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☆ In a Surprise, Cornell’s President Resigns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Martha E. Pollack, Cornell University’s president for the past seven years, announced in a surprise email on Thursday afternoon that she is resigning. In a separate announcement, Kraig H. Kayser, the chairman of Cornell’s board of trustees, said the board had asked the university provost, Michael I. Kotlikoff, to serve as interim president for two years. Dr. Kotlikoff was previously dean of Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, among other posts. Dr. Pollack’s resignation means that four of the eight Ivy League universities — Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell — will now be in various stages of leadership transition, three of them with interim presidents already in charge or presidential searches underway. The presidents of Harvard and Penn resigned in the last six months, in part because of fallout over their testimony at a December congressional hearing investigating campus antisemitism.

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☆ Entrepreneurs without business or finance backgrounds share 3 non-business-related tactics that are helping them bring in millions in revenue
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAs entrepreneurs and small-business owners have shown, a traditional business or finance background isn't a prerequisite for success. The owner of two bustling Brooklyn locations told Business Insider: "I didn't go to business school. Advertisement"I think we both have strong entrepreneurial instincts, but we don't come from a finance or a business background," said La Tejana cofounder Gus May. Each of these entrepreneurs has evolved alongside their businesses and become more and more business savvy through trial and error.

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☆ A millennial without a business or finance background skipped college to open her first hair salon at age 21. She shares 2 keys to bootstrapping a successful small business.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewMartha Ellen Mabry remembers getting her hair cut as a kid at the local salon one of her neighbors owned. AdvertisementHere are two principles the entrepreneur followed that helped her build two thriving businesses without a business or finance background. Mabry launched her basement salon Headchop on a shoestring budget. Mabry didn't spend a dime on marketing Headchop. Advertisement"What makes a business truly work for a long time is the care that goes into it," Mabry said.

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☆ A 34-year-old salon owner moved to NYC as a teen to cut hair. She explains how she bootstrapped a one-chair salon out of a basement before expanding to 2 bustling Williamsburg locations.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

At 21, she bootstrapped Headchop, which started as a one-chair basement salon in Williamsburg. To step into Headchop Hair Studio is to step back in time. The humble basement salon, sandwiched between residential buildings on Berry Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is easy to miss. Mabry, pictured styling hair at Headchop, says that her "fascination" with hair began in middle school. Mabry's original location, Headchop, is by appointment only.

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Cornell University student Patrick Dai is accused of making online threats against the school's Jewish community. David Bauder/APAfter the threats were posted Sunday, Cornell University police ramped up patrols and increased security for Jewish students and organizations, the agency said. At Cornell, Jewish students make up about 22% of the student body, with about 3,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate Jewish students, according to the school’s Hillel organization. “Jewish students on campus right now are unbelievably terrified for their lives,” Molly Goldstein, co-president of the Cornell Center for Jewish Living, told CNN. “The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community.

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Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday. Cornell President Martha E. Pollack issued a statement explaining there were a series of “horrendous, antisemitic messages” threatening violence against the university's Jewish community, specifically naming the address of the Center for Jewish Living. The Cornell University Police Department is investigating and has notified the FBI of a potential hate crime, she said. Political Cartoons View All 1223 Images“The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community,” Pollack said, noting antisemitism will not be tolerated at Cornell. New York Attorney General Letitia James called the threats targeting the Jewish community “absolutely horrific."

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☆ Authorities investigating online threats of violence against Jewish students at Cornell University, school’s president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Cornell University police are investigating a series of antisemitic threats made against the school’s Jewish community in online posts over the weekend, its president announced. “The FBI is aware of the threats made to Cornell University’s Jewish community,” the agency said in a statement. “The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community. This cannot be what defines us at Cornell.”Cornell senior Zoe Bernstein, who is Jewish, told CNN she was heartbroken to read the antisemitic posts, which she said have spread fear and distress throughout the campus’ Jewish community. “It’s really, really hard to focus on anything other than all of this,” she said.

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