Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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An insider's view of post-Fukushima nuclear energy

Allison M. Macfarlane, a geologist and former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will lecture on nuclear energy post-Fukushima on campus April 25 at 3:30 p.m. in 700 Clark Hall.

CCE helps breweries and cideries hone their craft

Cornell Cooperative Extension and its educators have joined forces with industry leaders to provide research-based resources for the area's current and future brewers, malters and grain growers.

Alice Li will direct Cornell's technology transfer group

Alice Li has been named executive director of Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing, the university's patent and technology transfer arm. She had been serving as the group’s interim director since August 2014.

'China on Strike' offers modern-day workers' narratives

Workers in contemporary industrial China give their first-hand accounts and uncensored views of their struggle for their rights in a new book co-edited by ILR School assistant professor Eli Friedman.

ILR grad Rob Manfred's major league career

Major League Baseball Commissioner and ILR School alum Robert D. Manfred Jr. '80 grew up exposed to unions and bargaining, skills he uses in his current position.

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.