Weill Cornell Medicine doctoral candidates Kaitlyn Gayvert and Neel Madhukar have been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list of young change agents in 20 professional fields.
Restaurateurs have traditionally opposed modest hikes to the minimum wages, saying the boosts hurt their industry. But School of Hotel Administration experts say those worries are unfounded.
Nearly half of the more than 900 January degree candidates took part in the Dec. 19 recognition ceremony, held before thousands of family and friends in Barton Hall.
To help introduce new members of the university's faculty to the Cornell community, the Cornell Chronicle is publishing brief new-faculty profiles for the 2014-15 academic year.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to the School of Hotel Administration in support of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and student financial aid.
At a Cornell Silicon Valley presentation Nov. 11, college deans and others discussed ways to foster innovation between technology and the arts. The Johnson Museum will also create new courses.
The School of Hotel Administration’s seventh annual Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition will feature 20 teams of undergraduates compete for prize money Nov. 9-10 in New York City.
The College of Human Ecology and the School of Hotel Administration have formed the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, an academic center combining hospitality, design, health policy and management.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff has called for proposals for feasibility and planning grants for academic programs that span the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 22, 2016.
