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Black women in food industries face systemic roadblocks
A new report by Nolan School researchers found that structural inequities impact Black women’s entrepreneurial journeys in the food industry.
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Black women in food industries face systemic roadblocks
A new report by Nolan School researchers found that structural inequities impact Black women’s entrepreneurial journeys in the food industry.
Students consider how to honor their values with defiance
At the Dyson Dean's Distinguished Lecture September 18, professor Sunita Sah spoke about how to speak up when moral values are challenged.
Experts spotlight financial strategies to advance sustainability
Financial strategies can advance sustainability, if environmental trade-offs can be measured and incorporated into decisions, experts said at Climate Week NYC 2026.
What’s keeping schoolchildren from eating local foods?
Bottlenecks and tradeoffs in food procurement pathways shared in a new USDA report and at Climate Week NYC.
Big Red in the Big Apple
Every day in New York City, opportunities appear in subway cars, classrooms and skyscrapers. Cornell students seize these chances to learn, grow and reinvent themselves.
Business research
Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains
As solar grazing expands, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and benefit the environment.
‘Let me explain’: Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route
In financial disclosures, particularly by companies that are coming out of tough times, a firm’s verbal circuitousness can paint a fuller picture of a company’s prospects.
What ‘healthy’ labeling on packaged food conceals
Looking for nutritious foods in the grocery store? Don't believe everything you read.
Developing lower-performing employees may annoy the go-getters
With limited training funds, bosses must choose whether high or low performers get advanced skills — a decision research shows depends on workplace fairness norms.
Around the college
Podcast celebrates Cornell earning #4 ranking in entrepreneurship
This Startup Cornell podcast featured a conversation between two campus leaders of Cornell's entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Hotelie returns library book — half a century after he borrowed it
Better late than never, a Hotelie mailed a beloved work of philosophy back to his alma mater.
Stephen Ashley ’62, MBA ’64, trustee emeritus and CALS benefactor, dies at 86
Ashley, a Johnson School alum, served on the Cornell University Council, the Cornell Board of Trustees and the Dyson School advisory council.
Remember going to Triphammer Marketplace? Two alums bought it
Two married alums, one a Dyson School grad, plan improvements to the venerable shopping center near campus in Lansing.