Nolan School
Keep up to date with Hotelies, hospitality education, and industry at large with these stories and updates from the Nolan School.
Student-veterans create resource fair for local parents
The fair, organized by a master’s student and her partner, distributed $62,000 in free supplies to 180 local families
Future restaurateurs sharpen their skills in remodeled food lab
After two years of renovations, the Grailer Food Lab has reopened with a more real-world commercial kitchen and all-electric appliances
With mouth-watering dishes, senior is already a culinary entrepreneur
Boasting more than 100K Instagram followers, Maximo Mander ’26 is mining his Italian roots with a pop-up pasta restaurant
Hospitality Hackathon winners propose app to cut billing complaints by 25%
At Cornell’s 2025 Hilton Hospitality Hackathon, more than 100 students tackled hospitality business challenges.
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Cornell’s undergraduate business programs earn top 10 national ranking
Cornell SC Johnson College’s undergraduate and graduate programs recently earned top 10 national ranking.
Passion and purpose guide incoming Class of 2029
In 2006, Emil and Nikhil Damji, sons of Salim Damji ’00, graced the cover of Hotelie Magazine. Now, they are incoming freshmen at the Nolan School.
Cornell Graduates Aim to ‘Lead From the Front’ as Military Officers
Rose Jou ’25, a student in the Nolan School, graduated as Navy ROTC’s battalion commander.
Delicious Innovation: Students Aim to Shake Up the Food System
SC Johnson students have created business ventures ranging from AI nutrition tracking to new exotic dried fruit products.