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Corporate greening starts with trained students

Cornell students are learning how to arrive at the 'triple bottom line' – fusing profits, people and the planet – to run a smart but green business.

Chocolate milk ban riles schoolchildren

The Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs surveyed students in 11 Oregon schools following the banning of chocolate milk.

Galvin critiques climate of upstate entrepreneurship

Alumnus Greg Galvin assessed opportunities and challenges facing upstate New York entrepreneurs April 10 on campus.

Students reap rewards in annual business contests

Winners of the Big Idea Competition, the Student Business of the Year award and the Cornell Venture Challenge were announced during the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, April 10-11.

Angela Davis to deliver Olin lecture April 25

Scholar, author and political activist Angela Davis will deliver a Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin lecture series Friday, April 25.

Experts peer into the high-tech, digital future

Alumni experts and Cornell faculty addressed hundreds of Bay Area alumni at the 14th Cornell Silicon Valley conference April 1.

Bulgarian ambassador assesses Ukraine, Russia

The Bulgarian ambassador to the United States discussed the rapidly changing politics of Russia and Eastern Europe in a campus talk April 7.

Dyson again ranked No. 3 by Bloomberg Businessweek

For the third year in a row, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management has been ranked No. 3 in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2014 Ranking of Best Undergraduate Business Schools.

Food psychologists eyeball cereal characters

When cartoon spokes-characters for sweetened cereals make eye contact, children respond: "Buy this one, Mom!"