Team Very Good Team won the Most Market Ready Award for вЂњNo Scratch Meow,вЂќ which monitors and modifies cat scratching behavior. Team members included: Erik Bielski, Daeden Gordon-Somers-Archer, Maya Kulikowski, Harry Samuels and Zachary Suarez, all from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Team Koalificated won the Best Vet Health Care Solution Award for вЂњAirTech,вЂќ their non-invasive alternative to modern artificial insemination using soft robotics. Team members included: James Duong from the SC Johnson College of Business, Lauren Harper from CVM, Ari Padda from the SC Johnson College of Business and Jonathan Zirkiev from Hunter College. Team Seal the Deal won the Most Innovative Award for вЂњSeal the Deal,вЂќ a device that can deliver both antibiotics and teat sealant to dairy cattle without removing the needle in the teat. Team KoalificatedВ won the Best Vet Health Care Solution Award. SundayвЂ™s awards ceremony capped off the fast-paced weekend, with $9,000 in prizes divided evenly among the winning teams. вЂ™06, founder and chief medical officer of VetTriage. вЂ™17, life sciences lead at Amazon Web Services, and Shadi Ireifej, D.V.M. Participants also had a chance to network and hear from guest speakers, featuring Erin Chu вЂ™10, D.V.M. After brainstorming, development and feedback over the next 48 hours, teams then presented their demos to a panel of judges. Students pitched their ideas to these challenges and formed groups based on interest and discipline.

Team Seal the Deal won the Most Innovative Award.Д®ach team brainstormed solutions to challenges submitted by event sponsors and partners, ranging in topic from curbing mastitis in dairy cows, improving data security, house training dogs, recruiting staff and dispensing vaccines, among others. Six participants represented other veterinary colleges and universities from across the United States. Students represented disciplines across the Cornell campuses in Ithaca and New York City - the SC Johnson College of Business had the highest representation with 37 students, followed by the College of Engineering with 29 and CVM with 20. This year, 120 students in 24 teams competed virtually for awards in three categories, assisted by 48 mentors from veterinary medicine, research and industry who advised them over the course of the weekend. Co-hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), the Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship at Cornell, this event brought together participants from diverse majors, schools and institutions to address current needs in veterinary healthcare. Last weekend, students honed their business acumen for all creatures great and small at the sixth annual Animal Health Hackathon.

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