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Faculty
Lipsky Professorship Extends Legacy of ILR School Leader
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.
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.
Gleeson to Discuss the Law and the Reality of Asylum
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.
Regional Town-Gown Conference Focuses on Labor, Employment
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.
Matthew Saleh Wins Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award
Senior Research Associate at Yang-Tan Institute recognized for his work on career pathways for youth with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Four ILRies Named Center for Social Sciences Faculty Fellows
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.
Revealing processes through which workplace inequality emerges, and how workers and their advocates respond, is at the heart of Professor Shannon Gleeson’s scholarship.
In appreciation for teaching that welcomes differing views, Eric Wagner ’92 is supporting the Worker Institute Undergraduate Student Research Fellows Program.
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.
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.
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.
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.