Research With Impact

Part of a renowned research institution, SC Johnson College is home to innovators and experts who produce and share original knowledge. Here are some of those stories.

Matt Marx
Dyson School

VCs backed Black founders after BLM – but it didn’t last

In the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, the share of venture capitalist dollars that went to Black businesses jumped by 43%. But that trend was short-lived, according to new Cornell SC Johnson College of Business research.

A group of people crowd around at a map with a river, the photo is taken from above.
Dyson School

Food Insecurity Program in Malawi at Risk

Real-time data guided crisis response and empowered communities. Without funding, the program’s future is uncertain, a Dyson researcher says.

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Dyson School

Directory Boosts Usefulness of Mobile Phones, Bottom Lines, in Rural Africa

In rural Africa, most mobile phones don’t have search capabilities to find businesses. A new phone book helps, boosting sales by 104%.

Image of students at City Honors School in Buffalo, New York, eat lunch on a “New York Thursday,” a weekly effort to promote the foods in the lunches that are grown or produced in New York State.
Dyson School

New Tool Can Help NYS Make Economically Beneficial Food Purchases

Dyson professor develops an economic model that calculates additional NYS business activity and tax revenue generated from purchases of specific local products.

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Dyson School

Social Networks Are Not Effective at Mobilizing Vaccination Uptake

Social networks are unlikely to persuade someone to embrace a new vaccine, reports Dyson professors Nancy Chau and Arnab Basu.

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Dyson School

Earth Day Research: Powering the Future with Clean Energy

New SC Johnson College research shows primary contributors to recent clean energy patents are existing inventors rather than newcomers.

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Dyson School

Renegotiated Trade Deal Benefits US Dairy Producers

New research by Dyson professor Christopher Wolf, suggests recent Canadian trade concessions removed some barriers to U.S. dairy exports.

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Dyson School

‘Structural poverty’ maps could steer help to world’s neediest

A new mapping approach could help policymakers identify where people live in extreme poverty and target resources more effectively.

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Dyson School

Beer Sold in Grocery Stores Drives Higher Sales in Other Categories

Beer-purchasing households visit grocery stores more frequently and increase their total monthly grocery expenditures.