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Lipsky Professorship Extends Legacy of ILR School Leader

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The new David and Alexandra Lipsky Professorship in Dispute Resolution, endowed by the estate of David B. Lipsky ’61, a former dean and the Anne Evans Estabrook Professor Emeritus, and his wife, Sandy, will extend the legacy of one of the ILR School’s most beloved and inspirational leaders.
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Lipsky Professorship Extends Legacy of ILR School Leader

IZA, Princeton Featuring Kahn

Lawrence M. Kahn, the Braunstein Family Professor and Professor of Economics, shared his expertise in productions hosted by the IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) and Princeton University.
Lawrence Kahn
IZA, Princeton Featuring Kahn

Packman Named to Sustainability, Climate Justice Commission

Senior Research & Policy Development Associate Iris Packman of ILR’s Climate Jobs Institute will share her expertise with the Ithaca community.
Iris Packman
Packman Named to Sustainability, Climate Justice Commission

Q&A with Yiran Zhang

Get to know more about one of ILR’s four new faculty members.
Iran Zhang
Q&A with Yiran Zhang

Q&A with Yiran Zhang

Get to know more about one of ILR’s four new faculty members.
Q&A with Yiran Zhang

Gleeson to Discuss the Law and the Reality of Asylum

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Professor Shannon Gleeson will join a prominent refugee and author and a renowned legal expert to discuss racism and xenophobia in U.S. refugee policy at the “Race, Refuge & Border Justice” keynote on Wednesday, April 26.
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Gleeson to Discuss the Law and the Reality of Asylum

Regional Town-Gown Conference Focuses on Labor, Employment

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Community leaders and ILR School experts discussed issues such as childcare, remote and hybrid work, and housing and demographic trends at the Regional Town-Gown Conference, held April 18 at the Hotel Ithaca.
ILR Dean Alex Colvin speaks at the Regional Town-Gown Conference
Regional Town-Gown Conference Focuses on Labor, Employment

Matthew Saleh Wins Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award

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Senior Research Associate at Yang-Tan Institute recognized for his work on career pathways for youth with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Matthew Saleh
Matthew Saleh Wins Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award

Belot Named Frances Perkins Professor

A new position for a researcher who studies behavioral, labor and health economics was approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees and begins April 1.
Michele Belot
Belot Named Frances Perkins Professor

Onward, Upward?

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Why Tristan Ivory is skeptical of the idea that middle-class immigrants generally benefit by pursuing opportunities far from their country of origin.
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Onward, Upward?

Q&A with Gali Racabi

Get to know more about one of ILR’s four new faculty members.
Gali Racabi
Q&A with Gali Racabi

Four ILRies Named Center for Social Sciences Faculty Fellows

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The program seeks to nurture the careers of Cornell’s most promising faculty members in the social sciences by providing time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship.
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Four ILRies Named Center for Social Sciences Faculty Fellows

Q&A with Caitlin Ray

Get to know more about one of ILR’s four new faculty members.
Caitlin Ray
Q&A with Caitlin Ray

Three Faculty Members Named Full Professors

Two professors in ILR’s Department of Human Resource Studies and one in the school’s Department of Organizational Behavior have been promoted.
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Three Faculty Members Named Full Professors

Gleeson Named Edmund Ezra Day Professor

Revealing processes through which workplace inequality emerges, and how workers and their advocates respond, is at the heart of Professor Shannon Gleeson’s scholarship.
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Gleeson Named Edmund Ezra Day Professor

Wagner '92 Gift Honors Lieberwitz

In appreciation for teaching that welcomes differing views, Eric Wagner ’92 is supporting the Worker Institute Undergraduate Student Research Fellows Program.
Eric Wagner
Wagner '92 Gift Honors Lieberwitz

Stephen Kim Named Global Public Voices Fellow

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Assistant Director of ILR WIDE will engage with national and international news media to speak out on democratic threats.
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Stephen Kim Named Global Public Voices Fellow

Fath and Zhang Awarded Grants

Faculty members will study Black employee allyship and compensation for family caregivers.
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Fath and Zhang Awarded Grants

Q&A with Alex Kowalski

Get to know more about one of ILR’s four new faculty members.
Alex Kowalski
Q&A with Alex Kowalski

Pay Transparency: Pros and Cons

Peter Bamberger, Ph.D. ’90, research director of ILR’s Smithers Institute and a Tel Aviv University professor who has written a book on exposing pay, is among the experts who will speak at a Tuesday event.
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Pay Transparency: Pros and Cons

Future of Work Fellow Studies Job Search Platforms, Job Seekers

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

Future of Work Fellow Studies Self-Expression

Marie-Catherine Mignault is part of ILR’s Experimental Psychology and Organizations Lab. ExPo Lab.
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Future of Work Fellow Studies Self-Expression

Implement Policy Changes, Urges Cook-Gray Lecturer

Combatting the decline in gender progress in the labor market starts with implementing policy interventions, says Professor Francine Blau ’66.
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Implement Policy Changes, Urges Cook-Gray Lecturer

ILR Faculty Awarded 2030 Project Grants

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Ian Greer and Virginia Doellgast have been awarded a grant to examine the future of electric vehicles and explore the union, managerial and policy approaches to mitigate disruption to workers.
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ILR Faculty Awarded 2030 Project Grants

Cook-Gray Lecture Set for Sept. 29

“Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?” will be presented by Professor Francine Blau.
Francine Blau
Cook-Gray Lecture Set for Sept. 29

LeClercq Appointed to EU List of Expert Arbitrators

Nomination of ILR faculty member is a reflection of her expertise on the intersection of trade and fundamental rights.
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LeClercq Appointed to EU List of Expert Arbitrators

Professor Retires After 56 Years

Protecting the rights of society’s most vulnerable people has been the focus of James Gross’s teaching and research.
Book by Professor James Gross, known for advocacy, explores workplace democracy
Professor Retires After 56 Years

MILR Alumni Honor Professor Gold

ILR undergraduates with financial need will benefit from a scholarship established by former students thankful for the critical thought and logic skills shared by Michael Gold.
Michael Gold
MILR Alumni Honor Professor Gold

ILR Welcomes Four to Faculty

The Human Resource Studies Department and the Labor Relations, Law, & History Department will each add two assistant professors.
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ILR Welcomes Four to Faculty

Doellgast Appointed Anne Evans Estabrook Professor

The relationship between labor market and collective bargaining institutions, inequality and job quality is the research focus of Professor Virginia Doellgast.
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Doellgast Appointed Anne Evans Estabrook Professor

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