Business & Economy

Each year, a group of students in Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management give of their time to offer free income tax preparation assistance to SU students, faculty and staff.

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) Small Business Development Committee is working with CNY Latino, the Spanish Action League, the Onondaga Small Business Development Center and the Small Business Administration to present a conference and employment fair for Hispanic business owners and entrepreneurs in Central New York.

Syracuse University today announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source.

The Oct. 7 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) features Leonard Burman, professor of practice at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.

From hot sauce and beer with local roots, to online gaming and animated graphic warriors, the second annual Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day will showcase the innovation and dedication of Central New York student entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Syracuse Technology Garden.

Eight SU student start-ups received $60,000 in seed funding.

The team of Syracuse University students who make up Brand-Yourself led off the five finalists’ presentations in NY’s Creative Core’s $200,000 Emerging Business Competition on April 27 at Onondaga Community College’s Storer Auditorium.

Brand-Yourself.com, a Web 2.0 company created by a team of Syracuse University students, has been named one of five finalists competing for $200,000 in New York’s Creative Core® Emerging Business Competition

John Liddy is entrepreneur in residence at the Syracuse Technology Garden.

Ryan Dickerson ’11, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and creator of The Rylaxer—a patented “bed transforming pillow”—is a finalist in Inc. magazine’s “America’s Coolest College Start-Ups” online contest.