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Trishala Dessai is looking out for gig workers

The next episode of the Startup Cornell podcast features an MBA student whose business focuses on gig workers, as well as their customers.

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One-click checkout increases spending and engagement

New Cornell research shows that after signing up for an online retailer’s “one-click” checkout service, customers over time increased their spending by an average of 28.5% from previous buying levels.

Cornell students help Tarrytown envision waterfront future

As sea levels rise over the next decades for low-lying Hudson River towns, Cornell landscape architecture students offered ideas for coping with climate change and embracing the water.

Downsizing personal items can be just a snap away

A study involving hundreds of participants showed that when individuals replace an item with a photo or memento, it satisfies the sense of ownership and makes downsizing easier.

Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition launches

The inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition is now accepting applications, providing an opportunity for producers of value-added dairy products to bring their innovations to market.

Alum sells breastfeeding device to national neonatal brand

The Bridge helps moms who have low milk supply -- now it will be available to new moms around the world.

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Sansiveri ’05 advocates for NFL player health, safety

Since joining the NFL Players Association as its general counsel in 2010, Sean Sansiveri ’05 has been behind the NFL’s most important measures to make the game safer – including the protocol that helped save Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s life.

The right time to claim Social Security? It’s complicated

Dyson professor Suzanne Shu and colleagues found that considering one’s “future self” played a key role in how people decide when to start collecting monthly Social Security benefits. Societal norms regarding retirement, however, do not.

Same-race reviews reduce inequality in Airbnb bookings

White Airbnb guests’ preference for white hosts unexpectedly is offset by the influence of same-race reviews, new Cornell research finds.