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

Image of female student setting up for a “Paint and Sip” event at Collegetown Bagels in Ithaca, to raise money for Make-A-Wish Central New York.
Nolan School

Hotelies Extend Cornell Commitment to ‘Wish-Making’

Nolan School students raised nearly $5,000 for Make-A-Wish Central New York – with help and inspiration from an alumna who was a wish-kid herself and founded the first college “wish-makers” group in the country.

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Nolan School

Snack Startup Cramp Bites Wins Hospitality Business Plan Competition

Armita Jamshidi ’25 won $25K for her startup Cramp Bites, natural pain-relief snacks for soothing menstrual cramps.

Image of two male and one female students assembling decorations in the Silver Birch Suite in Statler Hall
Nolan School

Less Space, More Guests: Hotel Ezra Cornell Adapts in its 100th Year

Working around renovations in Statler Hall inspires the student organizers of the Hotel Ezra Cornell conference to get creative.

Image of Zachary Burr presenting Team Siendo Naturaleza with the grand prize check
Dyson School

Dyson Students Do Business for the Greater Good

Student teams tackled problems ranging from growing sustainable crops in the Amazon to subsidizing music lessons in Ithaca during the Grand Challenges Impact Competition.

Headshot of Hannah Tolan.
Johnson School

Tolan Honored with Forté Foundation Award for Women’s Business Leadership

SC Johnson College MBA Student Hannah Tolan will receive the leadership honor at Forté annual conference in June.

Image of a female and male student practicing pickleball at Pickleball Mania at the Shops at Ithaca Mall.
Nolan School

New Club Spreads Pickleball Fever at Cornell

Jason Cho ’27, Nolan School, helps propel the Cornell Pickleball Club to unexpected heights in its inaugural season.

Dyson School’s Warren Hall
Dyson School

Poets and Quants Ranks Dyson School No. 2 Among Business Programs

Poets and Quants’ ranking of the Dyson School rose four points to its highest position to date of No. 2, with a composite score of 98.9 out of 100.

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Nolan School

Students Meet Author-Entrepreneurs Elevating African Cuisine

Alexander Smalls and Nina Oduro visited Cornell and met with students studying Cultures and Cuisine, a course taught by Lilly Jan.

Sage Hall
Johnson School

The Financial Times Ranks Cornell University’s Johnson School 6th Place Among Top U.S. MBA Programs

Faculty research accounted for 10% of the Financial Times MBA ranking with Cornell Johnson placing #7.