eShip News December 2025

eShip News December 2025

Director’s Note: Winding down, onto holidays

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  The semester is winding down and there is snow on the ground in Ithaca!  I continue to be so proud of our students and their seemingly non-stop flow of startups!   Truly amazing.

Have a wonderful holiday season!!

-Zach Shulman ’87, JD’90
Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell

REEgen wins $150,000 in FuzeHub Commercialization Competition

REEgen, a Cornell spinout focused on rare earth element (REE) recovery, won the $150,000 grand prize at the 2025 FuzeHub Commercialization Competition, held at the New York State Innovation Summit on Oct. […]

Cornell Tech launches pre-college Summer Innovation Intensives for future tech leaders

Cornell Tech will introduce its first Summer Innovation Intensives program in July 2026, offering high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates an immersive experience in artificial intelligence, ethics, and entrepreneurship.

Anduril CEO offers inside look at defense industry dynamo

After spending 10 years at software powerhouse Palantir, Brian Schimpf ’07 was ready to take a leap to create a new company, Anduril, with co-founders, including Palmer Luckey, inventor of […]

Johnson Cornell Tech MBA Ranks No. 4 in Entrepreneurship Excellence

When changes in tariffs and regulations created trade uncertainty last spring, Salik Tehami, MBA ’25, and four of his classmates recognized a business opportunity and formed a startup that has […]

Is Tony Chen ’12 the World’s Most Devoted Cornellian?

He tirelessly promotes the University and its alumni—connecting Big Red grads to their alma mater, and to each other

Celebrating the 50th Startup Cornell podcast

A special episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features speakers and attendees recorded live during the 2025 Eclectic Convergence Conference at Cornell Tech in New York City.

Governor Hochul Announces Round Seven Winners of the Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition

Seven Global Startups to Receive $3 Million Total for Transforming the Future of Food and Farming, Including $1 Million Grand Prize for Brekland

Bone density builder wins top prize at food hackathon

A whipped cottage cheese product to help premenopausal women maintain their bone density won top honors Nov. 9 at the 2025 Food Hackathon, sponsored by Entrepreneurship at Cornell and the Cornell Institute for Food […]

Center for Transformative Action now affiliated within Entrepreneurship at Cornell

Founded in 1971, the Center for Transformative Action (CTA) serves as a fiscal sponsor and incubator for change-making non-profits with local, national and even international reach.

Entrepreneurs share insights at Eclectic Convergence 2025

“I like to dream, but I don’t like to plan.”…

Food Hackathon students turn their ideas into delicious reality

The Cornell Food Hackathon, to be held Nov. 7-9, is an annual innovation challenge bringing together more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from across Cornell.

Special thanks to our corporate sponsor partnerships

Entrepreneurship at Cornell is delighted to receive support from a wonderful group of Corporate Sponsor Partners who help make our work possible.