Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) officially launched to provide a multi-disciplinary platform for integrating as hospitality, policy, and design thinking. Because the healthcare industry is facing unprecedented challenges related to cost and quality of care, exciting new opportunities exist for innovation in designing human-centered healthcare and wellness products, services, and solutions. The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, established by the School of Hotel Administration and the College of Human Ecology, will embrace these opportunities. Billed as the first such academic center in the country, the mission of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures is to provide a multi-disciplinary platform for integrating hospitality, policy, and design thinking to enhance service excellence in healthcare, wellness, senior living, and related industries.