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Food waste solution wins top prize at hackathon

The hackathon included more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from almost all of Cornell’s Ithaca campus schools and colleges.

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Hackathon focuses on hiring the right talent

An upcoming hackathon in New York City will focus on the hiring process and ways to incorporate technology.

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Cornell Keynotes podcast: Real estate right now

Associate Professor Emeritus Jan deRoos and senior lecturers Jeanne Varney and Daniel Lebret from the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration explore the forces driving real estate market trends.

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Fisk Johnson supports plastic regulation to help curb global plastic pollution

Addressing the global impact of plastic waste pollution, Cornellian Fisk Johnson, CEO of SC Johnson, spoke in favor of plastic waste regulation. 

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Firms with structured management practices fare better

Highly structured management practices are correlated with better productivity and profitability outcomes for companies and countries, an international consortium of researchers has found through a novel quantification method.

Experts at global conference make the case for climate finance

Mitigating climate risks now will drive economic prosperity in the future, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in her keynote speech at the virtual Cornell-OFR Conference on Global Climate Finance and Risks, held Oct. 25.

Rookie entrepreneurs showcase BIG ideas

For undergraduate would-be entrepreneurs, this competition encourages examining micro- or macro-level problems and envisioning ways to fix them via innovative business ventures.

Ignite alum Gallox Semiconductors joins Breakthrough Energy Fellows

Gallox Semiconductors, led by Jonathan McCandless, Ph.D. ’23, has been selected for the fourth cohort of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows, a group of entrepreneurs focusing on technology that reduce greenhouse gases.

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Rev: Ithaca Startup Works nurtures local economy

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works has incubated more than 117 businesses and its member companies have created 849 new jobs, raised $205 million in capital and generated over $123 million in revenue, according to data released to mark the downtown business incubator’s 10-year anniversary.