Lectures

Cook/Gray Lecture Slated for Oct. 23

Amrita Basu, A&S ’75 will present “Resisting Exclusion: Women’s Defense of Democracy in India” for the annual lecture series.
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Cook/Gray Lecture Slated for Oct. 23

Konvitz Lecture: May 2 at ILR

Speaker Kate Andrias, a Columbia Law School professor, clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who studied as a Cornell undergraduate with the legendary Professor Milton Konvitz.
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Konvitz Lecture: May 2 at ILR

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

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

Alumni Giving 2022 Konvitz Lecture

"New Voices and New Venues: Organizing Against the Assault on Democratic Principles” is the title of the talk Basil Smikle Jr. ’93 will give April 25.
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Alumni Giving 2022 Konvitz Lecture

Cook-Gray Lecture: Cross-Generational Gains from Women’s Employment

According to McGinn’s research, reaching gender equality involves changes for women and men at work and at home.
Kathleen McGinn gave the 2021 Cook-Gray Lecture
Cook-Gray Lecture: Cross-Generational Gains from Women’s Employment

Cook-Gray Lecture: Women’s Employment Pluses

Harvard Professor Kathleen McGinn will discuss women’s employment and its effects on the next generation of women.
women farming
Cook-Gray Lecture: Women’s Employment Pluses

Alice Hanson Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture

Professor Shelley Correll, a leading authority on gender, will speak about “The Gendered Language of Performance Assessment.”

Alice Hanson Cook - Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture: Inside the Black Box
Alice Hanson Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture

Controversial vote

Son shares story behind ILR founding faculty member's change of heart

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Controversial vote

Remembering Konvitz

Member of ILR founding faculty “was an institution builder”

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Remembering Konvitz

Konvitz Lecture April 27

Workplace provides most opportunity for integration, professor says

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Konvitz Lecture April 27

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