High-growth food, beverage and ag tech startups can now apply for the eighth round of the Grow-NY business competition, in which up to 20 finalists compete for $3 million in total prize funding, including a $1 million top prize.
Laura Chinchilla, the former president of Costa Rica, warned an audience of Cornell students that global democracy is undergoing a “great reversal,” citing rising authoritarianism, weakening elections and declining public trust in democratic institutions.
Master’s student Avery Sheppard won $25,000 to put toward her fish and chips eatery by winning the Nolan School’s hospitality business plan competition, held April 18 in Statler Auditorium.
James Garbarino, MAT ’70, Ph.D. ’73, professor emeritus of human development and a renowned expert on childhood trauma, died March 7 in Ithaca. He was 78.
Exostellar, a startup born from Cornell research, has achieved an outcome many entrepreneurs dream of – acquisition by a Fortune 500 company. Qualcomm acquired the eight-year-old company in March.
In her Senior Convocation address on May 21 in Barton Hall, Jane Lynch, MFA ’84, told the Class of 2026 to do their best to overcome their fears, don’t subscribe to cultural memes, and be kind and generous.
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund will distribute $1.24 million to 12 projects co-led by Cornell and EDF scientists for research addressing several sustainability topics.
Beckie Robertson ’82, a venture capital leader in biotechnology, received the Cornell Duffield Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award on April 23 in recognition of a career defined by innovation in health care and service to Cornell.