals resources to build school in Haiti

Community engagement is the key for an energetic team of Cornell undergraduates working to build an inclusive-education school in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Dangerous, underpaid work for the undocumented

Undocumented workers do dangerous jobs without premium pay, and no compensation when they're hurt.

Grants further environmental policy research

Two USDA grants are furthering the research of Cornell professors Harry de Gorter and Mildred Warner into the effects of environmental policy on biofuels and development.

Johnson's green fund to help combat climate change

The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise has launched a green revolving fund to enhance energy conservation efforts in campus buildings.

Social sciences project to study creativity, entrepreneurship

The next two-year theme project of the Institute for the Social Sciences is "Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship."

Jacobs Institute a 'sandbox' for innovation

A panel at Cornell Tech May 6 included the outlining of the vision for the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute by its new director, Adam Shwartz.