Entrepreneurial News from the Cornell Community

With perfect accuracy, Cornell team's ChemE car wins national competition
With their shoebox-size car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the 18-member undergraduate ChemE Car Team placed first at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers student-car competition in Philadelphia Nov. 16, beating out more than 30 other teams.

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Reap the Benefits of Student-run Investment Funds
Some technology transfer offices have an additional weapon in their arsenal to develop and commercialize new technologies: technology-focused investment funds managed by entrepreneurial MBA candidates.
Students by day, entrepreneurs by night
For entrepreneurial Cornell students, the 168 entrepreneurship classes offered on campus provide an academic foundation for their dreams of starting and running their own companies after graduation.

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Cornell convenes sustainability panel for hotel industry
Hospitality leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., June 12, for a Cornell School of Hotel Administration event, "Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry," to hear experts address the need to further develop sustainable business practices.

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Cornell faculty, students team with entrepreneurs to brew up a hot new brand
Faculty and students at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration are working with a team of entrepreneurs to launch a new venture that will enable more people to enjoy a brand of coffee unlike any other in the world.

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Cornell creates life-changing business opportunities with the world's poorest people
At the Johnson School's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise (CSGE), poverty alleviation is about business innovation that springs from close partnerships between the world's largest corporations and poor communities.

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Prof Challenges Univ. To Limit Use of Bottles
Prof. James Quest ’56, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the School of Hotel Administration has devised a competition to encourage students to look for alternatives to bottled water.

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Sustainability center names three new associate directors
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF) has named three new associate directors who will use their expertise in three key areas -energy, environment and economic development - to connect Cornell's research and scholarship to sustainability.

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Big Red swag bag
Entrepreneurship@CU's gift bag gathers samples from wide world of Cornell

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Howard Milstein '73 stresses unorthodox approaches as pathway to success

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