This past summer, 25 Jiang Fellows completed domestic and international internships to gain experience at startup companies ranging from immunotherapy to artificial intelligence and even regenerative farming.
Thirty-three student teams have been selected to participate in the 18th annual cohort of eLab, Cornell’s premier student startup accelerator.
Ursa Space, an alumni stardom company of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, has secured $27.9 million in new equity financing from two investors, marking another significant funding milestone for the Ithaca-based geospatial intelligence company.
Forty Cornell MBA students and graduate business students, together with PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows from across Cornell University and its Tri-Institutional partners, have joined the fifth cohort of Cornell’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows program, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and translation program offered by the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) announced the 20 finalist startups selected to compete in the eighth round of Grow-NY, the New York State supported international food, beverage and agriculture business competition.
For Andrea Ippolito, Ithaca was the perfect place to build a startup. The innovation bred by the academic environment, the community support for working parents, and the strong entrepreneurship ecosystem make the small city a hidden gem for founders.
The 2026 Jiang Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience in industries ranging from immunotherapy to artificial intelligence and even regenerative farming.
What started as a research idea inspired by environmental issues on a family farm has grown into Eutrobac, a New York-based agricultural technology startup acquired by Agriment Services, Inc. (ASI) in April.
Cornell-based startup REEgen, co-founded by Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18, Sean Medin, Ph.D. ’24, and Brooke Pian ’13, has been awarded a $200,000 Innovation Matching Grant (IMG) from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).
