Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Seeing a bright future for hemp in NYS

Hailee Greene MBA '24 wants to build the first industrial hemp processing facility in the northeast.

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The age of the mompreneur: Empowering working mothers

In the Keynote “The Boss of Me: Entrepreneurship and Motherhood,” Andrea Ippolito shares insights into what it takes for women to thrive as working mothers in today’s competitive, fast-paced labor market.

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‘Status Symbols’ in online debates can create bias

New research involving machine learning determined that the persuasive power of “symbolic status” from virtual badges in online debates has the potential to create an imbalance of power.

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In Amish-Chinese partnership, shiitake mushrooms are the main ingredient

With Cornell's help, an Amish farmer grows shiitake mushrooms and solves his financial woes, and an entrepreneur and a chef, both from China, use the mushrooms for a sauce that is now on the market. 

Community invited to Sept. 6 entrepreneurship kickoff

This year's entrepreneurship kickoff features more than 20 organizations and a pitch competition among student business founders.

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Dairy Innovation Competition crowns inaugural winners

Three dairy innovators – lu.lu Ice Cream, Oakfield Corners Cheese LLC and Terra Firma Farm – were named winners of the inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition following a pitch competition on Aug. 8 in Stocking Hall.

Shape the future of senior living management

Heather Kolakowski, from the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, and industry specialists discuss sustainable and inclusive senior living in the Keynote “Affordable Senior Living: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.”

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Library expands video streaming resources 

From Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, visual resources are just a couple of clicks away for Cornell students, faculty, and staff.

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Caffeinated snack wins top banana in national contest

CaféNana, a banana-inspired, caffeinated pick-me-up snack, partly made with food waste by Cornell students, has won the Institute of Food Technology’s Mars Wrigley Product Development competition.