Spotlights

Kathleen "Katie" Taylor has been named recipient of the 2012 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award, an honor given annually by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship.

Cornell's Program in Real Estate is being restructured, thanks to an $11 million gift from Lisa and Richard Baker '88. The gift will more than triple the program's current $5 million endowment.

The Tisch family will receive the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award at a gala dinner on June 5, 2012 in recognition of their lifetime achievements in business and their extraordinary contributions to educational, civic, and charitable communities.

At the 87th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, alumni, industry leaders, and friends learned about service innovation.