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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Cornell Chronicle
“Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,” by Tejasvi Nagaraja, is set for release on Sept. 22.
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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Strengthening Higher Ed Is Goal of Upcoming Konvitz Lecture

Rakesh Khurana ’89, former dean of Harvard College and scholar of organizational behavior, will discuss why public trust in higher education has declined – and how universities and colleges can respond – when he delivers this year’s Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lectureship in American Ideals.
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Strengthening Higher Ed Is Goal of Upcoming Konvitz Lecture

AI’s Impact on Professional Work to be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

A new research team plans to explore AI’s impact on professional work through a new two-year pilot initiative housed at the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator.
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AI’s Impact on Professional Work to be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

Two New Faculty Members Join ILR for 2026-27

The ILR School welcomed two new faculty members, Greg Distelhorst and Anaïs Fabre, on July 1.
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Two New Faculty Members Join ILR for 2026-27

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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Cornell Chronicle
“Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,” by Tejasvi Nagaraja, is set for release on Sept. 22.
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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Cornell Chronicle
Studying two decades of data collected through the Empire State Poll, researchers have found that the cost of living dominates respondents’ key concerns, eclipsing other priorities, such as the environment.
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Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

New research by Forrest Briscoe examined how reported violence in protests was associated with increased local corporate diversity action announcements.
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Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Cornell Chronicle
Central Americans with TPS status make significant contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.
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Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

Cornell Chronicle
Men and women achieve similar economic outcomes in negotiations, but female negotiators foster stronger interpersonal relationships, according to new research by Charlotte “Charlie” Townsend, a Future of Work fellow in the ILR School’s Department of Organizational Behavior.
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Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

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Cornell grant expands education for incarcerated students

Spectrum
Jodi Anderson, director of technological innovation for ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, shares his perspective on Cornell’s Prison Education Program and on reducing barriers to employment for people who have been incarcerated.
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions

Wired
“Statistical nonsense” is how John Abowd, ILR emeritus professor and former chief scientist at the U.S. Census Bureau, described a recent report published by the Census Bureau about noncitizen voting.
A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions

Could Tompkins County set its own higher minimum wage?

The Ithaca Voice
In this audio interview, ILR Research Professor Ian Greer discusses findings from the Tompkins County minimum wage study that he led and provides a deeper understanding of the issues examined in the study.
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Microsoft AI agreement is only a first step for teachers unions

September 10, 2026

“The agreement between the AFT and Microsoft is a starting point, but it leaves some of the biggest questions about AI in classrooms unanswered ... The central question is whether teacher unions will negotiate over exactly how AI is used in the classroom."

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Labor Day 2026: Cornell experts on AI, the changing workplace

Sept. 3, 2026

Artificial intelligence has quickly become one of the defining issues in the workplace, with employers and workers alike grappling with how the technology will change jobs, productivity, wages and the balance of power at work.

In this Tip Sheet, labor experts discuss AI’s impact on workers, jobs and the workplace.

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