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Cookie Day: ILR’s Sweetest Tradition

Catherwood Library’s 23rd annual Cookie Day features hundreds of locally sourced cookies, with triple chocolate added to the lineup this year, and cartloads of free books.
Students at the 2023 Cookie Day
Cookie Day: ILR’s Sweetest Tradition

Data Science Minor Opening Doors for ILRies

Students’ career readiness and quantitative literacy are supported by a new minor that complements the new ILR curriculum with courses offering a deeper dive into data analysis.
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Data Science Minor Opening Doors for ILRies

New Department Reflects ILR’s Global Relevance, Academic Excellence

Drawing on faculty expertise in labor relations, labor law, anthropology, economics, history, political science and sociology, the Global Labor and Work Department studies workers, employers and the government policies affecting them.
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New Department Reflects ILR’s Global Relevance, Academic Excellence

Scheinman Institute Driving Diversity Initiatives

Barriers that keep people of color and women from entering the arbitration profession are being challenged by Scheinman Institute research, teaching and outreach.
Katrina Noble
Scheinman Institute Driving Diversity Initiatives

Scheinman Institute Helps Launch Arbitration Career

The Labor Arbitrator Development Program helped Sarah Miller Espinosa '95 move to a profession that sets a high bar for newcomers.
Sarah Miller Espinosa ’95
Scheinman Institute Helps Launch Arbitration Career

Nickle LaMoreaux ’01

From crisis to recovery and reimagination, IBM’s chief human resources officer has helped lead the company through the pandemic.
Nickle LaMoreaux ’01
Nickle LaMoreaux ’01

“Unionization in Big Tech: Why Now?”

Tech industry worker activism examined in ILR eCornell event
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“Unionization in Big Tech: Why Now?”

“9to5” Film Discussion Part of Union Days

Documentary filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar joined ILR students and faculty for a screening and discussion about the award-winning film.
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“9to5” Film Discussion Part of Union Days

Yang Gifts Honor Golden

Cornell Chronicle
Lisa Yang ’74 said the initiatives named for Thomas Golden “will cement his legacy in a manner that reflects his inclusive commitment: a vision of a unified pathway for ILR’s centers, institutes and programs to level the playing field in the world of work."
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Yang Gifts Honor Golden

ILR Alumnae Instrumental in Online Workers’ Rights Handbook

Cecilia Faringer-Perez ’18 has helped launch a practical online guide for workers through the Tompkins County Workers' Center.

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ILR Alumnae Instrumental in Online Workers’ Rights Handbook

ILR Dean Leading eCornell Series “The Future of Work: Labor in America”

New webinar series to kick off on March 25 as Dean Alex Colvin discusses “Unionization in Big Tech: Why Now?” with Chewy Shaw, of the Alphabet Workers Union and Jessica García, of the president of the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Union.

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ILR Dean Leading eCornell Series “The Future of Work: Labor in America”

ILR Junior Named Newman Fellow

Sherell Farmer ’22, dedicated to addressing labor issues, systemic racism and mass incarceration, receives national recognition for her community-engaged work.

Sherell Farmer ’21
ILR Junior Named Newman Fellow

Maxwell Beck ’22 Selected as 2021 Kessler Fellow

Cornell Chronicle

ILR junior to participate in fellowship program that explores entrepreneurship through academic coursework, mentorship with entrepreneurs in residence and a summer internship with a successful startup of his choice.

Maxwell Beck ’22 has beeb selected as 2021 Kessler Fellow
Maxwell Beck ’22 Selected as 2021 Kessler Fellow

The Power To Change The World

Cornellians

At the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, alumni like ILRie Dustin Liu ’19 shared how the community-engaged learning initiative prepared him to solve the problems many communities face.

Dustin Liu ’19 with fellow Cornellians during a Jan 2019 service trip in Hualien, Taiwan, serving the Tzu Chi Foundation.
The Power To Change The World

Harris '83 Named to White House Post

Seth Harris, who was the acting secretary of labor and deputy U.S. secretary of labor from 2009-14 and served for six and a half years during the Clinton Administration, will serve as President Joe Biden’s top labor adviser.

Seth Harris '83 speaks to ILR students in Dougherty Lounge in 2014.
Harris '83 Named to White House Post

Kate Griffith Q&A

Griffith’s research considers how power operates in the workplace.
Kate Griffith
Kate Griffith Q&A

Migrations, Co-Directed by Gleeson, Offers Grants to Focus on Racism, Dispossession in 2021

Cornell Chronicle

Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson helps lead Global Cornell’s Migrations initiative, which studies how all living things – humans, animals, insects, microorganisms, plant life – move, and the context in which they move.

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Migrations, Co-Directed by Gleeson, Offers Grants to Focus on Racism, Dispossession in 2021

Dean Colvin and Rebecca Kehoe Discuss Star Employees on WORK!

In the latest episode of the ILR School’s podcast, Dean Alex Colvin speaks with Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies Rebecca Kehoe about star employees and their effects on the workplace.

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Dean Colvin and Rebecca Kehoe Discuss Star Employees on WORK!

ILR Duo Named CCSS Faculty Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has named Assistant Professors Evan Riehl and Dina Bishara faculty fellows for the 2021-22 academic year.

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ILR Duo Named CCSS Faculty Fellows

Unions’ Support for Precarious Workers Explored

Research by Laura Carver, M.S. 20, and Associate Professor Virginia Doellgast published by “European Journal of Industrial Relations.”

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Unions’ Support for Precarious Workers Explored

Eli Friedman Q&A

Learn more about research from Eli Friedman, associate professor and chair of ILR’s Department of International and Comparative Labor.

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Eli Friedman Q&A

Report Released on Inequalities During Pandemic

Results of the 3,100-respondent survey speak to enormous challenges experienced in health care institutions, voting system and the world of work, authors say

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Report Released on Inequalities During Pandemic

ILR Offers New Courses

“Advancing Racial Equity in Organizations” and “Race and the America Labor Market in Historical Perspective” begin this semester.

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ILR Offers New Courses

“Shaping the Future of Work”

A new social contract is possible if workers, business, labor, education and government work together, Lee Dyer and Tom Kochan say in the new edition of their book.

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“Shaping the Future of Work”

Buffalo Co-Lab Announces Visiting Activist Scholars for 2021

A pair of public interest lawyers will teach a course that look at the roles community members and groups can play in public policy negotiations.

An image with the headshots the 2021 Buffalo Co-Lab Visiting Activist Scholars Andrea Ó Súilleabháin and Miles Gresham.
Buffalo Co-Lab Announces Visiting Activist Scholars for 2021

Northeast ADA Call Center Providing COVID-19 Guidance

Specialists at the call center, based in ILR’s Yang-Tan institute, are helping people navigate pandemic-related issues impacting people with disabilities.

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Northeast ADA Call Center Providing COVID-19 Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion Expert Tony Byers Joins Dean Colvin on WORK!

In the latest episode of the ILR School’s podcast, Dean Alex Colvin and Tony Byers discuss the increased role of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.

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Diversity and Inclusion Expert Tony Byers Joins Dean Colvin on WORK!

Sharing Information can Influence Vaccine Choice

Based on her research, Associate Professor Vanessa Bohns says people can influence the behavior of others in choosing whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Sharing Information can Influence Vaccine Choice

ILRie Helps Teens Publish Poetry

Through Rural Humanities, based at the College of Arts & Sciences, Shaloni Pinto ‘20 created an online resource for young poets.

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ILRie Helps Teens Publish Poetry

Migrations Initiative Wins $5M Mellon Grant for Racial Justice

Cornell Chronicle

Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson co-authored the proposal that earned a three-year grant to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.

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Migrations Initiative Wins $5M Mellon Grant for Racial Justice

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