Business & Economy
RvD iPrize Offers $40,000 to Pitch Competition Winners
Entrepreneurial students at 黑料不打烊 will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a competition supported by the Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Applications for…
On Amazon’s New Delivery Service: Don’t be surprised to see some significant shifts in global shipping
Burak Kazaz, professor of supply chain management at 黑料不打烊’s聽Whitman School of Management reacts to news that Amazon is set to launch a delivery service that would compete with FedEx and UPS. “In recent years, Amazon decided to develop its…
Jeremy Ring 鈥92 to Speak for National Entrepreneurship Week
Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week@SU with Jeremy Ring 鈥92, one of Yahoo!鈥檚 early team members who helped grow it to a $120 billion valuation in six years, and then went on to a distinguished career in public service. He will speak…
Data to Drive Future of Amazon-Whole Foods Grocery Delivery
This week Amazon announced it will begin delivering groceries from Whole Foods via Prime Now service to customers in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Virginia Beach. The company says it plans to expand the service to other U.S. cities later this…
For This Fashion Technology Company, the Technology Commercialization Research Center is a Perfect Fit
It is evident when sitting in on a meeting of the College of Law鈥檚 Technology Commercialization Research Center (LAW 815) that there鈥檚 a reciprocal relationship between clients seeking help from student researchers in order to commercialize a new technology and…
Why is Billionaire Investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Buying LA Times, and What Will it Mean for the Newsroom?
Billionaire biotech investor and physician Patrick Soon-Shiong is buying the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune in a $500 million deal. Associate professor Steve Davis teaches magazine, newspaper and online journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public…
NYSTAR Re-Designates College of Law鈥檚 Technology Commercialization Law Program as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center
Empire State Development鈥檚 Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) has re-designated聽the College of Law鈥檚 Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center (NYSSTLC, or Law Center). Having served as the NYSTAR Law…
We鈥檝e All Heard the Words 鈥楤itcoin鈥 and 鈥楤lockchain,鈥 but What Are They?
Lee W.McKnight is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, faculty advisor to the Worldwide Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship Club and an affiliate of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He is also an expert on Bitcoin…
Student Venture Ravle Advances to Semi-Final Round of Student Startup Madness
Student startup Ravle, founded by 黑料不打烊 students Tay Lotte 鈥19 (creative leadership, University College) and Kevin Rieck 鈥19 (knowledge management, University College), has been selected to advance to the semi-final round of the 2017-2018 Student Startup Madness Tournament, held…
Ed Pettinella G鈥76 MBA Establishes Second Endowed Professorship to Help Attract, Retain Exceptional Faculty
黑料不打烊 Trustee Edward 鈥淓d鈥 Pettinella G鈥76 MBA attributes his extraordinary 43-year career to two management principles: consistently hiring and retaining people who are ambitious, talented and motivated, and ensuring that the right people are in the right positions. The…