Awards & Honors

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.