Awards & Honors
Cornell Chronicle: Students across colleges work together on hospitality hackathon
115 Cornell students spent the weekend of Sept. 29–Oct. 1 coming up with ideas focused on the luxury hotel industry during a hospitality hackathon.
Johnson School congratulates Richard Thaler on Nobel Prize win in economics
Thaler, former economics professor at Johnson, is recognized with a Nobel Prize for his research in the field of behavioral economics.
Cornell’s Statler Hotel receives Silver GreenLeaders award
TripAdvisor’s GreenLeaders program helps travelers around the world plan greener trips by highlighting hotels and bed and breakfasts engaging in environmentally friendly practices.
Elizabeth Blau, MS ’97, awarded 2017 MMH Outstanding Alumna of the Year
After reviewing alumni nominations on a range of criteria, the MMH award committee has selected Elizabeth Blau, MS ’97, to receive the 2017 Cornell MMH Outstanding Alumna of the Year award.
Two Johnson alumnae will receive Johnson’s 2017 diversity awards
Tyeise Huntley Jones, MBA ’10, and Adrienne Rose Martinez ’01, MBA ’08, will be honored at the Johnson Diversity Symposium and Alumni Awards Dinner Oct. 27.
Vicki Bogan named editor of new journal from Center for Financial Planning
Vicki Bogan, associate professor at Dyson, has been selected by the Center for Financial Planning to serve as an editor of its new publication.
For 2017 graduates, Johnson Cornell Tech MBA launches bright futures
Johnson Cornell Tech’s third class celebrated graduation in May. This cohort accomplished much during its year in New York City, and the future looks bright.
Awards and Honors: Professor Alex Susskind earns JHTR Best Paper of the Year Award
Recognized for: “Guest-Server-Exchange Model and Performance: The Connection Between Service Climate and Unit-Level Sales in Multiunit Restaurants”
Thomas White, MBA ’17, is Wall Street’s “Best Athlete”
Thomas White, MBA ’17, is named Wall Street’s Best Athlete after winning the D10 Wall Street Decathlon in June.