Students in 20 businesses pitched their ideas to 150 Cornell alumni, investors and friends during the eLab pitch night Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City. The night gave students one of the first opportunities to share their ideas since they were chosen for eLab in September. Their ideas ranged from home monitoring to nursing shortage solutions to astronomical tourism. “I think the companies here are reflective of the diversity of the amazing curriculum at Cornell,” said Andrea Ippolito ’06 MEng ‘07, a lecturer in the College of Engineering and a member of the eLab teaching team. “In this cohort, you saw fashion tech, hospitality tech, real estate…