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

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

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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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Hiring Justice-Involved Individuals with Disabilities in the Care Industry: Can It Work?

Free webinar focuses on reducing stigma and expanding opportunities
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Hiring Justice-Involved Individuals with Disabilities in the Care Industry: Can It Work?

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

Free webinar about the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
President Bush Signs into Law the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 on the South Lawn of the White House
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

Every ILRie Has a Story

Alumna Tricia Turley Brandenburg ’99 created her own learning and career opportunities through sports and now advocates for college student-athletes. 

 

 

Tricia Brandenburg ’99 poses with the Commander-in-Chief Trophy in the East Room of the White House in May of 2024. The trophy is given annually to the winner of the college football series between Army West Point, Navy and Air Force.
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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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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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Social Media Can Amplify Worker Voice, but Fades Over Time

Social media can influence workplace policies by amplifying worker voice but fail to drive meaningful workplace improvement when workers lack support from labor unions or civil society organizations, according to new research by Duanyi Yang, assistant professor in the ILR School.
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Social Media Can Amplify Worker Voice, but Fades Over Time

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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ILR Launches National Conflict Resolution Service

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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One M.S. Degree, Two Passions

ILRie Harold Tanner ’52, Board Chairman Emeritus, Dies at 93

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Harold Tanner ’52, chairman emeritus of the Cornell Board of Trustees, died June 14 in New York.
Harold Tanner ’52, chairman emeritus of the Cornell Board of Trustees, at Commencement 2013.
ILRie Harold Tanner ’52, Board Chairman Emeritus, Dies at 93

Campus Life

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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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Congrats to ILR School student Jonathan Lam, Class of 2027, who earlier this year was named the inaugural recipient of the Trailblazer in Organizing and Activism Award given by Amnesty International USA! 🌟 Lam and others were honored at the People Power Awards ceremony during the organization’s…

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It's Reunion week! 🥳 We're excited to welcome ILRies back to Cornell, and in honor of the event, here is a recent story about one of our alums: Tricia Turley Brandenburg ’99 has made a career out of athletics. She’s worked at Army West Point since 2022 and in March 2024, she was named Deputy…

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It's Reunion week! 🥳 We're excited to welcome ILRies back to Cornell, and in honor of the event, here is a recent story about one of our alums: Tricia Turley Brandenburg ’99 has made a career out of athletics. She’s worked at Army West Point since 2022 and in March 2024, she was named Deputy…

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Congrats to @cornelllacrosse, who recently won their first NCAA title since 1977! 🏆🥍 We also celebrated the team's graduating seniors last week, including Rory Graham, ILR Class of 2025. 🎉 #YellCornell #Cornell2025

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