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Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Cornell Chronicle
Private equity firms’ investment in home care agencies perpetuates poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, according to a new study from the ILR School’s Worker Institute.
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Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

Cornell Chronicle
As climate change intensifies, what workers wear becomes a question of survival, a dire prospect explored by a new Cornell University Library exhibit, which opens on Oct. 8 at the Catherwood Library.
A photo of cotton farmers in Arkansas in 1937, part of a series of photographs by Louise Boyle, who documented the living and working conditions of members of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

Tove Helland Hammer ’69, First Female Editor of ILR Review, Dies at 80

Tove Helland Hammer, A&S ’69, professor emerita of organizational behavior in the ILR School and the first female editor of the ILR Review, died on Sept. 12 in Ithaca. She was 80.
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Tove Helland Hammer ’69, First Female Editor of ILR Review, Dies at 80

Ksiazek Named to SUNY Fellowship

Kristin “Kricky” Ksiazek, M.P.A. ’13, who directs the High Road Buffalo program, has been selected to serve as a 2026-27 fellow in the SUNY Civil Discourse and Civic Education and Engagement Fellows Program.
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Ksiazek Named to SUNY Fellowship

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Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Cornell Chronicle
Private equity firms’ investment in home care agencies perpetuates poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, according to a new study from the ILR School’s Worker Institute.
A home healthcare worker helps and elderly woman
Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

Cornell Chronicle
As climate change intensifies, what workers wear becomes a question of survival, a dire prospect explored by a new Cornell University Library exhibit, which opens on Oct. 8 at the Catherwood Library.
A photo of cotton farmers in Arkansas in 1937, part of a series of photographs by Louise Boyle, who documented the living and working conditions of members of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

New York state could catalyze a widespread clean energy transition and address its affordability issues by leveraging one of its most important resources – homes – according to a new report from the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University.
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CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Investing in cooling for Bangladesh’s apparel factories can be commercially viable, with an average payback period of one to four years, according to new research from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute.
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Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

Improving the U.S. healthcare system for patients and workers is the focus of a recent ILR policy paper.
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Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

Legendary Designer’s Sketches, Patterns and Swatches Housed by Kheel Center

Cornell Chronicle
The Kheel Center is stewarding an archival collection of Ralph Rucci’s work that includes approximately 8,000 sketches, 3,000 patterns, thousands of fabric swatches and hundreds of photographs.
A sketch and samples of porcupine quills from Ralph Rucci’s archival collection housed in the ILR School's Kheel Center
Legendary Designer’s Sketches, Patterns and Swatches Housed by Kheel Center

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America's renters are emerging as a political

Morningstar
“Putting tenant issues and tenant concerns on the ballot can motivate tenants to go out and vote, even though historically they voted at much lower rates,” says Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, discussing research he led about renters voting in several New York state races.
America's renters are emerging as a political

Cornell to Become First Ivy League University to Offer Degrees in Prison

Cornell Sun
“Over 90% of those incarcerated actually return to society. One way to increase the odds of [them contributing to society] is to enable individuals to get educated,” says Jodi Anderson, director of technological innovation for ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, commenting on Cornell’s Prison Education Program.
Cornell to Become First Ivy League University to Offer Degrees in Prison

Private Equity Owns Half of Home Care Agencies in NYS, Cornell ILR Researchers Say

Brooklyn News Service
A report from ILR’s Worker Institute about private equity’s consolidation of home care, healthcare, and hospice agencies is discussed, with Anne Marie Brady, senior extension associate – research director, worker rights and equity, commenting on the potential negative impact of private-equity ownership on job quality and care quality.
Private Equity Owns Half of Home Care Agencies in NYS, Cornell ILR Researchers Say
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Microsoft AI agreement is only a first step for teachers unions

September 10, 2026

“The agreement between the AFT and Microsoft is a starting point, but it leaves some of the biggest questions about AI in classrooms unanswered ... The central question is whether teacher unions will negotiate over exactly how AI is used in the classroom."

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Labor Day 2026: Cornell experts on AI, the changing workplace

Sept. 3, 2026

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