MANISHA SINGAL, a hospitality and tourism management associate professor; YINYOUNG RHOU, a hospitality and tourism management doctoral student; and Yoon Koh, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, received the Best Paper Award at the Graduate Education and Research Conference in Hospitality for their paper, “What Does Financial Distress Imply for Employee Relations in Hospitality Companies?”

STEVE MARKHAM, the Digges Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management, has been named Claremont McKenna College’s 2017 Distinguished Alumnus. Markham received bachelor’s degrees in industrial/organizational psychology and classical philosophy from what was then Claremont Men’s College in 1974. Markham’s research is on topics that help improve organizational effectiveness. He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters.