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ProducePay scores $43m Series C funding from VCs, development banks
“ProducePay funds close to 2% of the market, that’s about $1 billion of produce per year,” founder and CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck MBA ’15 told AFN.
Break it down: CR0WD task force forges zero waste goals
The Circular Economy: Science and Business of Construction, a collaborative project with Mark Milstein, involves local stakeholders from all stages of a building’s life cycle.
Is Cuba’s “army of white coats” medical diplomacy or contemporary slavery?
Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Fellow Sunayana Karra comments on the benefits and pitfalls of Cuba’s physician export business.
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.
EMBA case competition: A winner’s perspective on innovation and new venture creation
A Q&A with Linda Alvarez, MD, Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY class of 2021, CEO and co-founder of new sports nutrition venture Levelle
Bloods, Crips, and beer: The unlikely success story of TRU Colors Brewery
Brewed by active Bloods, Crips, and GDs, TRU Colors beer is helping promote peace and prosperity in a city once ravaged by gang violence.
Institutional and societal values challenge modernizing emerging markets
Sunny Chai ’24 reflects on EMI visiting speaker Johanna Mair’s concept of modernizing emerging economies’ market structures.
Investing at Cornell theme launches campus-wide Investing Ideas Forum
Five teams participated in Investing at Cornell’s first Investment Ideas Forum, including undergraduate and graduate students from across Cornell.
Learning From COVID-19: Addressing impacts in Dyson’s curriculum
Dyson faculty incorporated pandemic challenges into their curriculum, allowing students to keep pace with a business world in flux.