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Life is service
Last fall Ben Okon ’10, a senior manager at Bain & Company, began mentoring Liam O’Brien ‘20 on how to navigate the consulting industry job market.
How to train and attract future hospitality leaders?
Dean Kate Walsh discusses how COVID has impacted recent SHA alumni, forced changes in SHA teaching, and how hospitality can attract the best and brightest students.
Celebrating the Emerging Markets Institute on its 10th Anniversary
Emerging Markets Institute directors highlight the exceptional learning opportunities, research, reach, and reputation EMI has achieved in ten years.
How two curious and technologically savvy SHA students forged Cornell Blockchain
SHA’s entrepreneurial bent and a fascination with Bitcoin led a pair of Hotelies to found a university-wide blockchain club for undergraduates.
Daniel Hooker finds a teachable moment in COVID-19
Hooker, a veteran food industry executive, will teach a new course this fall covering global supply-chain issues surfaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bob Frank’s legacy as a teacher, behavioral economist, economic naturalist, and author
Robert H. Frank, Cornell professor of economics since 1972, champion of behavioral economics, and widely published author, retired July 1, 2020.
Johnson faculty and alumni launch investment internship with the Cayuga Fund
An initiative led by the Parker Center provides investing experience for Cornell students whose summer internship plans were disrupted by COVID-19.
New student-led initiative makes connections, supports Black-owned businesses
Empower, founded by Dyson’s Arianna Kohilakis ’22, identifies project opportunities and pairs Black-owned businesses with Cornell undergraduate volunteers.
Michelle Duguid to lead college push for diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Duguid, an associate professor of management and organizations, assumed the role of associate dean for diversity, inclusion, and belonging on July 1, 2020.