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In the largest one-time gift commitment in the history of the ILR School, Edwin “Ed” Baum ’81 and his wife, Holly Wallace, will establish the Baum and Wallace Family High Road Endowment. The foundational gift will fund stipends, subsidize housing and provide robust program support for High Road New York City.
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Immigrant workers contribute to the economy and society of the United States, yet even “documented” immigrant workers face precarious working conditions.
Researchers across the ILR School examine how immigration status intersects with race, gender, national origin and the local political context to shape worker outcomes.
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Anaïs Fabre joined the ILR faculty in summer 2026 as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. She focuses her research on barriers to higher education and how those barriers impact the economy of entire regions.
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Worker Institute student research fellows recently gathered at this year’s welcome reception, where they talked about the projects they are working on with faculty advisors for Fall 2026/Spring 2027. Projects include: ILR’s Labor Action Tracker; tracking changes in organizer background over time;…
For the first time in over a decade, garments from fashion designer Ralph Rucci’s atelier collections have been brought together under one roof as part of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) at @cornellhumec. Documentary materials, including thousands of original sketches, patterns…
The ILR School is excited to announce that the Buffalo Co-Lab has received a $1M donation to fund its High Road Buffalo Fellowship program for the next five years. 👏 The generous gift from Jim Miller ’88 and his partner at Miller Shah LLP, James C. Shah, will support the entire program, and the…
