Faculty awarded entrepreneurship funding

Thirteen faculty members are recipients of 2024 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, given out by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

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Hospitality student markets coffee from her rural Guatemalan village

Indigenous student brings fair-trade coffee to Ithaca while empowering her Mam parents and neighbors to command a better price for their beans.

Cornell experts to offer solutions at Climate Week NYC

Climate Week NYC will get a Big Red tint as Cornell researchers suggest carbon solutions for the travel industry, discuss agricultural methane and participate in a nuclear energy conference.

Going down: Drop in rankings matters more than a rise

People love rankings, but do they really mean that much? Sometimes they do, depending on several factors including the availability of other information, according to new Cornell research.

Kotlikoff to new students: Embrace the ‘freedom and responsibility’ of Cornell

First-year and transfer students gathered Aug. 25 at Schoellkopf Field for New Student Convocation, where they were encouraged to pursue their ambitions while upholding the shared values of the community.

Navigating DEI in a post-affirmative action landscape

Cornell Nolan School professor David Sherwyn engages Paul Wagner, chief financial officer of Stokes Wagner, and Holly Lawson, Noble Hotels and Resorts’ senior vice president of human resources, in a discussion corporate DEI programs.

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Cornell team hopes judges say ‘Yes!’ to Nonna’s Nopales gnocchi

Cornell IFT team goes to Chicago with their Nonna’s Nopales futuristic food product – gnocchi made from superfood cactus paddles.

Have fun: Leaving product promotions to chance has benefits

Research by Alexander Fulmer ’15 of the Nolan School found that for certain types of products, consumers prefer the use of chance in selecting products to promote rather than more traditional, intentional methods.

Merrill Scholars honor mentors who inspired them

At a luncheon on May 21, 42 Merrill Scholars celebrated the mentors who had the greatest influence on their early education and the Cornell faculty or staff members who contributed most significantly to their college experience.