The Cornell International Summit: Hospitality, Real Estate and the Built Environment, in Shanghai April 20, attracted 275 Cornellians and friends to discuss the state of China's hospitality and commercial real estate markets.
The sixth Cornell Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference, held April 19-21 in Shanghai, drew record-high attendance of nearly 100 Cornell alumni, parents, friends and faculty members.
Alumni experts and several faculty members addressed 470 Cornellians and friends April 30 at the "A New Wave of Innovation" event, in Mountain View, Calif.
Winning ideas in the Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition included a Mediterranean fast food chain based in London and a food truck that makes crepes. Winners were chosen April 6.
New York Giants left guard Kevin Boothe '05 gives advice to Big Red offensive lineman JC Tretter '13, who awaits the outcome of the NFL draft this weekend.
Gerald Hines, the Cornell Real Estate Industry Leadership Award recipient for 2013, will speak on campus April 30 in the Baker Program in Real Estate's Distinguished Speaker Series.
More than 150 students at the School of Hotel Administration had worked since last fall to pull off the conference for leaders of the hospitality industry.
About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.