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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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We Asked ILRies:
How will ILR
Impact the Future?

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Colin Benedict ’21
Read What They Say
Work and the Coronavirus Hub
Providing resources and analysis to understand how COVID-19 affects work, labor and employment.
Work and the Coronavirus Hub
Work and the Coronavirus Hub

“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

Faculty Spotlight

Dana Yang

Faculty Member

Dana Yang will join the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences in December for the Spring 2022 semester.

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ILRies Change
the Future of Work.

Learn about ILR's impact
Learn about ILR's impact
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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Cultural Audits Support Workplace Equity

Basic training isn’t enough to stem sexual harassment in the workplace, cultural audits are needed to measure the “pulse” of organizations, according to KC Wagner.
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Cultural Audits Support Workplace Equity

Interns Reach Global Audience

Interns hosted by ILR’s New Conversations Project worked with groups across the globe this summer.
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Interns Reach Global Audience

Karhan Testifies Before NYS Assembly

Recommendations to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities were provided to lawmakers by Yang-Tan Institute Co-Executive director Andrew Karhan.
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Karhan Testifies Before NYS Assembly

Franco ’24 Named SUNY Ambassador

An ILRie is one of 20 Educational Opportunity Program students statewide to be named a student ambassador for a new SUNY program.
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Franco ’24 Named SUNY Ambassador

Allison Weiner Heinemann Named Weiss Teaching Fellow

Lecturer in labor relations, law and history joined Cornell in 2010 and has led ILR in creating a curriculum on disability studies. 
Allison Weiner Heinemann named Weiss Teaching Fellow
Allison Weiner Heinemann Named Weiss Teaching Fellow

Campus Life

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

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