Archive: Faculty
People over profit: The case for business reform
Profit is the ultimate aim of the U.S. market, according to Andrew Hoffman. What would society look like if business prioritized human wellbeing instead? Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise at…
2026 Atkinson postdocs improve antibiotics, emissions data, green transition
Cornell Atkinson’s 2026 Postdoctoral Fellows seek to discover new antibiotics, uncover hidden corporate emissions data, and support indigenous communities’ environmental assessments of mining projects.
Researchers outline priorities for robust U.S. climate assessments
Five Cornellians join 175 global experts to outline research priorities that can inform future national and regional climate assessments in a new special collection of the American Geophysical Union and…
Black women in food industries face systemic roadblocks
A new report authored by researchers from the Nolan Hotel School found that structural inequities – such as lack of access to capital investment – play an outsize role in…
Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains
Image credit: Sreang Hok/Cornell University A Cornell research team has developed a tool that helps farmers whose sheep graze in solar arrays to make better decisions about their operation. The…
‘Let me explain’: Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route
In financial disclosures, particularly by companies that are coming out of tough times, a firm’s verbal circuitousness can paint a fuller picture of a company’s prospects, a Cornell research group…
What ‘healthy’ labeling on packaged food conceals
Looking for nutritious foods in the grocery store? Don’t believe everything you read.
Developing lower-performing employees may annoy the go-getters
Faced with limited funds for staff training, bosses must decide which employees receive advanced skills training — high or low achievers. Research suggests that might depend on the prevailing fairness norms…
Experts spotlight financial strategies to advance sustainability
Financial strategies can advance sustainability goals, but only if environmental trade-offs can be measured and incorporated into decisions, a panel of experts said at a Climate Week NYC 2026 event…
Creative tourism plan fosters forest protection, economic growth in Puerto Rico
A collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business aims to shape sustainable tourism development for Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest.
What’s keeping schoolchildren from eating local foods?
To get locally-grown food onto a schoolchild’s lunch tray, communities need supply chains that sort, process and package local farm products. They don’t always exist. Becca Jablonski, visiting associate professor…
Can AI boost open-mindedness? Team wins $1.49M grant to find out
A $1.49 million award from the John Templeton Foundation will enable Cornell researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand ’04 to explore whether artificial intelligence can be used to understand and…
Line managers as the linchpin in implementing corporate HR standards
Walk into any McDonald’s restaurant and you know what you’re going to get, but how do fast food corporations standardize how employees are managed at franchise locations across the country?…
Cornellians to address AI, NY energy future at Climate Week NYC
Cornell and global leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC Sept. 20-27 to discuss some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its…
AI-enabled method enhances marketing research
Instead of relying on a few handcrafted descriptions, Cornell researchers were able to use nearly 120,000 real wine tasting notes to capture complex customer reactions. This improvement on traditional methods…
Limited personal data doesn’t have to limit personalization
Personalization makes experiences feel special. But does personalization require lots of personal data? Khaled Boughanmi, assistant professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, developed an algorithm called…
To create an age-friendly world, we need hospitable design
Hospitality is more than good service at a restaurant or hotel. It’s a design framework that benefits every kind of business, according to Cornell experts. Researchers from the Cornell Institute…
Defibrillators prevent cardiac deaths, but only if they arrive in time
If cardiac arrest victims don’t receive a defibrillator shock within a few minutes, lasting brain damage becomes likely. More than half of the time, responders aren’t that fast. With the…
Rubber tree agroforestry supports birds, biodiversity in the Colombian Amazon
By Krisy Gashler