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Philanthropy class awards $60,000 to Tompkins County nonprofits
Nineteen Tompkins County nonprofits received a combined $60,000 in grants this month, thanks to graduate students in a philanthropic leadership class that teaches the value of giving.
Gift Guide: Books from the SC Johnson College of Business
Need a gift for family or friends? Browse some recently published books by alumni and faculty from the SC Johnson College of Business.
Historic gift from MBA alum endows new school
Gift from Stephen B. Ashley ’62, MBA ’64 endows the Cornell CALS Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
Complex incentives shape worker effort, for better or worse
Johnson School professors used data to examine how workers respond to complex pay structures.
AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction
A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter’s opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell research finds.
How biodiversity startups raise capital
Biodiversity startups raise less capital than other startups but attract a broader coalition of investors, according to new research that used machine learning.
Advancing large-scale solar boosts farmland prices
Legislative support for solar projects in New York state has increased the price of farmland near energy infrastructure and could disincentivize the use of land for farming.
Familiarity breeds success for fledgling companies
Teams featuring at least one “stranger” are more than twice as likely to fail as teams of friends, family members or co-workers, according to a Nolan Hotel School study
Richard ‘Doc’ Aplin, emeritus professor of marketing, dies at 96
In the late 1990s, the Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Fund was established by alumnus J. Patrick Mulcahy ’66, MBA ’67.