Better Business Chronicles

Ad Tech Manager Illianna Acosta Believes in Supporting and Elevating Others
10 Under 10 honoree and senior LinkedIn manager Illianna Acosta aims to give a voice to those who have been historically marginalized.

Student Prods COP27 to Include Youth in Climate Solutions
Kehkashan Basu, MBA ’25, hopes to kindle positive global change. She moderated the first roundtable meeting between government officials and youth at COP27.

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Every feature of our built environment has a relationship with climate; we can no longer separate fields of learning into rigid, prescribed pathways.

Consultant Olga Abrosimova Juin engages with diverse clients on global M&A deals
10 Under 10 honoree Olga Abrosimova Juin, MBA ’17, a senior M&A director at EY-Parthenon, is committed to increasing diversity in business.

Redressing the Balance: Equitable Approaches to Sustainable Real Estate
Sustainability in real estate is about more than energy efficiency; environmental justice for communities requires looking at a far broader picture.

Dynamic Properties
From investment opportunities to risk protection and energy savings, climate change awareness is sparking transformation in real estate.

Castles in the Sand
A look at how climate change is impacting the places we live and work and how we should be preparing for the changes to come.

Food and Ferments: The Growth of a Culture
Adit Desai and Beto Durón, both MBA ’23, reflect on their experience helping local fermentation company Food and Ferments with plans for expansion.

Clean Water Act turns 50: conference celebrates progress, fosters connections
Cornell Atkinson’s Social Cost of Water Pollution conference brought together academics and EPA policy-makers to collaborate for healthy water.