Awards & Honors

Randell Smith
Nolan School BusinessFeed

STR founder Randell Smith named 2021 Cornell Hospitality Icon

Randell Smith, who set the standard for hotel data intelligence and global benchmarking, will be honored on June 8, 2021.

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Nolan School BusinessFeed

Pitch competition rewards new ‘way’ to pay restaurants

The Pillsbury Institute’s pitch competition awarded top prizes to undergraduates in SHA, Dyson, and ILR and a grad student in the MMH program.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Sachin Gupta named editor in chief of Journal of Marketing Research

Sachin Gupta, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, will begin his three-year term with the prestigious journal in July 2020.

Mia Kyricos '03
Nolan School BusinessFeed

Mia Kyricos, Hyatt’s global head of well-being, receives Cornell award

Mia Kyricos, MMH ’03, senior VP and global head of well-being at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, received the 2019 Cornell MMH Outstanding Alumna of the Year.

Larry Ruff and Cynthia Saunders-Cheatham seated on a stage and speaking to a room full of people
Johnson BusinessFeed

Celebrating diversity in the workplace

Diversity Symposium speaker Larry Ruff, MBA ’82, relates why diversity and inclusion is good for business as well as the right thing to do.

pictured left to right: Marmeline Petion-Midy '95, MBA ’00, Dean Mark Nelson, and Larry Ruff, MBA ’82
Johnson BusinessFeed

Johnson celebrates 20 years of diversity and inclusion

Johnson’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion honors diversity awards recipients and marks 20 years of supporting woman, URM, and LGBTQ leaders.

Anaka Aiyar holding her award
Dyson BusinessFeed

Anaka Aiyar honored with Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership

Anaka Aiyar, a postdoc with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, received the Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Johnson recognizes 2019 award winners across nine academic programs

Several students across Johnson’s seven MBA programs and two MPS programs were recognized for their achievements, contributions, and academic performance.

Student highlight: Blake Steenhoven, PhD Program
Johnson BusinessFeed

PhD student awarded Deloitte Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting

Blake Allen Steenhoven, PhD in Management, has been recognized with the prestigious Deloitte Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting at the recommendation of Bob Libby.