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

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Every ILRie Has a Story

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2023 Groat and Alpern Awards

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April 20

Join us for an evening of celebration honoring two ILRies who are leaders in their fields. Ed Baum ’81 will receive the Alpern Award and Christy Pambianchi ’90 will receive the Groat Award.

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ILR Advocates for Workplace Health and Safety

Since joining the National Football League Players Association as its general counsel & head of business, Sean Sansiveri ’05 has been behind the NFL’s most important measures to make the game safer.

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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

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Faculty Spotlight

Get to know the director of ILR's Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative.

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ILRies Change
the Future of Work.

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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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Four ILRies Named Center for Social Sciences Faculty Fellows

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The program seeks to nurture the careers of Cornell’s most promising faculty members in the social sciences by providing time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship.
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Four ILRies Named Center for Social Sciences Faculty Fellows

ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Sakiel Ruff ’25 spent his High Road summer developing a database to help formerly incarcerated people find housing.
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ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Nabiha Qureshi ’23 Awarded Rangel Fellowship

ILR senior plans to study public policy and learn more about the intersection of migration and governmental labor policy on a global scale.
Nabiha Qureshi ’23
Nabiha Qureshi ’23 Awarded Rangel Fellowship

Campus Life

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Grace Kwon '24 discusses what it was like participating in the Scheinman Institute's partnership with Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Watch video, link in bio. #cornell #ilrschool #engagedlearning #vietnam

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We’re so lucky to be ILRies!☘️ From first-year students to alumni, the ILR bond is everlasting. Members from the Minority ILR Student Organization had the opportunity to experience and make these connections at the first ever annual Multicultural Leadership Summit! #FirstYearFriday #Cornell …

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We hope that you had a great snow day ILRies! ❄️ #cornell #cornellilr

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If you are applying to transfer, please submit your Transfer Common App or TO App by the deadline. All other materials can come in throughout the month. If you have any questions email: ilradmissions@cornell.edu #TransferTuesday #TransferTip

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There is nothing like seeing your first post-rainstorm sunset at Cornell! #Cornelltransfers #Transfer

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Rescheduled event | TODAY at 4:45 p.m. EST Did You Know? Over the final five years of her life, Frances Perkins, the first female presidential cabinet member in history, lived on the Cornell campus with a group of 30 male students in Telluride House. One of those house members, Dr. Chris Breiseth…

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