What makes some hotel companies more profitable than others? Do strategies for investing in employees actually improve a company's bottom line and, if so, which strategies do this best? Soon hoteliers will get answers to key questions like those and others affecting their profitability thanks to a new strategic alliance between the top hotel school in the United States and PKF Consulting, a firm that manages the most comprehensive proprietary database on the financial performance of U.S. hotels. The new alliance between the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and PKF is the only one ever made between the consulting firm and a research university. (October 10, 2002)
Papers are being accepted for the CISSE 2007 conference; Pi Kappa Phi is hosting a charity haunted house; and submissions are being accepted for the first Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize. (Oct. 18, 2007)
Its lights shining from every window, as if it were some giant ocean liner ready to set sail across the re-landscaped Pew Engineering Quad, Duffield Hall, the new high-tech landmark on the Cornell campus, was dedicated by President Jeffrey S. Lehman, Oct. 6.
Although most people think of bats as stealthy mammals that flit about in the night sky, at least one species has evolved a terrestrial trot never before seen in bats, according to a recent study.
Sherman Cochran, the Hu Shih Professor of Chinese History Emeritus, presented his case that Hu Shih, Class of 1914, is the greatest Cornelian in a Nov. 20 talk on campus.
President Barack Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the families of slain civil rights workers Michael Schwerner ’61, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman in a ceremony Nov. 24 at the White House.
Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., and the University of Vermont will receive a four-year, $3.8 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.
President David Skorton arrived at Duffield Hall in a battery-operated car. His Earth-friendly mode of transportation fit perfectly with his mission: to celebrate the first anniversary of his pledge to reduce Cornell's energy footprint. (Feb. 29, 2008)
Those who prefer a more active approach to their investments, or who have both LifeCycle and other funds, will appreciate the detailed guidance Cornell vendors are now able to give. (Feb. 29, 2008)