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ILR School’s New Banner Reflects Its Breadth

Cornell Chronicle
On May 7, the ILR School officially unveiled its new ceremonial banner. The redesign reflects the school’s contemporary, global breadth while staying true to ILR’s founding principles.
(L to R): Tyler Bonaparte ’25, Patrick Raczka ’25 and ILR Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D. '99 stand next to the school's new ceremonial banner
ILR School’s New Banner Reflects Its Breadth

ILRie Helps Fencing Club to National Title

Cornell Chronicle
Riley Xian ’25 co-captained the Cornell men's fencing club team as it captured the USACFC national title, the program's first since 2018.
Riley Xian ’25 fencing
ILRie Helps Fencing Club to National Title

Broadband for All? Mapping and Discussing the Progress, Challenges Across NYS

Community partners, policymakers and the public are invited to join Rusty Weaver, ILR Buffalo Co-Lab research director, for a virtual presentation of the newly updated New York State Digital Equity Portal from noon to 1:30 p.m. May 24.
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Broadband for All? Mapping and Discussing the Progress, Challenges Across NYS

Best Paper Award Won by Yang-Tan Researchers

Jennifer D. Brooks and Sarah von Schrader investigated how access to remote work for people with disabilities has been affected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jennifer Brooks sits in her office while viewing the title page of her award-winning paper on her computer screen.
Best Paper Award Won by Yang-Tan Researchers

Global Strike Report Covers Six Countries

The Labor Action Tracker, a collaboration between the ILR School and the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, is a co-sponsor of an international strike analysis.
UC strike placards
Global Strike Report Covers Six Countries

Four Faculty Receive 2024 Carpenter Advising Awards

Cornell Chronicle
Associate Professor Emily Zitek is one of four Cornell faculty members to receive the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, which recognizes sustained and distinguished contributions of faculty members to advising undergraduates.
Emily Zitek teaching in the classroom
Four Faculty Receive 2024 Carpenter Advising Awards

Andrew Wolf Q&A

Get to know Andrew Wolf, an assistant professor in the Department of Global Labor and Work, whose research centers around how the labor movement and governments are responding to emerging labor market forms such as the gig economy.
Andrew Wolf
Andrew Wolf Q&A

Freedom of Expression Debates Reflect Civil Discourse

Four events and several contentious issues later, the series modeled meaningful exchange, says Senior Associate Dean Ariel Avgar.
Daniel Obaseki argues to affirm freedom of speech at the finale of a four-debate sequence led by the ILR School this semester as part of Cornell’s Freedom of Expression Theme Year.
Freedom of Expression Debates Reflect Civil Discourse

McPherson Celebration Honors Students, Faculty, Staff

Nearly 30 people were honored for achievements and for exemplary teaching and advising.
McPherson Award trophies
McPherson Celebration Honors Students, Faculty, Staff

NYS Solar Work: Good for Climate, But Are They Good Jobs?

Cornell Chronicle
On April 26, Cornell’s Climate Jobs Institute released “Exploring the Conditions of the New York Solar Workforce,” which surveyed more than 260 solar installation and maintenance workers findings reveal that New York solar construction workers are transient, may not receive benefits, and are subject to racial disparities in pay.
Workers install solar panels
NYS Solar Work: Good for Climate, But Are They Good Jobs?

Bosses, Don’t Hoard the Talent!

Managers tend to hold onto their superstars, and that’s not good for the employees, organizations or managers, according to research by ILR Associate Professor JR Keller and Kathryn Dlugos, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’20.
Associate Professor JR Keller
Bosses, Don’t Hoard the Talent!

Celebrating Cornell Luminaries in Mathematics and Statistics

In honor of Math and Statistics Awareness Month, we’re celebrating luminaries from the last century-plus, like ILRie Phil McCarthy, whose excellence helped establish Cornell as a leader in the field.
Phil McCarthy
Celebrating Cornell Luminaries in Mathematics and Statistics

Kwon, Treadwell Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Cornell Chronicle
Grace Kwon ’24 and Margot Treadwell ’24 were among nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges selected to receive the 2024 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. 
Kwon, Treadwell Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Panel on Immigration Provides Research-Based Critical Analysis

Cornell experts and practitioners in the field of immigration presented “Immigration: A Critical and Informed Analysis” on April 16.
Panel on Immigration Provides Research-Based Critical Analysis

Buffalo Co-Lab Headlines Regional Town-Gown Conference

The ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's march report, The Status of Child Care in New York State, was the cornerstone of the Cornell Office of Community Relations’ ninth Regional Town-Gown Conference held April 9 at the Hotel Ithaca.
Buffalo Co-Lab Headlines Regional Town-Gown Conference

Faculty Awarded for Creative, Innovative Community Engagement

Cornell Chronicle
Esta Bigler, director, ILR's Labor & Employment Law Program, has received Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.
Faculty Awarded for Creative, Innovative Community Engagement

Wells Elected AAAS Fellow

Cornell Chronicle
Professor Martin Wells has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
Wells Elected AAAS Fellow

What’s Up with the World of Work? ILR Dean Weighs In

Cornellians
Alexander Colvin, PhD ’99, on unions, remote jobs, the minimum wage hike, the “longshoremen future,” and more
What’s Up with the World of Work? ILR Dean Weighs In

New eCornell Certificate Explores Intersection of Climate Change, Labor and Equity

A new certificate being offered by eCornell, in conjunction with the ILR School’s Climate Job Institute, will delve into the critical intersection of climate change, labor and equity, exploring the far-reaching implications of a warming planet on workers, communities and the broader economy.
New eCornell Certificate Explores Intersection of Climate Change, Labor and Equity

ILRie Chosen as Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fellow

Cornell Chronicle
Margot Treadwell ’24 is one of two Cornell seniors selected as junior fellows of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and will spend next year conducting research with the organization in Washington, D.C.
ILRie Chosen as Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fellow

MS Student Shares Journey

David A. Grant II discusses his path from SUNY Cortland to Cornell.
MS Student Shares Journey

Kallas Keeps Labor on Track

The ILR Ph.D. graduate who developed a national strike database is also the winner of the Labor and Employment Relations Association’s 2024 Best Dissertation Award.
Kallas Keeps Labor on Track

Konvitz Lecturer Encourages Forgiveness

Student Azhaar Sholgami, whose family was terrorized in the Sudan war, called Freddy Mutanguha’s journey toward healing “an epiphany of hope.”
Konvitz Lecturer Encourages Forgiveness

Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

As the 2024 Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence, ILRie Randi Weingarten spent time at ILR teaching, speaking and meeting with students, professors and university staff.
Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

QA with MS Student Claire Sleigh

A connection “around a shared motivation for social justice and the importance of the labor movement in achieving better outcomes” is shared by students in the cohort, Sleigh said.
QA with MS Student Claire Sleigh

Diversity Initiative Supported

Four people affiliated with ILR helped foster a $750,000 grant supporting the Ray Corollary Initiative's mission to increase diversity within the alternative dispute resolution profession.
Diversity Initiative Supported

Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

Doctoral student Claire Malcomb supports undergraduate research on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

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