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Although a Neutral, He’s Partial to ILR

Service to ILR by Alpern Award winner Ed Baum '81 takes many forms, including a scholarship that helps support Cornell students from low-income communities in New York City.

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K. Lisa Yang ’74 Named to the Cornell Board of Trustees

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A philanthropist who holds membership on the ILR School Dean's Advisory Council, Yang's four-year term as a trustee begins July 1.
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K. Lisa Yang ’74 Named to the Cornell Board of Trustees

Celebration Honors Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90

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Barry Beck was honored during the Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s annual two-day Celebration conference, which also included various panels, talks and networking events, as well as eLab Demo Day and the announcement of the winners of three other competitions.
Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90, left, and Sam Sotoodeh MBA ’87, right, present the Student Business of the Year award to Karlie Chen ’23, center, founder of Best Picnic Spots.
Celebration Honors Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90

The Future of DE&I at Work: April 14

Dana D. Moss, Corning Incorporated vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, and ILR Dean Alexander Colvin will discuss workplace DEI&I.
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The Future of DE&I at Work: April 14

Eigen Creates Powerful Tool to Promote Pay Equity

Zev Eigen, founder and chief data scientist of Syndio, has studied and worked at the intersection of workplace issues and complex analytics since he was an ILR student in the 1990s.
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Eigen Creates Powerful Tool to Promote Pay Equity

A Change of Direction

Maddie Campbell ’16 left a successful career in finance to pursue a civil rights law passion nurtured by an inspiring ILR course, “Thwarting the Dream of Brown v. Board of Education.”
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A Change of Direction

Choosing to Listen: An HR Approach

The first step in helping employees find solutions is listening, according to Derek Cullimore, a 2022 graduate of the ILR School’s Executive Master of Human Resource Management program.
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Choosing to Listen: An HR Approach

ILR Donors Make All the Difference

To Do the Greatest Good

The ILR community everywhere is continuing to do the greatest good. Each year, ILR alumni, parents and friends come together to support the ILR School to ensure all students have the resources they need to be successful. Each year, the school recruits and retains faculty who are outstanding educators and leading researchers.

Your gift helps ILR remain the preeminent school focused on work, employment and labor. ILR is proud to be developing the thought leaders and practitioners shaping the future of work, and your gift advances this mission.

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ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Ellen Stutzman ’04 is at the center of 11,500 striking screenwriters whose union is picketing Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Universal and Paramount.
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ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

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Funding from K. Lisa Yang '74 will support innovative applied research projects and foster collaborations across Cornell to address important societal issues linked to work.
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CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

Daniel Werfel '93 Begins Work as 50th IRS Commissioner

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Werfel, who was confirmed by the Senate on March 9, was sworn into office on March 13.
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Daniel Werfel '93 Begins Work as 50th IRS Commissioner

Events

Reducing Bias in Hiring: Evidence-Based Strategies

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Hidden in the Archives: Black Women Labor Organizers

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