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.
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.
Sam Wang is among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
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.
Historic Gift to ILR Will Endow Engaged-Learning Initiative
Cornell Chronicle
In the largest one-time gift commitment in the history of the ILR School, Edwin “Ed” Baum ’81 and his wife, Holly Wallace, will establish the Baum and Wallace Family High Road Endowment. The foundational gift will fund stipends, subsidize housing and provide robust program support for High Road New York City.
Bob McKersie, distinguished scholar, educator, author, mentor and one of the most influential voices in industrial and labor relations, died July 11 at his home in Arlington, Massachusetts, at the age of 96.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dean Alex Colvin to Help NYS Shape, Protect the AI Workforce
Cornell Chronicle
Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will serve on a blue-ribbon commission charged with developing recommendations on how New York state can protect workers’ economic security while harnessing the economic benefits of AI.
Listening to Political Opponents Who Share Common Values Can Ease Polarization
Cornell Chronicle
Americans are more willing to engage with opposing views than popular narratives about echo chambers presume, and perceived common ground can help moderate positions.
For her transformative role in conveying the importance of high-quality federal statistics to legislators, journalists and the public, Erica Groshen, senior economics advisor, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award, presented by the American Statistical Association.
Disability Compounds Employment Woes for People with Criminal Records, and Vice Versa
Cornell Chronicle
Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities are considerably less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to Yang-Tan Institute research.
First ‘Mustangs’ Among Cornell ROTC’s Newly Commissioned Officers
Cornell Chronicle
ILRie Sidney Anop started his Navy career as an enlisted information systems technician. Now an ensign, he is the first member of Cornell Navy ROTC to commission through the Seaman to Admiral-21 program.
Fast Deliveries Worsen Conditions for E-Commerce Warehouse Workers
Cornell Chronicle
Conditions in e-commerce fulfillment centers are harsher than in traditional warehouses, and Amazon's focus on speedy delivery likely lowers job quality, according to research by Alexander Kowalski, assistant professor of human resource studies in the ILR School.
ILR School’s Buffalo Co-Lab has played a vital role in western New York, working in partnership with business, union, government, education and community organizations.
Mass Timber Industry Offers Sustainable Construction, High-Quality Jobs
Cornell Chronicle
The ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute presented its primer on how the production of mass timber can create jobs and accelerate affordable housing at an event held in Albany on May 11.
NYS Can Protect Workers with Disabilities, Strobel Gower Tells State Senate
Cornell Chronicle
Wendy Strobel Gower, executive director of YTI, testified before the NY State Senate that individuals with disabilities face numerous challenges in the workplace and a growing threat from recent federal policy changes – but that New York state can mitigate these harms.
Claire Daviss joined the ILR faculty in fall 2025 as an assistant professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior. She hopes her research into how workplaces contribute to inequality will lead to real-world solutions.
Businesses, Investors ‘Flying Blind’ When Trust in Government Statistics Declines
Cornell Chronicle
Even a temporary loss of trust in official data may be costly, with an economic impact many times the budgets of the agencies that report key indicators, according to Erica Groshen, senior labor market adviser at the ILR School.
ILR seniors Robert Farbman and Kamala Karuppiah were among nine students representing Cornell’s four contract colleges who have been chosen to receive the 2026 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Cornell heavyweight rowing captain Constantino Oberto Calleri has always had a passion for sports. He has built his life, and his rowing career, by choosing what matters and letting the rest go.
Morally Diverse Communities More Accepting of Norm Violations
Individuals in a morally diverse community tend to believe that the community’s norms are looser. In turn, norm violations are more accepted, and there is a reduced willingness to police transgressions, according to research by Merrick Osborne, assistant professor of organizational behavior.
