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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

CAROW Seed Grant to Fund Study of Veterinarians’ Mental Health

Duanyi Yang and Brittany Bond have been awarded a seed grant from ILR’s Center for Applied Research on Work to examine how private equity leveraged buyouts are associated with changes in workers’ mental health, job quality and care quality in veterinary clinics.
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CAROW Seed Grant to Fund Study of Veterinarians’ Mental Health

Sam Wang Wins NSF Development Award

Cornell Chronicle
Sam Wang is among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
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Sam Wang Wins NSF Development Award

Abowd, Vilhuber Win 2026 PET Award

John Abowd, professor emeritus of economics, statistics, and data science at Cornell and Lars Vilhuber, research professor and executive director of ILR’s Labor Dynamics Institute, have received the 2026 Caspar Bowden PET Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies.
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Abowd, Vilhuber Win 2026 PET Award

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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
An illustration of a young man climbing stairs. Courtesy of Laila Milevski/Cornell University
Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

New research by Forrest Briscoe examined how reported violence in protests was associated with increased local corporate diversity action announcements.
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Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Cornell Chronicle
Central Americans with TPS status make significant contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.
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Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

Cornell Chronicle
Men and women achieve similar economic outcomes in negotiations, but female negotiators foster stronger interpersonal relationships, according to new research by Charlotte “Charlie” Townsend, a Future of Work fellow in the ILR School’s Department of Organizational Behavior.
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Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

Surprising Lessons for Democracy From the Latin American Left

Cornell Chronicle
Polarization is often created by political elites seeking to gain popularity, but it can also stem from social conflicts rooted in extreme inequalities, according to a new book on Latin American politics co-authored by Santiago Anria.
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Surprising Lessons for Democracy From the Latin American Left

“Inflection Point for HR” Highlighted in New Book Edited by ILRie Rebecca Kehoe

Available now as an open-access e-book and contributed to by many ILRies, the tome highlights the changing role of HR.
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“Inflection Point for HR” Highlighted in New Book Edited by ILRie Rebecca Kehoe

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This Nonprofit is Making Much-Needed Disability Data Easier to Use

Disabled Journalists Association
“What we try to do is provide data and information as up to date as possible based on the best data sources we have available,” said Bill Erickson, senior research specialist, discussing DisabilityStatistics.org, a website with free maps and charts of disability data, published through ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute.
This Nonprofit is Making Much-Needed Disability Data Easier to Use

Class ceiling: What cultural background has to do with salary negotiation

HR Dive
Research from Allice Lee, ILR assistant professor of organizational behavior, saying that women are less likely to apply for jobs with wide salary ranges due to lower negotiation confidence, is noted in this article.
Class ceiling: What cultural background has to do with salary negotiation

AI Is Giving Your HR Department an Existential Crisis

Bloomberg
“Employees want to know that there’s a trusted person that has expertise that they can go to and address issues, and they’re never going to feel fully confident in having a bot do it,” says JR Keller, ILR associate professor, discussing the value of human-powered HR departments.
AI Is Giving Your HR Department an Existential Crisis
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Judge's ruling tests the future of gig economy labor standards

July 23, 2026

This ruling sets a dangerous precedent that local governments can’t regulate the employment conditions in specific industries ... In a world where AI and algorithms are increasingly determining whether workers keep or lose their job, it is essential that we have human review of these decisions."

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Extreme heat is taking a toll on workers and the economy

June 30, 2026

Extreme heat has cost the U.S. economy billions in lost productivity as it has made it harder for people to do their jobs. Prevention is usually less expensive than addressing the adverse results after the fact. Being proactive improves morale and makes employees feel valued.

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