Cheryl Boyer '87 is the new president of the Cornell Hotel Society for 2017. Boyer will lead the executive board of CHS, the 88-year-old alumni association that represents SHA graduates in more than 53 active chapters worldwide. Boyer's twelve-month term as president began January 1. Read more »

The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work, and scholarship opportunities to some of the university's most civically minded undergraduates. Read more »

Education entrepreneur Karim Abouelnaga '13, founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, has been named a TED fellow and is one of 15 young innovators from four continents who will deliver TED talks in April in Vancouver. Read more »

Richard Haskin Penner '69, MArch '72, professor emeritus of finance, accounting, and real estate, died December 11 in New Paltz, New York. He was 70. Penner taught hotel planning and design at SHA from 1970 until his retirement in 2012. Read more »

The SHA team won the first-ever Park Inn by Radisson INNovation Room competition, which pitted them against teams from nine other international hospitality schools in an effort to review and critique the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group's Park Inn by Radisson brand.

The students on the winning team all receive internship opportunities with Carlson Rezidor. Read more »

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), to be held March 6 - 8 in Berlin, Germany.

The three-day event is attended by over 2,000 hospitality and tourism professionals from over 70 countries. Read more »