Five Cornellians win Cook awards for improving the campus climate for women

Judith Appleton, Krystal Bruyer, Keesha Hayes, Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Judy Virgilio are the recipients of the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards, which were presented April 23.

Innovative bike design, rape alert system take top awards in Big Idea Competition

A bike design and a rape alert system were the big winners at this year's 'Big Idea Competition.' The finalists were chosen at an April 17 event during Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration 2009. (April 23, 2009)

Medical devices for damaged corneas crowned as top Venture Challenge business idea

Bombyx Technologies' medical devices that are a low-cost alternative to corneal transplants won the Johnson School's Venture Challenge competition, held April 16. (April 23, 2009)

Johnson School students spend immersion time in Colombia advising businesses

Thirty-three Johnson School students spent an intensive spring break in Colombia, advising business leaders on ways to grow their operations and forge into new markets. (April 23, 2009)

Sick in America: Health care reform will only come with public anger, says doctor-author

Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20. (April 21, 2009)

Joint symposium to explore business and medicine

Weill Cornell Medical College and the Johnson School will co-host the Cornell Business Medicine Symposium April 30 from 3 to 8 p.m. in WCMC's Uris Auditorium in New York City. (April 15, 2009)

Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration slated for April 16-17

The 2009 Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration will bring together more than 500 participants. A highlight will be the keynote by Jay Walker, founder of Priceline.com and Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year.

MBA/law course explores how corporate culture can corrupt

A new course for Johnson School and Cornell Law School students explores how corporate culture can induce even the best-intentioned employee to do wrong. (March 11, 2009)

Johnson School students launch coaching and loan program for small local businesses

A program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, BR MicroCapital pairs first-year MBA students with self-employed entrepreneurs who live or work in the Tompkins County area. (Feb. 11, 2009)