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Study the workplace comprehensively with the world's highest concentration of workplace faculty.

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Our flexible, interdisciplinary major lets students pursue a wide range of academic interests and careers.

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Graduate Programs

Study the workplace comprehensively with the world's highest concentration of workplace faculty.

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Professional Education

Invest in your career by learning from instructors who blend world-leading research with business-tested practicality.

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Research at Risk

Susanne Bruyère and a small team of researchers started a project to identify barriers in the hiring process that prevent qualified autistic job seekers from getting jobs in STEM fields. The results would have helped employers identify ways to streamline hiring autistic individuals and to support them in the workplace after hiring.

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ILR School Events

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Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the ADA, Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Free webinar about the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the ADA, Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Hiring Talent, Meeting Workforce Needs: Disability Employment Basics for Small Businesses

Free webinar explores the essentials of disability employment
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Hiring Talent, Meeting Workforce Needs: Disability Employment Basics for Small Businesses

Small Business at Work: Ensuring Inclusion for All

Free webinar about welcoming customers and inclusive hiring
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Small Business at Work: Ensuring Inclusion for All

Every ILRie Has a Story

After spending several years working for companies such as American Express, McKinsey & Company and Dropbox, Jennifer Choi ’08 has found her “dream job” with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. 

 

 

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“My time at the ILR School helped me understand both labor and management perspectives, which has proven to be a solid foundation for my career.”
– Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Get To Know: Forrest Briscoe

Faculty Spotlight

Forrest Briscoe, who joined the ILR faculty in the fall of 2024, is the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations. He teaches and researches organization theory and strategic management.

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Catherwood Library

The Martin P. Catherwood Library is the most comprehensive resource on labor and employment in North America, offering expert research support through reference services, instruction, online guides and access to premier collections.

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ILR in the News

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Why Quitting a Job You Used to Love is OK

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People who are passionate about their work, but then become less engaged in it, may stay at the job due to an exaggerated fear that others will judge them harshly for quitting, but new research has revealed they may be judged less harshly.
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Why Quitting a Job You Used to Love is OK

Four New Faculty Joining ILR

The ILR School will welcome four new faculty members who begin July 1. The school's Global Labor and Work Department welcomes Justine Modica and Dionne Pohler, while Claire Daviss and Merrick Osborne join the Department of Organizational Behavior.
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ILR Launches National Conflict Resolution Service

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Javier Ramirez, former deputy director of field operations at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, has joined ILR’s Scheinman Institute to help lead the newly established National Conflict Resolution Service.
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One M.S. Degree, Two Passions

What attracted Dylan Hatch M.S. ’25 to the ILR M.S. program was that it would allow him to combine his passions, and he has now graduated with enhanced qualifications for doing research to support justice in the labor movement.
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Campus Life

A view of student life at Cornell University's ILR School in Ithaca, NY.

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Meet Tiffany Alvarez, Class of 2028! Tiffany is a High Road NYC fellow and has been working with @cafejoyeuxus this summer. 🌟 As an ILR student, she is interested in social work and business strategy. Swipe to read about her experience so far!

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The ILR School is please to announce that the "William J. Sonnenstuhl ILR WIDE Research Fellows Fund" has been established by Dustin Liu ’19 to honor Professor Emeritus William Sonnenstuhl, a beloved professor who inspires students to influence the culture of organizations in which they are…

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The ILR School’s M.S. degree program has propelled Ariana Shapiro, M.S. ’25 to a job with the New York State Nurses Association (@nynurses), the largest union for registered nurses in the state. "I know this next step is possible because of the connections I made through the M.S. program and…

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Meet Marisa Aratingi, ILR Class of 2027! As part of the High Road NYC program this summer, Marisa is interning at @cafejoyeuxus, a coffee shop and not-for-profit organization that promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities. 💛

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Summer is the perfect time to reflect on how much we’ve grown, and look forward to things to come. As our #Cornell2025 grads prepare for the next steps in their lives, we look back on some more wonderful photos from graduation last month! ❤️

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Five ILR faculty/staff members recently received the 2024–25 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence! The honor is presented annually, recognizing awardees on campuses across the @suny system for their commitment to sustaining intellectual vibrancy, advancing the…

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