Nolan School
Keep up to date with Hotelies, hospitality education, and industry at large with these stories and updates from the Nolan School.

Panel encourages optimism and self-empowerment for women in the workforce
Dean Kate Walsh moderated a panel that explored the approaches women can take to navigate challenges and achieve successful careers.

How skipping hotel housekeeping can help the environment and your wallet
Lecturer Jeanne Marie Varney mentions the possible environmental benefits of eradicating housekeeping in the New York Times Travel.
Do revenue managers share a similar strategy with…McDonald’s?
Professor Sherri Kimes says a successful revenue manager needs to be a “geek that can speak,” on IDeas blog.

Stymied by regulators, Airbnb looks to luxury vacations, hotels for growth
Professor Chris Anderson says Airbnb is figuring out how to grow at the same levels investors are expecting them to grow in Reuters.

Noteworthy: Nolan School’s Michael Paz featured in YesCollege.com accounting podcast
Studying accounting is akin to what students learn in linguistics class, says Michael Paz; but instead of developing a proficiency in a foreign tongue, accounting makes one fluent in the most familiar language on earth: business.

Institute nurtures promising social scientists with ‘dream’ semester
Cornell’s Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) announces its 2018-19 cohort of 15 faculty fellows, offering a dream semester to the university’s most promising young social scientists.

Opening the door for everyone: Reducing gender inequality in hospitality leadership
Senior Lecturer Susan Fleming discusses the need for more gender diversity in hospitality leadership and how women can take matters into their own hands.

Cornell dean on harassment, promoting women
In an interview with Hotels Magazine, Dean Kate Walsh discusses how hotels can embrace the #MeToo movement and better retain and promote women.

Roundtable discusses Trump, automation, and Airbnb
Cornell undergraduate students had the opportunity to interact with leading industry experts in a roundtable hosted by the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations.