A groundbreaking new study published in the Strategic Management Journal uncovers a powerful and practical strategy to address the longstanding underrepresentation of Black women in the tech startup world: working at startups before founding one.

Despite the surge in entrepreneurship across the U.S., diversity remains a critical challenge. While 71% of startup founders are white, just 6% are Black—and a mere fraction of that figure represents Black women. In response to this disparity, researchers from Texas A&M University, Arizona State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined how employment at a startup can pave the way for underrepresented individuals, particularly Black women, to become founders.

Working with robots is becoming more common in the recycling industry, helping automate tasks and making complicated work easier.  But training human employees to work with robots can be difficult and time consuming.

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers have released new insights on a pilot program involving all-electric buses in Ithaca – with implications for cities, schools and other groups that are considering the electrification of their fleets, as well as operators, policymakers and manufacturers.