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McPherson Event

Students and faculty recognized for outstanding scholarship, leadership and community service at ILR's McPherson Honors and Awards event

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McPherson Event

Historians Select Stayin' Alive

Professor Jefferson Cowie's "Stayin Alive" named best book in American social and intellectual history of 2010

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Historians Select Stayin' Alive

March 21 Premiere

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March 21 Premiere

Guiding Antagonists to Agreement

Adler '62 lauded by ILR Dean Harry Katz and others for leadership of the Israeli National Labor Court

Guiding Antagonists to Agreement

World-class Economist

World-class Economist

Is your boss creative? Probably not, research says

Research by ILR's Jack Goncalo indicates that "creative people are being filtered out on their way to the top"

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Is your boss creative? Probably not, research says

Trust Research

Research by Assistant Professor Michele Williams shows varying pitch and volume can help build rapport

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Trust Research

Giving back

ILR's Institute for Compensation Studies receives first endowment from Beth Florin MS '85; Kate Griffith named first Proskauer Rose chair

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Giving back

Inventing Success

Kristen McClellan '12 vies for young entreprenuers' prize in competition sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange and MTV

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Inventing Success

Seeking Culture Change

Forum hosted by Labor and Employment Law Program explores how incorrectly classifying workers can create social and legal problems

Seeking Culture Change

Groat & Alpern Awards 2011

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Groat & Alpern Awards 2011

Labor Roundtable

Annual Labor Roundtable participants tell students that social justice and union careers require passion and a desire to make a difference

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Labor Roundtable

Solar Power

ILR's John Bunge and Maria Figueroa contribute to first-ever census that reveals solar jobs are on the rise<br />

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Solar Power

Making Impressions Stick

Alumni advise students to "manage your brand" at pre-ILR Career Fair event organized by the Minority ILR Student Organization

Making Impressions Stick

In-depth Analysis

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In-depth Analysis

Hidden Histories

Rutgers University professor and Alice Cook Distinguished Lecture speaker talks about the lasting impact of the International Federation of Working Women

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Hidden Histories

Labor history digitized

ILR's Catherwood Library and its DigitalCommons@ILR now house all issues of the <i>Labor Research Review</i>

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Labor history digitized

Policy Influence, Internationally

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Policy Influence, Internationally

Nittany Honor

Penn State will award an honorary doctorate of humane letters to Professor Ronald Ehrenberg at May ceremony

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Nittany Honor

Positive reinforcement

Jonathan DeGraff MILR/MBA '11 is one of 15 graduate students nationwide to win Society for Human Resource Management award

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Positive reinforcement

National Network

One of the nation's 10 regional ADA centers is based at ILR's Employment and Disability Institute

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National Network

High Road

ILR students in Buffalo are working with non-profit groups, government, business and labor advocates on service learning projects.

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High Road

Tax Dodge Hurts Taxpayers

Congressional report states that taxes could be reduced if revenue lost to misclassification can be reclaimed

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Tax Dodge Hurts Taxpayers

Narcissists at Work

Assistant Professor Jack Goncalo's research shows how and why know-it-all peers can influence creativity in groups such as workplace teams

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Narcissists at Work

Instrumental Time

Kerri Motelson '08, MS '09 shares perspectives about ILR and getting her first job in the financial world during a time of industry-wide turmoil

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Instrumental Time

New Chair Announced

Professor Pam Tolbert, chair of ILR's organizational behavior department, is the first appointee to the Gray professorship

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New Chair Announced

Day in the Sun

In his remarks, Dean Harry Katz tells ILR's newest alums that they have a "responsibility to help find solutions to economic and social troubles."

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Day in the Sun

On-the-Job Nervous

ILR organizational behaviorists and social statisticians examine how temporary workers can fuel insecurity among regular workers.

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On-the-Job Nervous

Alcohol and Retirees

ILR and Cornell researchers have been studying this issue with support from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse

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Alcohol and Retirees

Listening to Each Other

Listening to Each Other

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