Better Business Chronicles

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Johnson School

Impilo Supports Remote Monitoring of Patients for Telehealth Providers

Joshua Stein, MBA ’21, launched startup Impilo to help telehealth providers handle the logistics of supplying patients with remote monitoring tools.

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Johnson School

Hopscotch Connects Behavioral Health Clinicians to Pediatric Patients

Learning about the mental health crisis among U.S. youth inspired Marla Leana Beyer, MBA/MHA ’20, to launch a startup aimed at addressing it.

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Dyson School

Business Impact Symposium Explores the Need for Climate Finance

Investments need to focus not only on climate change mitigation measures but also on adaptation issues communities worldwide are facing.

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Johnson School

Covid-19 Accelerated the Adoption of Telehealth: ls it here to stay?

Cornell MBAs, physicians, and faculty weigh in on telehealth’s benefits to patients, obstacles to widespread adoption, and projections for its future.

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Johnson School

Four Cornell Tech MBAs Launched Univie to Create Digital Medical Records for Refugees

The cofounders hatched the idea for Univie after participating in a medical records hackathon in Tel Aviv sponsored by the World Health Organization.

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Dyson School

Student Experience: The Grand Challenges Framework

The Grand Challenges program at Dyson is a way for undergrads to engage in complex community challenges on a local and global scale.

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Nolan School

NASA Engineer is Alabama’s First Certified Black Woman Winemaker

After honing her wine skills through eCornell classes, Rada Griffin, an engineer at NASA, launched Anissa Wakefield Wines—establishing her as the first certified Black woman winemaker in Alabama.

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Nolan School

Elizabeth Blau, MS ’97 Named 2022 Cornell Hospitality Innovator

Elizabeth Blau, MS ’97, founder and chief executive officer of Blau + Associates, is the recipient of the 2022 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award.

Angela Hwang speaks at Hatfield Lecture
Johnson School

Pfizer executive describes making the impossible, possible

Pfizer Group President Angela Hwang MBA ’94 discussed her leadership and Pfizer’s journey to help combat COVID-19 at the 2022 Hatfield lecture.