The Institute for Compensation Studies™ (ICS) at Cornell University’s ILR School is an interdisciplinary center that researches, teaches and communicates about monetary and non-monetary rewards from work, and how these rewards influence outcomes for individuals, companies, industries and economies.
Events
Recap: Fundamentals of Financial Planning with Chase Wickenheiser '19
On October 16, the Cornell Compensation Club and the ILR Institute for Compensation Studies hosted a personal finance workshop with Chase Wickenheiser ‘19, CFP®, ChFC®. Chase shared practical advice on budgeting, building credit, and investing early. Read the key takeaways and the resources he recommended for students and young professionals.
Good Intentions, Rising Pay: Cornell at The Conference Board's Executive Compensation & Talent 2026
At The Conference Board’s Executive Compensation & Talent 2026 in New York, Cornell’s Diane Burton and Brian Dunn, joined by Prudential’s Eric Weinberg, examined how standard practices like peer benchmarking, median targeting and equity grants quietly inflate executive pay, and offered five questions compensation committees should ask.
