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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.

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.

ESG pressure takes center stage at the 2021 Emerging Markets Institute conference
Emerging markets are making progress in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts but also face hurdles, including metrics and governance.

Electric Uprising: EVgo charges forward to create a network of EV charging stations
The U.S. has more than 150,000 gas stations but only 43,000 EV charging stations. EVgo aims to change that, says VP Nell Oliver ’88, MBA ’93.

Electric uprising: How American companies are accelerating the drive to EVs
EVs should make up 50% of all car sales by 2030 to help achieve Paris Agreement decarbonization goals. Cornell faculty weigh in on what it will take.

Electric Uprising: Factorial Energy—New lightning, new bottles
Factorial Energy’s new battery mitigates range anxiety by increasing EVs’ driving range says CEO and founder Siyu Huang ’11, PhD ’13, MBA ’14.

Electric Uprising: GM—Transforming an industry
Vinod Kumar, MBA ’08, says GM wants to put everyone in an EV. GM will invest $35 billion and launch more than 30 all-new EV models by the end of 2025.

Electric Uprising: Schneider Electric—EVs’ starring role in an all-electric world
Schneider Electric envisions EVs, with their large batteries, becoming components of electricity generation and storage grids.

Gift Provides $1.8 Million to Emerging Markets Institute
Roberto Cañizares ’71, MBA ’74, and his wife Gail Cañizares supplement their continued advocacy for the SC Johnson College’s Emerging Markets Institute.