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UniPantry helps inexperienced home cooks create delicious, inexpensive meals

Startup Snapshot: Moussa Paye ’19, co-founder and CEO, UniPantry

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Meet Sonia Fajen, CEMS-MIM ’21

A passionate global strategist and leader who calls Bremen, Germany, home–meet Sonia Fajen, CEMS-MIM ’21.

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Jinhua Zhao named new dean of Dyson School

Jinhua Zhao has been named the David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His appointment at Cornell begins July 1.

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How Humans Think When They Think As Part of a Group

“Coworkers who eat together tend to perform at a higher level than their peers, yet cafeterias are often undervalued by companies,” Professor Kevin Kniffin tells WIRED.

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The Brutal Truth About Bitcoin

Professor Eswar Prasad authors a New York Times op-ed on the consequences of bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies.

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Amid competing priorities, business can be a force for good

SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson draws on his storied company’s values to navigate between business pragmatism and doing good.

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TIAA gift champions Dyson program addressing emerging markets

The gift establishes the Clifton R. Wharton Jr. Program of Global Engagement endowed fund, which supports the school’s SMART program.

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Five myths about cryptocurrency

In his Washington Post op-ed, Professor Eswar Prasad says the ingenious technological innovations underpinning cryptocurrencies will transform the nature of money and finance.

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Researchers find grocery taxes harm low income households

Professor Harry Kaiser and his co-authors research the connection between grocery taxes and food insecurity in the United States.