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Helen Lee ’03, MBA ’20: Behind Operations at Cornell Wildlife Health Center

Dyson and Johnson alumna Helen Lee helps manage the strategies, programs, and operations for the Cornell Wildlife Health Center.

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Adaptation and Transparency Lead Discussions at ESG Investing Research Conference

Scholars and investors shared their perspectives on ESG finance at the second Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing Conference.

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Giving with Impact: How One Alumna Is Assisting Many Afghans

Nell Cady-Kruse ’83, MBA ’85 helps fill the gaps in traditional financial aid and grant funding for Cornell’s Afghan students and scholars .

Fred Lee checks the growth of carrots in one of the 18 greenhouses at Sang Lee Farms in Peconic, Long Island.
Dyson BusinessFeed

New York FarmNet Cultivates Stability for Farming Families

Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet helped change his life and his business.

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Ethics Speaker Jacqueline Novogratz: How Acumen Addresses Poverty, Promotes Dignity

Jacqueline Novogratz recounted how she reached her closely held belief that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is dignity.

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Real Estate Education at a Ground Level in London and Miami

Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate graduate students and faculty looked at shifting trends in urban development and the real estate industry.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Students Donate Handmade Canoe to Haudenosaunee Youth

Cornell students presented a handmade canoe to Hickory Edwards, Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan member and founder of the Haudenosaunee Canoe Journey.

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Dyson BusinessFeed

Cornell Economist Coedits PNAS Issue Focused on Value of Clean Water

A special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences advances the science of measuring the public benefit of clean water.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

BioEntrepreneurship Initiative Fosters Entrepreneurial Community

Members of the Cornell entrepreneurial community gathered to celebrate a successful first year of the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative in Manhattan.