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Students from the eLab Student Startup Accelerator, the Runway Startups Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine made their annual trek to San Francisco for the Cornell Silicon Valley: Student Startup Showcase to pitch […]

The NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York, an initiative led by Binghamton University with Cornell serving as a core partner for technology translation, has secured $45 million in […]

Exostellar, a startup born from Cornell research, has achieved an outcome many entrepreneurs dream of – acquisition by a Fortune 500 company.

In the life of a technology company that aims to advance health care, the stage between promise and product can feel less like a runway and more like a tightrope.

High-growth food, beverage and ag tech startups can now apply for the eighth round of the Grow-NY business competition.

One in 10 births in the United States are premature.

Two members of Cornell’s on-campus business incubators will soon expand their businesses in Ithaca, creating local jobs and building capacity for future startups to grow in the region.

Challenging the narrative has become a habit for Diana Michaelson ’27.

Curious about the world of venture capital and investment management? Big Red Ventures (BRV) is an early-stage, student-run venture capital fund at Cornell University that gives MBA and graduate students [...]

When Christian Gant-Madison ’25 looks at youth growing up in the Philadelphia neighborhood he came from, he knows the cycle of violence and trauma that can keep kids stuck in […]

The Jiang Fellows program recently welcomed 26 students to its 2026 cohort in its second year of operation. This spring, fellows will sharpen their entrepreneurial skills while preparing for a […]

The Introduction to Entrepreneurship program, formerly known as W.E. Cornell, teaches doctoral students and postdocs how to translate their research into real-world solutions while navigating the challenges of leading a […]

When inventors move to a U.S. county, the number of successful startups, especially those valued at $1 billion or more, goes up, as inventors become founders, employees and magnets for […]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Hauwa Otori ‘08, creator of the Founders International Network and host of the Building Black podcast

In a region long known for dairy farms and fruit orchards, a young Ithaca company is reinventing one of America’s most static health products: calcium supplements.

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. […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

Director's Note: Festive season on its way We just held our big NYC conference, Eclectic Convergence, at Cornell Tech on Halloween.  We were hoping for more attendees to show up [...]

Biodiversity startups, which are tackling challenges ranging from disappearing pollinators to vanishing coral reefs, raise less capital than other startups but attract a broader coalition of investors, according to a […]

Wearable devices and hospital monitors may dominate conversations about remote health care, but a new Cornell-affiliated startup is betting its future on something almost invisible: radio waves.

Cornell historian Corey Earle shared stories of remarkable women throughout Cornell’s history during an Oct. 25 brunch as part of Trustee Council Alumni Meeting.

A new Cornell-led training program aims to provide New York food educators and producers with the skills and equipment they need to boost compliance with modern food safety standards and […]

A newly restructured, student-focused Office of Innovation and External Collaboration will prepare Cornell Engineering students for career success and provide a clear point of entry to industry partners and employers looking to […]

Cornell’s student startup accelerator, eLab, is proud to announce the 33 student teams selected for its Fall 2025 cohort! The program accepts student founders from any field of study across […]

Director's Note: Welcome Back! Plenty of Cornell eship news to read, but I want to remind you about our upcoming Eclectic Convergence conference coming up on October 31st (yes, Halloween) [...]

Thirty-eight Cornell MBA students in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, together with PhD candidates from across Cornell University and postdoctoral fellows from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer […]

What began as a frustrating teaching assistant experience has since transformed into one of the most promising student-led startups in educational technology as two Cornellians forge into the world of […]

Adequate sleep is critical for the average college student, but according to Christian Tarala ’27, the Twin XL mattress sizes in the dormitories have made this challenging. After experiencing this […]

Ten faculty members are recipients of 2025 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, receiving funds of $1,500 to $3,000 to help develop or expand courses, pursue research opportunities or add teaching […]

There’s no doubt that college years are some of the most formative in young people’s lives.

Director's Note: Welcome Back! We held our Entrepreneurship at Cornell Kickoff event yesterday afternoon at our eHub co-working space in Collegetown.  Fantastic turnout!  Tons of energy and excited students!  We [...]

The largest cohort of the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) in program history pitched their startups to members of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management community in New […]

This fall, the world’s top food and agriculture startups will vie for $3 million in prize money in the seventh annual Grow-NY business competition in Canandaigua, NY. The 20 selected finalists represent […]

Five years ago, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, Black-founded startups had “a moment” when venture capitalists (VCs) were eager to invest. In the two years after Floyd’s […]

Two members of Cornell’s business incubators have been accepted to Cohort 2025 of the Activate Fellowship, a two-year program that supports scientists and engineers in their entrepreneurial ventures.

Three new research projects — a treatment for childhood ear infections, an AI-powered tool to link databases and a novel gene editing method for therapeutics — will receive funding and […]

When they were seniors at Ithaca High School last year, Isabelle Cohen, Alex Elia and Jennifer Zhao hated seeing the plastic waste pile up from the 3D printer in their […]

Cornell has secured a 10-year, $10 million grant renewal to continue work aimed at spurring economic impact and job growth through applied research, development and commercialization of breakthrough technologies.

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Meredith Oppenheim ‘95, founder of Vitaliy Society and now a strategic advisor in the senior housing space.

Cornell Tech Assistant Professor Raaz Dwivedi has co-founded Traversal, a startup emerging from stealth this week with a mission: to transform how modern software systems detect and resolve outages using artificial intelligence.

Cornell AgriTech will be exhibiting in the Debut District in the upcoming 2025 Summer Fancy Food Show, the largest business-to-business specialty food industry event in North America.

Gallox Semiconductors, a startup with roots at Cornell University, has had recent success on the international stage, winning the 2025 Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge in the Advanced Computing & Electronics category.

Just before the world shut down in 2020 due to COVID-19, Hao Shi, Ph.D. ’20, finished the last experiment for his doctoral research. He had developed an advanced imaging tool […]

Twenty-two students with entrepreneurial startups were awarded Human Spirit and Beck Fellowship summer stipend awards by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

Armita Jamshidi ’25 and a friend were moving a fridge into Jamshidi’s dorm room her sophomore year when she suddenly felt a wave of sharp pain and could barely move […]

To mark the end of this academic year, Cornell Tech will host a series of events in May to celebrate its campus culture.

Cornell’s incubator Class of 2025, composed of startups Llume, Meiogenix and TETmedical, is advancing innovations in human performance monitoring, non-GMO plant breeding and neurological critical care.

More than 300 alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members joined Celebration Ezra 2025 on April 10-11, to network, get inspired and honor the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, John Bicket ’02.

Think you’re busy? Meet Skyler Mott. Scholar, Athlete, Entrepreneur.

Director's Note: Go, Student Startup Teams! Our semester is half over, and I just got back from the Bay Area.  I got to watch a bunch of our students present [...]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

Anisa Kurbanali manages a bustling coffee shop in the heart of Philadelphia. Each day, she wakes up at 4:30 a.m., commutes 45 minutes to the cafe and works from 7 […]

Applications for the annual Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition are open to high-growth agrifood startups through May 15.

Director's Note: Celebrate! Here in Ithaca, we can feel spring right around the corner.  And there is a lot to celebrate!  The School of Human Ecology is celebrating its 100th [...]

24 startups were accepted for the eLab student startup accelerator fall cohort, and 13 will advance to the spring cohort. These startups have shown remarkable progress in validating their ideas […]

GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch.

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Heather Jiang MBA ’16, founder of Allegorie, a small-batch accessory company that turns discarded fruits into wallets, bags […]

Welcome to another episode of The Coral Capital Podcast, a show where we bring on guests from tech, business, politics, and culture to talk about all things Japan.

Four hackathons this semester will offer opportunities for students to innovate creative solutions related to artificial intelligence, digital agriculture, animal health and human health. Two events will be on campus […]

Cornell engineers are aiming to create a big leap in vascular grafts, used to combat cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, fintech, and digital technology in general, companies of all sizes  – whether they are an early-stage startup or a publicly traded corporation – […]

When Dr. Tamatha Fenster received a call from a young patient requesting a refill on her Oxycodone for pelvic pain, she was faced with a dilemma: letting the patient remain in pain […]

The Fuzehub 2024 Commercialization Competition during the New York State Innovation Summit had seven prize winners, five of which are Cornell-supported entrepreneurs. Of the five, four have participated in multiple […]

Just over a year ago, Douglas Ford ’23 woke up to severe chest pains while visiting family in a rural town in South Jersey.

Director's Note: Happy holidays, everyone! First off, Gobble Gobble!!  We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  On our end, our big Eclectic Convergence conference at Cornell Tech earlier in [...]

Ponsi Trivisvavet MBA ’99 knew she had found her true north when the seeds she delivered to an Indonesian farmer helped him to increase his crop yields enough that he […]

Unibaio of New York City, which offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides and fertilizers, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently, was awarded the $1 million […]

For a person with hearing loss, a room full of people talking all at once can be a nightmare scenario.

By Veronica Buezo Talavera The Cornell SBIR/STTR Assistance Program continues to support early-stage companies in securing non-dilutive funding from federal agencies. In the third quarter of 2024, two Cornell startups […]

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 [...]

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 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Director's Note: Go teams! Happy fall, everyone!  Leaves are starting to change….slowly.  Cornell beat Yale in football….YAY! Our 24 teams for eLab are selected and busy doing customer discovery.  And [...]

Sitting in the passenger seat, Terry Wehe Ryan ’69 grabs the steering wheel and veers the car off to the side of a country road. Her husband, Rob Ryan ’69, […]

With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Cornell and a group of institutional partners have created the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine to advance energy storage technology and boost large-capacity battery […]

Fourteen Cornell MBA students, PhD candidates, and a postdoctoral innovation fellow have joined the second cohort of the Green Technology Innovation Fellows program, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and translation program offered by […]

For Joseph Astrachan, a co-author of Cornell’s Family Business Leadership online certificate program, a family-run business is a generational tradition.

Director's Note: Welcome Back!! Our fall semester is off to a great start, with our eShip Kickoff event on Thursday, September 5th.  It is wonderful to have the students back [...]

Cornell Tech today announced the newest cohort of 13 startup companies that will enter its established Runway incubator program this September.

Kush Jain ’22 has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for work by his company, ORama AI, which has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille.

Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech are pleased to announce that David Reiss joined their faculties on July 1, 2024, as Clinical Professor of Law and Research Director of the […]

Cornell Engineering’s Scientific Artificial Intelligence (SciAI) Center has partnered with Pasteur Labs, an alumnus-founded startup, to break new ground in human-AI collaboration for scientific discovery and industrial applications.

Director's Note: Enjoy summer! Summer means lots of planning for Entrepreneurship at Cornell – budgeting, planning, new program discussion, etc.  But the news just keeps coming!  Enjoy the rest of [...]

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works launched applications for the business incubator’s new Protofacturing Hardware Accelerator — a program connecting the existing Prototyping and Manufacturing Hardware Accelerators and helping entrepreneurs refine their prototypes.

Entrepreneur Saira Patel has always been reluctant to jump into a pool or an ocean because of the hassle it creates with her hair.

Joe Gelber MBA ’18 thinks he has a great idea for a machine to help people recycle more efficiently. So, he came to a Cornell Entrepreneur Network in partnership with […]

Director's Note: Summer...Internships! Have a wonderful summer, everyone!  We are especially delighted to share that our Entrepreneurship at Cornell program placed 83 student interns at a variety of relatively smaller [...]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Andrea Ippolito ’06 MEng ‘07, CEO and founder of SimpliFed.

Dylan Seale ’25, is an avid freestyle skier, the kind of slopestyle Olympic event that enraptures audiences with its gravity-defying aerial flips, jumps and sliding down rails.

A company that originated in Syracuse and is aiming to use agricultural waste to replace the petroleum-based plastic liners in coffee cups, takeout containers and other consumer products has joined […]

Director's Note: Summer mode Summer has arrived in Ithaca. If you have any plans to come upstate, please let us know as we’d love to get together in person!  Students [...]

Cornell Tech awarded four student startup companies with investments worth $100,000 each in its eleventh annual Startup Awards competition.

The city-seeded research campus on Roosevelt Island has been a quiet force in New York City’s tech economy yet is still little known even as students, faculty and alums play […]

Cornell University’s 2023-24 cohort of Green Technology Innovation Fellows  gathered in Statler Hotel’s amphitheater on April 27 to showcase their green technology startups and to celebrate the conclusion of the program’s core […]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Trisha Beher ’25, founder of Women Leaders of Color at Cornell and the Art Shine Foundation.

Director's Note: Entrepreneurship in sight Student course finals are in sight!  End of semester is in sight! And next year’s planning is in sight!  We will take a big breadth, [...]

For Malika Grayson, M.S. ’14, Ph.D. ’16, earning advanced degrees in mechanical engineering at Cornell propelled her entrepreneurial journey in STEM advocacy, inspiring her to motivate others to pursue their […]

Richlove Nkansah ’26 was buzzing with excitement the week before spring break – she had just launched her business and was headed to California to pitch it to a group […]

Anyone tying the knot or attending a wedding in recent years has likely heard of The Knot Worldwide,

Whipped cream in a can has three big days: Thanksgiving (pie topper), Christmas (more pie) and Mother’s Day (to gussy up Mom’s breakfast in bed). Otherwise, the aerosol cylinder usually […]

During his sophomore year as a full-time student in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, Dan Cane ’98 co-founded CourseInfo, LLC, which would become Blackboard, Inc., an online learning platform […]

Student teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, and the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Runway Startups program will pitch their startup ideas March 28 at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery.

Everyone knows the feeling: a jolt of attention that heightens your senses in a crowded room, looking over the edge of a tall structure, during an important moment in a […]

Students from all three of Cornell’s campuses – and 26 other universities – gathered in New York City over a packed weekend to brainstorm and develop solutions to health care […]

Spotlighting How Groundbreaking Research at Weill Cornell Medicine Translates into Revolutionary Care Through Collaborations

In her remote village in Bangladesh, Moushumi Akhter provides childcare for neighborhood kids.

Director's Note: Signs of spring Spring is, well, starting to spring! We have been teased by some warmer days, which truly seem to transform Cornell overnight.  For entrepreneurship, spring is [...]

Very few venture-backed startups move from their original location to a new country, but those that do benefit financially, according to new research.

Six first-year students from the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Engineering and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science came away with top honors for […]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Harman Singh Narula ‘09, co-founder and CEO of Canary Technologies

Members of the Quick Stitch team said they definitely felt “jostled” after meeting with mentors during the 2024 Animal Health Hackathon.

Food waste is a major problem.

Fig Medical facilitates the prior authorization process using intelligent automation and predictive analytics.

A panel of Cornell alumni and other marketing executives explored the important role social influencers play in business today during a Jan. 18 event hosted by the Cornell Entrepreneur Network and Entrepreneurship at […]

“I one hundred percent believe that the solutions to the climate crisis are inextricably woven with solutions to wealth equality,” says Donnel Baird, the founder and CEO of BlocPower. The startup, […]

A grant from the President’s Council for Cornell Women (PCCW) will help build on the robust set of resources of campus for Cornell student entrepreneurs.

A tiny, hard-working bacterium – which weighs one-trillionth of a gram – may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way.

Zach Shulman ’87 J.D. ’90, director of  Entrepreneurship at Cornell, has co-authored a new booklet for startup founders focused on legal issues.

Director's Note: A season of giving and thanks We hope you had a great Thanksgiving.  In case you are wondering, lake effect snow arrived in Ithaca this past week! Students [...]

One of the hardest points on the translational road “from bench to bedside” can be the point where you have to turn over your discovery to a company you’ve founded—a […]

Hypercell Technologies of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, was named the $1 million grand prize winner of the fifth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture business competition. Six other winners split a combined $3 million in awards.

Jonah Gershon ’24 was baking a batch of Mexican hot-chocolate-flavored sugar cookies on a Food Network competition last year when the idea came to him: Why spend 20 minutes creating […]

by Sabrina Khaleque Cátia Dombaxe, who was raised in the Southern African country Angola, is now a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering at Cornell University. Her roots, along with her […]

Every Thursday night in Collegetown’s eHub location, there’s business building going on. Fueled by Chipotle, startup ideas and knowledge from various disciplines, 30-50 students gather every week for Startup Hours, […]

Cornell Tech and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced the launch of Pilot: New York City to advance New York City as a global hub for urban innovation.

Members of the “Bad Bees in Business” team were up late into the night Oct. 20, making trips to Wegmans and then mixing tea, lavender, honey and other ingredients to […]

Entrepreneurs will gather to hear fireside chats with top business leaders, enjoy multiple networking and engagement opportunities and hear startup pitches Nov. 3 at Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Eclectic Convergence 2023.

After a 10-week intensive program this summer, the 2023 Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) cohort celebrated innovation and progress at its culminating Demo Day on Sept. 9 at the Sage Atrium in […]

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Lauren Brand ’12, co-founder of Fatty Sundays, a company that creates chocolate covered pretzels in an array of […]

Director's Note: Intense Energy Fall is always in entrepreneurially insane time of year for Cornell.  Students are back with intense energy.  Our listserv is blistering with messages.  We hold our [...]

The College of Human Ecology has received a $13.5 million gift commitment to support cross-college design research and collaboration across disciplines. The gift includes funding for a new 15,000-square-foot design […]

Cornell researchers-turned-entrepreneurs are commercializing a technology with the potential to upend the rare-earth elements industry – with implications for sustainability and even national security.

The startups battling for $3 million in prize money in the fifth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition aren’t just bringing revolutionary innovations to market that could change the way we […]

After its inaugural cycle in 2022-23, Cornell University’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship, formerly known as the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative, enters its second year with a new cohort of 15 business […]

Modern societal shifts and emerging trends in the startup ecosystem present new challenges and opportunities for women, particularly for mompreneurs – those juggling the responsibilities of motherhood and entrepreneurship.

Sam Peachey, who started raising free-range chickens and eggs in 2015, found himself financially strained by 2019.

Students who have an interest in business creation, venture capital, technology, startups, social enterprises or anything related to entrepreneurship can learn more about the vast array of available campus resources […]

Three dairy innovators – lu.lu Ice Cream, Oakfield Corners Cheese LLC and Terra Firma Farm – were named winners of the inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition following a pitch competition on Aug. 8 in Stocking Hall.

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Seth Feuerstein ‘94, founder of Oui Therapeutics, a company developing a digital therapeutic going through the […]

The 23rd episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Kim Hehir ’94, cofounder and president of Brutus Broth, a family-run business created from a passion […]

When you’re shopping online for clothes, it’s so easy to put that $10 T-shirt in your cart and check out without much thought about why it’s only $10 or how […]

From accessible urgent care services to skill-based training centers in Indonesia, the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is excited to unveil the diverse group of 25 startups that make up […]

A new program from Entrepreneurship at Cornell is helping alumni entrepreneurs across the country forge meaningful close connections with their colleagues and move their companies and businesses forward.

At the start of his 3L year, John Koerper ’19 came back to campus, registered in the Law School’s new Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, and found himself working with clients for the […]

As the demand for product managers and tech executives continues to grow, Cornell Tech has purposefully designed a flagship Product and Tech Executive Leadership Program in collaboration with eCornell, offering professionals a […]

Home cooks hoping to perfect a unique chocolate chip cookie recipe could soon be thanking Jonah Gershon ’24, who’s creating a key ingredient.

Director's Note: Congrats Class of 2023 Spring has turned to summer too fast!  The weather has been unbelievably gorgeous over the past few weeks with more sunshine in the forecast.  [...]

When Osaiyekemwen (Ruth) Ogbemudia ’25 stepped onto Cornell’s campus her freshman year, she wasted no time getting involved with the university’s robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. In just two years, she has […]

As biotechnology and pharmaceutical professionals continue efforts to make advances in medicinal drug formulation, safety and efficacy, experts in the field are implementing innovations to address regulatory hurdles, research costs […]

Upstate 2.0, a partnership between Cornell and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) that aims to bolster economic development in upstate New York, has […]

Darren Key ’25 was tired of listening to the same lofi hip-hop songs on repeat while studying.

Cornell Engineering has announced the winners of its seventh annual Engineering Innovation Competition designed to encourage and recognize independent work from undergraduate students working on innovative product concepts and prototypes […]

A small biotech, armed with technology out of Cornell University and a former Dana-Farber chief at its helm, has raised $90 million for its cancer drugs.

“Citizens of the World,” a concept developed and pitched by Lucas Suero ’26, received the $25,000 first place prize in the 13th annual Cornell Hospitality

Director's Note: Springing forward as the semester ends We have much to be thankful for as we wind down the semester.  Lots of excited interns being placed through our internship [...]

Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program shared their business ideas to an audience full of members of the West Coast Cornell community at the Student Startup Showcase, […]

How do New Yorkers react to robots that approach them in public looking for trash? Surprisingly well, actually.

Students, faculty and alumni will gather in the Statler Hotel on April 13 and 14 for Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s annual celebration, showcasing Cornellians’ achievements in building impactful ventures.

Some advise for life from Barry Beck ’90, Cornell’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2023

This summer, students can explore business management in the center of global business by taking The Business World in New York City, offered by Cornell’s School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.

Innovative agribusinesses are encouraged to apply through June 15 for the fifth iteration of the Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition.

Large animal veterinarians – who trek to muddy barns and fields each day to work with their patients – face challenges when it comes to keeping records.

Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program will pitch their ideas to the West Coast Cornell community at Cornell Silicon Valley Presents: Student Startup Showcase March 30 at the Autodesk Gallery […]

After receiving a historic number of applications, the Kessler Fellows program has welcomed a record 20 students to its 2023 fellowship cohort.

Bank of America, in partnership with Seneca Women, has launched a new online marketplace for women entrepreneurs, providing them access to new markets and opportunities for consumers to shop and support […]

Director's Note: Two Plugs Hi there Cornell eship community!  Still looking like winter in Ithaca despite the relatively mild season. Two plugs for this month’s newsletter.  Number one:  if you [...]

The 19th episode of Startup Cornell features Trishala Dessai ’17 MBA ‘23, founder of Gig-Up, a , a startup that matches gig-economy workers to consumers to complete the consumer’s to-do-lists.

A Cornell alumnus and his wife recently sold their healthtech company to a national neonatal manufacturer, meaning their breastfeeding supplementation device will now be available to new moms around the […]

It was a gray April in the spring of 2022. My friends and I, sick of dining hall food and paltry collegetown offerings, were itching for something different. Everyone was […]

A new event seeking producers of value-added dairy products is accepting applications.

Scott Belsky has a kaleidoscopic outlook on the tech industry. The creative, entrepreneur, and author has touched nearly every aspect of the ecosystem. He’s been a startup founder and CEO, […]

The newest member of the Cornell’s entrepreneurial community is already working with students to expand opportunities for involvement.

The 18th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Natalie Egan ’02 (she/her), founder of Translator Inc., a startup that builds diversity, equity and inclusion […]

A venture capitalist who relishes helping entrepreneurs and invests in late seed stage companies, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist and Iraq war veteran who commanded a Marine Recon company, and […]

The future of creating animal protein won’t need a drafty barn, but instead may reside in a toasty greenhouse: Forte Protein – a new startup that grows commercial animal proteins inside agricultural […]

The New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech (CoE), in collaboration with the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park (Tech Farm), is pleased to […]

In 2014, Charles K. Whitehead ’83, the Myron C. Taylor Alumni Professor of Business Law, was invited to lecture at a premier university in Ukraine – a country that many in the […]

Entrepreneurship allows biotechnology researchers to help people by bringing their innovations out of the lab and into the market.

Recognizing design’s integral role in the development of technologies reshaping the built environment and how we live and work, Cornell has established the multicollege and transdisciplinary Department of Design Tech.

Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell’s early-stage venture capital fund, is excited to announce its investment in Assistive Technology Development, Inc. (ATDev), a medical device company focused on mobility, marking BRV’s […]

For more than 30 years, the Cornell Food Venture Center (CFVC) has helped entrepreneurs transform family recipes and homemade eats into successful commercial food products.

Michael Madon ’94 likes to say he grew up on an island: the island of Manhattan.

Imagine an eco-friendly hotel room that not only has great views but also brings you to your next destination – by hot-air balloon.

ProAgni, a startup hailing from Lavington, Australia that creates supplements and feeds for livestock to lower methane emissions, has been named the $1 million grand prize winner of the fourth […]

It’s time for the real world: Three brand new robust companies – one turning carbon dioxide into jet fuel, another enabling a green hydrogen economy and a group creating next-generation […]

A pair of lost tweezers in her dorm helped Caroline Zhu ’26 come up with the idea for her business, LAFT, which helps connect people to things they lost.

Exotanium, an Ithaca-based startup offering a cloud resource optimization and management platform, announced today that the company has secured $12 million in series A funding.

Director's Note: Happy Halloween! The semester is literally flying by!  We just held our annual Eclectic Convergence at Cornell Tech on October 21st.  It was a fantastic conference with our [...]

Among the promising group of life science researchers and business students in the inaugural cohort of the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative is Anthony D’Amato, a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical engineering at Cornell. […]

An Oct. 20 pitch event in New York City offered a good sampling of the kinds of entrepreneurial ideas brewing among Cornell students

“If I told you ten years ago that you’d be swiping, flicking, and zooming your way through the day, you’d have rolled your eyes and dismissed this as nonsense,” observes […]

Alexa Schmitz Ph.D ’18, co-founder and CEO of REEgen, and Austin Hickman Ph.D. ’21, co-founder and CEO of Soctera, have turned their Cornell-based research into ventures that could transform sustainable energy infrastructure […]

The 12 teams that made up the 2022 Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) cohort devoted themselves to working on a vast array of startups, but shared one big similarity: the […]

Two Cornell startup companies – Halomine, Inc. and Inso Biosciences, Inc. – have received nearly $3 million in New York state grants to thwart future outbreaks of infectious disease, including COVID-19 and its variants, […]

The 14th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features David Stein MBA ‘20, co-founder and CEO of Ash Wellness, a company that makes healthcare more […]

Lypid, a vegan fat startup co-founded by Cornell alumni Jen-Yu Huang and Michelle Lee, has partnered with Louisa Coffee, Taiwan’s largest coffeehouse company. The collaboration will bring Lypid’s flagship product, […]

Embark, a canine DNA testing company founded in 2015 by brothers Ryan and Adam Bokyo in Cornell’s Incubator for Life Science Companies, is now taking strides in studies of the […]

Cornell has been awarded a $15 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a newly established Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub that will support science and technology entrepreneurship […]

The startups vying for $3 million in prize money at this year’s Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Competition aren’t just bringing revolutionary innovations to market, and working to solve the problems confronting agri-food […]

“I am a culinary professional determined to solve the complex problems surrounding our food system.”

The 13th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Aziza Glass D.V.M. ‘15, owner of Personal Touch Veterinary Clinic and a star on the Disney XD […]

Director's Note: Save the Date and Register Happy Summer Everyone!  Ithaca has been in a bit of a weather drought lately, but I am literally looking out my window now [...]

Cornell researchers have developed a wearable earphone device – or “earable” – that bounces sound off the cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of a person’s entire moving […]

In February, the National Science Foundation awarded Antithesis Foods —a Cornell startup that began in 2017 with the purpose of improving the nutrition factor of snacks— one million dollars in […]

Applications are being accepted through Aug. 1 for the inaugural New York Concord Grape Innovation Award

Entrepreneurship at Cornell is excited to introduce the inaugural cohort of PhD students and postdocs who have been selected to participate in the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative. Over the course of a […]

Three Cornell scientists were honored during a June 1 ceremony promoting women’s engagement in innovation and commercialization

United Airlines will fly greener through its friendly blue skies one day, as the airline group agreed June 15 to purchase at least 300 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel […]

As the pandemic pomp and COVID circumstances dissipate, Cornell’s business incubators officially graduated five startup companies – formally known as the Class of 2021 – on June 7 and helped […]

The 2022 cohort of the College of Engineering’s Kessler Fellows program has successfully accepted internship offers at startups around the country, doing innovative work from modern beekeeping to designer jewelry subscriptions.

The 11th episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Stephanie Wisner ’16, co-founder of Centivax, a therapeutics company that’s creating universal vaccines to reduce and eradicate […]

Much like dot-matrix printers or pay phones, the “use-by” and “best-by” dates printed on milk cartons and gallon jugs may soon become a thing of the past, giving way to […]

Director's Note: Best Wishes to Class of '22 Happy Summer 2022!  Cornell’s graduation is always on Memorial Day Weekend, and each year we see a wonderful group of entrepreneurs leaving [...]

Five student companies receive co-working space and $100,000 in pre-seed funding to pursue their startups after graduation

As he accepted his Distinguished Alumni Award from Cornell Engineering on May 13, Robert F. Smith ’85, founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, announced a new gift of $15 […]

When Kristina Hugar was working on her PhD at Cornell, she wasn’t just doing Science for Science’s sake.

Director's Note: Reasons to Celebrate We just wrapped up our Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration, April 28th and 29th.  It was a fantastic, in person, event featuring our 2022 Cornell Entrepreneur [...]

If you’ve ever driven through upstate New York, it’s not unlikely that you’ve passed dairy farms and yogurt manufacturing plants.

TLDR; How do we amplify human performance and prioritize the holistic wellbeing of individuals?

Cornell and two Cornell research-startups have joined a consortium that aims to propose a Northeast research hub to make hydrogen a viable, clean-energy alternative to carbon-based fuels.