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Dick Anderson

A young Black woman sitting in sunglasses, sleeveless top, and a skirt sitting on a mailbox on a city street, holding a yellow and white handbag.
Dyson School

Driving Social Impact, One Bag at a Time

Dyson graduate Stephanie Evans ’10, Pamoja founder and senior digital product manager at Tapestry, is blazing a trail in the fashion industry.

Doug Barnard, smiling wide and surrounded by smiling, laughing children.
Nolan School

A Vlogger’s Journey from Ithaca to Istanbul

Nolan Hotel School graduate Doug Barnard ’18 uses his YouTube travel channel to do the greatest good on the global stage.

Kaya Ladejobi sitting next to a client and looking at a laptop screen

Earn Into Wealth offers guideposts to wealth building

Kaya Ladejobi, MBA ’13, founded Earn Into Wealth, a financial planning firm for Gen X and Y women, URMs and HENRYs (High Earners Not Rich Yet).

Tim Brown and Sandy Argabrite in the lab at Evolve Biosystems

Better health for babies’ bellies

Most American infants can’t digest 15 percent of the nutrients in breast milk. Three Cornellians are working to change that.

Kristina Workman in her office
Johnson School

Learning to manage, with feeling

Kristina Workman’s research and teaching focus on the value of compassion and positive interpersonal relationships in the workplace.

portrait of Miku Jha next to a photo of AgShift's Hydra analyzer

Technology Meets the Eye

Miku Jha’s company, AgShift, created the world’s first autonomous food inspection system using deep learning and machine vision technologies.

photo of Hilary Lashley Renison standing and leaning between middle-school-aged children who are sitting at a table and looking at a computer monitor, looking at and pointing to the screen

Full STEAM Ahead

Hilary Lashley Renison’s startup, Tinker & Fiddle, encourages children to learn and apply technology at the intersection of culinary arts, music, fashion, and gaming.

portrait of Scott Yewell standing in front of a brick wall

Startup Snapshot: Intentionally Inventive

Scott Yewell’s startup, Purpose Built Software, builds time-saving and efficient custom applications for companies.

Zawadi Bryant speaking with real estate agent and entrepreneur Lily Jang at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Series event in Houston on March 5, 2019.

Startup Snapshot: Growing Up Fast

Zawadi Bryant fostered a culture “to think not like just a single location, but more like a network” as co-founder of NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care.