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SHA MEETINGS & EVENTS
2024 Fall Semester Career Fair
Real Estate and Hospitality Employers will be attending the University Career Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday, 9/24 and 9/25 in Barton Hall. There will be a real estate “neighborhood” and a “hospitality” neighborhood so students can easily locate employers. Additionally, students will wear identifiers on their name badges so employers can easily spot our students. A list of employers and their attendees will be sent to Faculty before the Fair.
A reception will be held for Real Estate Employers and Nolan real estate-focused students on Monday, 9/23 from 6 to 8 pm in the Statler Atrium.
GUEST SPEAKERS
September 25, 2024
Jack Mason ’11
Banville Wine Merchants
Director of National Sales and Fine Wine Portfolio
HADM 4300 (Stanley) Introduction of Wines
September 25, 2024
Max Bernstein B.S. ‘15
Loews Hotels & Co
Vice President, Hotel Development
HADM 3650 (Odom-Reed) Persuasive Business Communication for Hospitality Leaders
September 26, 2024
Carolyn Richmond ’91 (ILR)
Fox Rothschild
Partner
HADM 3650 (Odom-Reed) Persuasive Business Communication for Hospitality Leaders
CENTERS & INSTITUTES
Centers & Institutes wishes a warm “welcome back to campus” to all students and staff in the Cornell community! Check our Events Calendar for upcoming engagement opportunities!
CENTER FOR HOSPITALITY RESEARCH
Cornell at Climate Week: Sustainability in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Roundtable & Reception
By invitation only.
September 23-24, 2024
NYC
Co-organized by the Center for Hospitality Research and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise (CSGE), and hosted by Aaron Adalja, O’Shannon Burns, Megan Epler-Wood, Mark Milstein, & Jeanne Varney, this six-session roundtable will explore the critical importance of climate change and sustainability and its impacts on the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry.
September 23
Session I: Are We Building for the Past or Future? Green Financing in Hotel Development and Investment.
Session II: How Can the Travel and Tourism Industry Catalyze a More Sustainable and Resilient Food and Beverage Supply Chain?
Session III: Climate Action Needs to Drive Destination Planning: Why Isn’t It?
September 24
Session IV: Creating Positive Feedback Loops: How Can Travel Business Models Accelerate Nature-Based Finance and Solutions?
Session V: Step Up to Meet the Moment: Driving the Generational Change in Training and Education in a Climate-Constrained World.
Session VI: From Discussion to Action: Future Directions in Sustainable Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality.
Reception to follow
Fall Board Meeting
By invitation only.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Washington D.C.
QUESTIONS about CHR?
Faculty members and students interested in attending CHR events should email Shana Claar, CHR Assistant Program Manager at skc223@cornell.edu.
CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE HOSPITALITY LABOR & EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
22nd Annual Labor and Employment Law Roundtable
Register Here
Friday, November 15, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
ILR NYC Conference Center
CIHLER Board Members, Industry Experts and Cornell Faculty will come together to discuss the most pressing issues in Hospitality HR such as Union Organizing and Negotiations and Alternative Dispute Resolution—reception to follow.
19th Annual HR in Hospitality Conference
May 13 – May 15, 2025
Coronado, CA
We are pleased to announce that the National HR in Hospitality Conference will take place at the Hotel Del Coronado California!
The National HR in Hospitality Conference is the industry’s premier HR conference, bringing together the legal and practical aspects of human resources within the hospitality industry.
QUESTIONS about CIHLER?
Please email Natalie Oldfield, CIHLER Program Manager at nco9@cornell.edu.
CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE AND FINANCE
CRE Connections: A Real Estate Networking Reception
Monday, September 23, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Park Atrium, Statler Hall, Ithaca, NY
Cornell SCJ College of Business Career Management and the Center for Real Estate and Finance would like to welcome all industry practitioners and Cornell graduate and undergraduate students participating in the Cornell University Career Fair!
Please join us for an informal reception.
Network while enjoying complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Navigating the CRE Landscape: Creative Approaches to Development and Finance
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
196 Statler Hall
Register Here
Graduate and Undergraduate students welcome! A networking opportunity with pizza and snacks will be held after the event.
Scott A. Singer
Principal, Co-Lead of Tri-State Debt & Equity Finance
Capital Markets Group Debt & Equity Finance
Avison Young
Seats are limited so be sure to register soon!
This speaker series is bought to you by the Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF).
CREF is excited to bring back the Real Estate Professionals in Residence program (REP) for AY ’24 – ’25!
This program will bring real estate and finance industry experts onto campus for one-on-one meetings with students. Schedule your meeting now!
October 2-3, 2024
Andrew Dykeman ’18 (CALS), VP Acquisitions & Development, Witcoff, LLC
• Meet with Andrew
October 16-17, 2024
Baron Ah Moo ’93, Managing Director, PKF Hospitality
• Meet with Baron
October 30-31, 2024
Kenny Blatt ’81, Principal, CPG Real Estate
• Meet with Kenny
QUESTIONS about CREF?
Please email Liz Cunningham, CREF Program Manager at ead245@cornell.edu
PILLSBURY INSTITUTE FOR HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Hospitality Hackathon
September 20-22, 2024
Statler Hall/Statler Hotel
Didn’t register in time? Stop by the registration table on Friday, September 20th, between 4 and 4:30 p.m. to see if we have walk-ins available. We will be located in the Statler Auditorium Foyer.
CALLING ALL STUDENTS!
PIHE is again working with Hilton to bring you the annual Hospitality Hackathon! This year’s theme is DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE HOTEL GUEST OF THE FUTURE, and we hope you’ll join us as we focus on finding opportunities using real feedback data to improve the guest experience. Inviting students with diverse backgrounds of degrees, majors, and schools to collaborate in teams to produce innovative solutions for real-world challenges. Previous hackathon experience is NOT required!
Not sure if this Hackathon is right for you? We encourage all students with interests and skill sets in any of the categories below to participate!
• Hospitality: Students with an interest or background in hospitality/business and guest services.
• Data Analytics & Visualization: Students with a passion for dissecting data and thinking analytically to help solve problems. Also includes the ability to display data and trends succinctly to communicate big ideas.
• Customer Experience: Students passionate about creating differentiated experiences for guests and customers of all types.
• Market Research: Students interested in consumer demographic research and analysis.
• Innovation & Creativity: Students who are generally passionate about innovation and have a creative mindset.
• Presentation/Storytelling: Students who are skilled presenters and storytellers and not afraid of public speaking.
Entrepreneurs in Residence Office Hours
The Pillsbury Institute continues its Entrepreneurs in Residence program in person on Cornell’s Ithaca Campus! Be sure to come to your meetings prepared to discuss anything from business development to career planning. You can schedule one–on–one, in-person meetings using your StartupTree account now! Availability will be shared on a continuously updated basis.
October 8, 2024
Ellen Yui, P ’14, ’16, Founder and Principal, Yui+Company
• Marketing
• Pitch coach
• Investor relations
• Communications and branding
• Meet with Ellen
October 9, 2024
Rob Karp ’19, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MilesAhead
• Luxury hospitality
• Entrepreneurship
• Problem-solving
• Coaching
• Meet with Rob
October 23, 2024
Felix Litvinsky P ’23, Managing Director, Blackstone Launchpad
• Ideation support
• Venture Creation
• Company launch and scaling
• Pitch coaching
• Strategy formulation
• Meet with Felix
November 5–6, 2024
Jason Spillerman ’92 (CALS), Principal and Co-Founder, Vibrant Development Group
• Food and beverage
• Real Estate development
• Hotel programming
• Restaurant design and development
• Restaurant finance
• Meet with Jason
QUESTIONS about PIHE?
Please email Michelle Mahool, PIHE Program Manager, at MLC296@cornell.edu.
NESTLÉ LIBRARY RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Nestlé Library Resource of the Week – library workshops for students
Library workshops for the Fall 2024 semester are now open for registration. Upcoming workshops include Introduction to Market Research, Introduction to Bloomberg, Systematic Reviews, and more, both in-person and over Zoom. Mann Library also offers pre-recorded workshops on a variety of topics, including citation management tools such as Mendeley, EndNote, and Zotero.
CORNELL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHY FUTURES
Fall Photo Contest
The 2024 Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Student Photo Contest is open to ALL Cornell students.
2024 Theme: Peace by Design
Awards: 1st place $300, 2nd place $200, 3rd place $100
Submissions can include up to 3 high resolution images (300 dpi) and must convey our theme, Peace by Design. Please email your entries to healthy-futures@cornell.edu by 5 pm on Monday, October 7. File names must include Cornell net ID, and the image title of your choosing. Please include your name, department, expected year of graduation, and degree in your email. If you have any questions, please contact CIHF at healthy-futures@cornell.edu or visit https://ihf.cornell.edu/competitions/.
Fall Advisory Board Meeting
By invitation only.
We look forward to connecting with our Advisory Board members this Fall to share our latest insights and future initiatives!
Meeting location: HKS Architects, NYC
Date: Friday, October 18
Transdisciplinary Design Roundtable
Friday, October 25
ILR Conference Center, Room 423
Please join faculty, students, and staff from across Cornell’s campuses to celebrate the role of design at Cornell and explore opportunities to engage in the transdisciplinary research and teaching.
An initial roundtable was held in February 2020. Participants in this year’s event, organized by the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, will continue the discussion.
This is a rare opportunity for all those interested in design at Cornell to network with members of our design community.
Register here.
NESTLÉ LIBRARY RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Nestlé Library Resource of the Week – OverDrive
Looking to start your semester with better health and wellness, a little self-improvement, thinking about learning a new language, or just looking for a good laugh? Let the library’s subscription to OverDrive, a collection of audio and e-books, help with all of your leisurely reading needs. Find the latest royal gossip with Prince Harry’s Spare, destress your life with Learn to Relax, or cultivate passion and persistence with Angela Duckworth’s Grit, and many more.
MEDIA MENTIONS
Jason Greenberg, Associate Professor, was quoted in The Wallstreet Journal article ” Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren’t Coming Back Soon”. Check out the article here.