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Konvitz Lecturer Encourages Forgiveness

Student Azhaar Sholgami, whose family was terrorized in the Sudan war, called Freddy Mutanguha’s journey toward healing “an epiphany of hope.”
Dean Colvin with Konvitz Lecture speaker Freddy Mutanguha.
Konvitz Lecturer Encourages Forgiveness

Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

As the 2024 Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence, ILRie Randi Weingarten spent time at ILR teaching, speaking and meeting with students, professors and university staff.
Randi Weingarten '80
Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

QA with MS Student Claire Sleigh

A connection “around a shared motivation for social justice and the importance of the labor movement in achieving better outcomes” is shared by students in the cohort, Sleigh said.
M.S. Student Claire Sleigh
QA with MS Student Claire Sleigh

Diversity Initiative Supported

Four people affiliated with ILR helped foster a $750,000 grant supporting the Ray Corollary Initiative's mission to increase diversity within the alternative dispute resolution profession.
Ives Hall Cupola
Diversity Initiative Supported

Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

Doctoral student Claire Malcomb supports undergraduate research on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Claire Malcomb
Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

ILRie Spends Semester In Jordan

Margot Treadwell spent her semester abroad exploring her interest in Arabic, women’s labor globally, and immersing herself in a new culture.
Margot Treadwell ‘24 in Jordan
ILRie Spends Semester In Jordan

Higher NYS Minimum Wage Would Boost Spending, Create Jobs

Cornell Chronicle
Raising New York state’s minimum hourly wage to $21.25, as proposed in the NYS Raise the Wage Act currently before the state Legislature, would help nearly two-thirds of workers earn a living wage, according to data from the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas.
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Higher NYS Minimum Wage Would Boost Spending, Create Jobs

Justin Bloesch Q&A

Get to know one of ILR's newest faculty members.
Justin Bloesch
Justin Bloesch Q&A

ILRie Interns With U.S. District Court Judge

Alex Herazy ’25 spent a semester interning with U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman as part of a credit internship
Alex Herazy ’25 with Judge Richard Berman '64
ILRie Interns With U.S. District Court Judge

Compensation Fund Could Boost NYS Child Care Industry

Cornell Chronicle
“The Status of Child Care in New York State,” a new report released by the Buffalo Co-Lab, finds that recent increases in state subsidies helped stabilize the industry through the pandemic, but were insufficient to reduce inequities in access and quality.
A child care worker reads to young children who follow along in the book she holds.
Compensation Fund Could Boost NYS Child Care Industry

Speech & Debate Qualifies Team for National Tournament

The Cornell University Speech and Debate program, sponsored by the ILR School, qualified the varsity team of Praveen Gunendran, CALS ’24 and Devansh Jotsinghani, Brooks ’24 for the National Debate Tournament, to be held from April 4-8 at Emory University.
The speech and debate team that participated in the Northeast District Championship and the Northeast Regional Championship.
Speech & Debate Qualifies Team for National Tournament

Citizens Often Act Against Self-Interest in Granting Police Consent

Cornell Chronicle
More than 90% of searches conducted by police in the United States are based on individual consent rather than a warrant or probable cause, but new ILR School research suggests that obtaining true consent is difficult because most people are compliant and struggle to say “no.”
Two police officers search the trunk of a car.
Citizens Often Act Against Self-Interest in Granting Police Consent

Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Cornell ILR's Union Days begins Tuesday, March 5, with "Unions, Labor, and Freedom of Expression," a presentation given by Randi Weingarten ’80.
Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Agrarian Studio Expands with Future of Work Fellowship

Hadia Akhtar Khan, a post-doctoral associate, is working with Associate Professor Sarah Besky to build a scholarly community and host conferences at Cornell.
Agrarian Studio Expands with Future of Work Fellowship

3 Strategies to Keep Your Best Employees

Cornell Chronicle
Professor Bradford Bell contends that while attracting top talent remains crucial, retention is the real test of organizational resilience.
3 Strategies to Keep Your Best Employees

Kang Joins Future of Work Initiative

Youbin Kang is researching the impact of immigration status on workplace precarity.
Kang Joins Future of Work Initiative

Akhtar Khan Helping Grow Agrarian Studio

Postdoctoral associate and Future of Work fellow Hadia Akhtar Khan is developing programming and conferences.
Akhtar Khan Helping Grow Agrarian Studio

Rwandan Leader Giving Konvitz Lecture

Thirty years after the genocide that devastated his country and killed most of his family, Freddy Mutanguha continues to stand for the empathy he developed in the tragedy’s aftermath.
Rwandan Leader Giving Konvitz Lecture

Right to Work with Dignity Examined

The human right to work and economic race discrimination are discussed in a new paper by Professor Emeritus James A. Gross.
Right to Work with Dignity Examined

Cao Working with Keller, Kehoe

Doctoral student Joanne Cao recently described her work on a Future of Work human resources project.
Cao Working with Keller, Kehoe

Students Debate Freedom of Expression’s Impact on Business

Cornell Chronicle
Students sparred over whether promoting freedom of expression in the workplace drives innovation and improves business, or interferes with decision-making and results in gridlock, during a debate and discussion held Feb. 7 in Ives Hall.
Students Debate Freedom of Expression’s Impact on Business

Future of Work Provides Grant to Study Immigrant Workplace

Postdoctoral fellow Youbin Kang will work with Professors Gleeson and Griffith to research recent policy changes by the Department of Homeland Security.
Future of Work Provides Grant to Study Immigrant Workplace

Matched Data from Hires and Managers Examined

A Future of Work project is assessing what unfolds for both employees – and their hiring managers – during their first months on the job.
Matched Data from Hires and Managers Examined

Garay Joins ILR Faculty

Political science scholar becomes fifth new faculty member for the 2023-24 academic year.
Garay Joins ILR Faculty

Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

Charlotte Garden, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, presented “The Constitution and the Workplace: Exploring How the First Amendment Impacts Workers.”
Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

A new grant awarded by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation will fund an interdisciplinary team featuring MIT and Tougaloo College scholars.
ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

Future of Work Fellow Studies Job Search Platforms, Job Seekers

Bart de Koning is part of the ILR’s Labor Dynamics Institute.
Future of Work Fellow Studies Job Search Platforms, Job Seekers

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