eShip News – October 2024

eShip News – October 2024

Director’s Note: Happy Halloween!

October was a big month for eship news!  We hope you enjoy all the features.  We are heads down focusing on the final Eclectic Convergence logistics and execution.  Hope to see you at Cornell Tech on November 15th for a great day of inspiring speakers and connecting with the Cornell eship ecosystem.  And….Happy Halloween!

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

Rookie entrepreneurs showcase BIG ideas

Prakhar Singhania, an undergraduate exchange student from India studying supply chain, food science and material science, stood at the lectern and spoke quickly, outlining a scenario that seemed far from […]

Ignite alum Gallox Semiconductors joins Breakthrough Energy Fellows

Gallox Semiconductors, led by Jonathan McCandless, Ph.D. ’23, has been selected for the fourth cohort of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows, a group of entrepreneurs focusing on technology that reduce greenhouse gases.

John Marks: The Evolution of an Optimist

John Marks ’65 has spent the past four-plus decades addressing some of the world’s most intractable conflicts through his nongovernmental organization (NGO), Search for Common Ground.

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works nurtures local economy

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works has incubated more than 117 businesses and its member companies have created 849 new jobs, raised $205 million in capital and generated over $123 million in revenue, […]

Startup Cornell Episode #37: Jen Barnwell ’95

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Jen Barnwell ‘96, president of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection.

eLab Welcomes 24 Student Startup Teams to Fall Cohort

Twenty-four student teams have been selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator. Now welcoming its 16th credit-bearing cohort, eLab accepts student founders from any field […]

Grow-NY to host Food and Ag Summit in Ithaca

The sixth annual Grow-NY Summit, to be held Nov. 6-7 at the new Ithaca Downtown Conference Center, will feature business leaders and entrepreneurs working to advance sustainability, address global challenges and shape the […]

Food hackathon to kick off year of weekend events

Entrepreneurship at Cornell is hosting more hackathons than ever before this year – on topics as broad as food, AI, health tech, digital ag, animal health and talent management. The […]

NYC entrepreneurship conference features CEOs, NBA leader

Company leaders in healthcare, fintech, agtech, venture capital and basketball will take the stage as speakers for the 2024 Eclectic Convergence conference in New York City, organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

How gender biases shape investor response to shareholder activism

Investors view CEOs more favorably when they respond to shareholder activism in ways that conform to gender stereotypes, according to new Cornell research.

Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan N. Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, dies at 86

Ratan N. Tata ’59, B. Arch. ’62, one of India’s most influential and respected business leaders and philanthropists, and a former Cornell trustee who became the university’s largest international donor […]

Faculty awarded entrepreneurship funding

Thirteen faculty members are recipients of 2024 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, receiving funds of $1,500 to $3,000 to help develop or expand courses and add teaching assistants.

Gorges Ventures Fund hits the mark with students and entrepreneurs

From its conception in the fall of 2023 to its launch in the spring of 2024, Gorges Ventures, a student-managed and financed investment club, met a resounding, enthusiastic response both from […]

Breaking Through Barriers to Reach New Heights at Cornell Tech: Noor EL-Hawwat

Noor El-Hawwat’s journey into the tech industry began with a simple decision to follow in her sister’s footsteps and major in computer science. However, what started as a straightforward choice […]

Cornell Engineering introduces Jiang Fellows entrepreneurship program

Cornell Engineering is proud to announce the Jiang Fellows program with the generous support of Tianyi (TJ) Jiang ’96, Ph.D. The program will succeed the Kessler Fellows program, which sunset this year after […]

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.