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W.E. Cornell Takes on Inequity in Entrepreneurship

W.E. Cornell Takes on Inequity in Entrepreneurship

The W.E. Cornell program, which aims to improve gender representation in entrepreneurship, is launching its spring cohort as industries reckon with the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commercialization Fellows Help Bring Innovation to Market

Commercialization Fellows Help Bring Innovation to Market

The Commercialization Fellowship, which wrapped up its fifth cohort in December 2020, introduces Ph.D. candidates in Engineering to the process of turning their academic research into businesses that solve real-world problems.
Jehron Petty: ColorStack Founder, Community Builder

Jehron Petty: ColorStack Founder, Community Builder

Jehron Petty ’20, co-founder of Black Entrepreneurs in Training and alumni of eLab, is on a mission to move the needle for diversity and inclusivity in the tech industry with the launch of ColorStack, which aims to increase the number of Black, Latinx, and Native American college students in computing.
Cornell Startup Combplex Wins $500K in 76West Competition

Cornell Startup Combplex Wins $500K in 76West Competition

The latest achievement by a Cornellian-led startup dedicated to protecting honeybees – a $500,000 runner-up prize at the fifth annual 76West Clean Energy Competition – is creating quite the buzz in New York’s Southern Tier.
Life Sciences at Cornell

Life Sciences at Cornell

The Grow-NY region, made up of counties in the Finger Lakes, Central New York, and Southern Tier regions, has seen employment in the food and ag sectors grow by 25.4% in the past decade1, according to a Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) at Cornell University analysis of New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) data.
Landscape of Economic Progress and Opportunity

Landscape of Economic Progress and Opportunity

The Grow-NY region, made up of counties in the Finger Lakes, Central New York, and Southern Tier regions, has seen employment in the food and ag sectors grow by 25.4% in the past decade1, according to a Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) at Cornell University analysis of New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) data.