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McPherson Honors and Awards

Students and faculty learned Thursday about ILRies receiving top awards for the 2018-2019 school year.

Emily Abelow receives the John O'Donnell Prize in Labor Law from Kevin Harris, the Frank B. Miller Director of ILR Student Services.
McPherson Honors and Awards

Contemporary Economy

Study at Singapore University helps student with his goal of connecting countries to economic growth opportunities.

Andrés Montes ’19 in Singapore
Contemporary Economy

A Summer to Remember

ILR students conduct public policy research in Zambia.

Alexander Phelps '20 dinner in a Zambian village
A Summer to Remember

Students learn value of cultural context

Estefania Palacios '18 studying in India
Students learn value of cultural context

ILR Peer Mentors

Friendly support provided for new students

Taylar "TJ" Clement '19 - Peer Mentor
ILR Peer Mentors

Class of '22 a Record Breaker

ILR’s new class posts a yield rate of 79 percent, the highest in the school’s history. Seventy of the 164 first-year students identify as African-American, Latino or Native American, underrepresented populations in higher education.

2018 incoming ILR School students
Class of '22 a Record Breaker

Students and Faculty Honored

Awards made for teaching, mentoring, scholarship, service

2016 McPherson Awards
Students and Faculty Honored

Yorango on a Roll

Alum looking beyond Ithaca to expand startup

Adam Kirsch
Yorango on a Roll

ILR’s Class of 2019

New students are diverse, academically strong

Class of 2019
ILR’s Class of 2019

Bridge Across Campus

ILR Senior Leading Cornell Student Assembly

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Bridge Across Campus

Guiding Force

Prefreshman program builds confidence and college success, peer adviser says

Angie Estevez-Prada
Guiding Force

Living Wage Study

ILR student impacting Tompkins County workers through research

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Living Wage Study

Health Care Focus

Summer devoted to science learning and health care delivery innovation

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Health Care Focus

Serving and Learning

ILR student team working on projects to benefit rural and indigenous people

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Serving and Learning

Applying Education to Greek Life

ILR students lead Greek system’s three organizing bodies

Andrea Kim, Kendall Grant and Connor Riser
Applying Education to Greek Life

Comparing Social Policy

Research at Oxford will focus on "invisible" working class

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Comparing Social Policy

National Tournament

Mock trial team surpasses 2014 record

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National Tournament

Senior Tribute Tree

ILR students join project commemorating classmates

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Senior Tribute Tree

Boren Scholarship Recipient

ILR student plans to study in Brazil

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Boren Scholarship Recipient

Headed to Alaska

Debate team heads to its final tournament of the season

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Headed to Alaska

Mixing Horses, HR Studies

Cornell Equestrian Team member cites support of faculty and team

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Mixing Horses, HR Studies

Learning Through Listening

Freshman wins national award for academic achievement and advocacy

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Learning Through Listening

Sacred Struggle

Talbot '15 marches in Selma as civil rights advocate

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Sacred Struggle

Cayuga’s Watchers on Duty

Student group works to increase safety at parties

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Cayuga’s Watchers on Duty

Debate Champs

ILR students win tournament’s Spanish-language category

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Debate Champs

Learning to Litigate

Cornell hosted mock trial competition

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Learning to Litigate

Awardees Named

Three graduate students working with ILR faculty honored by Economics

Nellie Zhao Ph.D. '16, Tirupam Goel Ph.D. '16 and Jason Cook Ph.D. '16
Awardees Named

Rhodes Scholar

Rachel Harmon '15 will pursue social justice interests at Oxford University

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Rhodes Scholar

Recruiting students, one swath of madras at a time

MILRSO fashion show a keystone of Diversity Hosting Weekend

Recruiting students, one swath of madras at a time

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