As we close out our 2013-2014 academic year, it's time to reflect on the results of our efforts to align our operations to make a difference in the industry around three core facets at the foundation of our operations: engagement, education, and experiential learning...see more.

 

Education

Entrepreneurship Course Visitors
The Pillsbury Institute offers a broad range of channels for alumni and industry leaders to engage with students through. One popular area is through the entrepreneurship courses by either sitting in on courses or being a guest speaker...see more.

Business Consultations
Longtime adjunct professor and SHA Senior Lecturer Adam Klausner will be offering assistance to entrepreneurship students on Thursday afternoons in the Pillsbury Institute starting in the fall semester...see more.

Engagement

Sweet Street's Sandy Solmon to receive Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award
Sandy Solmon, founder, president, and CEO of Sweet Street Desserts, has been named the recipient of the 2014 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award, an honor given annually by the Pillsbury Institute. Solmon will receive the award at the sixth annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City...see more.

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
The residency phase of EBV-Cornell will be Saturday, September 27, through Saturday, October 4, 2014. This will be the third year the Pillsbury Institute and SHA will host the EBV-Cornell program...see more.

Student Entrepreneurs Gain Planning Experience (and Seed Money) in Cornell Competition
Summer 2014 will be a busy time for Harsha Chanrai (MMH ’14) and Felix Tabary ’14, as they finalize their business plan to create an enterprise that is aimed at fulfilling two critical needs in developing economies...see more.

Networking Events
The 12th Edition of the Innovation Network
In January, the twelfth edition of the Innovation Network took place at HUB LA in arts district of Los Angeles. This intimate event brought together SHA students with forty of the hotel industry’s senior executives to discuss innovation...see more.

Meet the Benefactor/Slice of Insight Socials
This spring semester saw the beginning of a new engagement opportunity for Pillsbury Institute advisory board members and students. Several times during the semester, board members came to the Institute to share their stories and experience in the industry as well as answer questions during a casual pizza social setting...see more.

Conference Education
Celebration '14

Entrepreneurship at Cornell organizes an annual two-day conference on Cornell’s Ithaca campus that brings together more than 1,000 students, alumni, staff and community participants...see more.

Cornell Hospitality Research Summit
“The Future of Service Innovation: The New Science of People, Organizations, Data, and Technology”. The 3rd Cornell Hospitality Research Summit (CHRS) promises to be something new. The School of Hotel Administration invites representatives of industry and academe to the CHRS, in Ithaca, New York, October 12-14, 2014 for open discussions, interactive presentation and the sharing of research on the future of service innovation. Nominations for the Exemplary Practice Award to be awarded at CHRS are now being accepted…see more.

Pillsbury Internships
Summer internships provide students with opportunities to gain practical experience in the hospitality industry. This spring we received over ten inquiries from companies owned by advisory board members as well as outside companies interested in hiring Cornell students for internships...see more.

Research
During the spring semester, Assistant Academic Director Mona Anita K. Olsen oversaw two case studies. The first, "Hotel Ezra Cornell: Incorporating Technology into Tradition," by Mona Anita K. Olsen, Elizabeth Houston, and Reneta McCarthy...see more.