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Meet Sakiel Ruff '25

Sakiel's government interests have taken him from the classrooms of Ithaca to the halls of the Senate in Washington DC to non-profits in upstate NY.
Sakiel Ruff
Meet Sakiel Ruff '25

Patrick Mehler ’23

Cornell Chronicle
ILR Senior helps get out the vote.
Patrick J. Mehler
Patrick Mehler ’23

Meet the Faculty: Stephanie Thomas

ILR's Professor Stephanie Thomas talks about her teaching and offers student advice to undergraduates.
Stephanie Thomas
Meet the Faculty: Stephanie Thomas

Sherell Farmer '22

Sherell Farmer talks about her ILR thesis and what motivated her studies.
Portrait of Sherell Farmer
Sherell Farmer '22

Josh Lafazan - one of the New York's youngest elected officials

ILRie Josh Lafazan tells how he became one of New York State's youngest elected officials in May, 2012.
Josh Lafazan '16
Josh Lafazan - one of the New York's youngest elected officials

Finger Lakes Land Trust Led By ILRie

Cornell Chronicle
Andy Zepp ’85, M.P.S. ’90, executive director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust, began the organization as his Cornell master’s degree project in 1989.
Andy Zepp ’85, M.P.S. ’90
Finger Lakes Land Trust Led By ILRie

Two ILRies leading Outreach institutes are informing the national conversation around the historic union organizing shift.

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, and Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute, have been putting their ILR education and experience to work in roles they now hold at the school.
ILR signs outside Ives
Two ILRies leading Outreach institutes are informing the national conversation around the historic union organizing shift.

James Lowell Jackson ’17

ILR graduate is taking his international education to the U.S. State Department.
James “Lowell” Jackson ’17
James Lowell Jackson ’17

Sonia Guior ’15

Sonia Guior ‘15 is a self-described New Yorker, transportation nerd and aspiring Adirondack 46er. She also relies heavily on her ILR degree in her roles as employee, manager, union member and regulator of a rapidly evolving industry.
Sonia Guior ’15
Sonia Guior ’15

Liel Sterling ’21

ILR is preparing a generation of leaders to take on difficult questions and enact legal and policy change, according to ILR senior Liel Sterling.
Liel Sterling
Liel Sterling ’21

Caleb Harden ’22

Storytelling through video -- ILR student Caleb Harden used his talent to produce a tribute to the Class of 2020 when the pandemic disrupted their final months at Cornell.
Caleb Harden, ILR School Class of 2022
Caleb Harden ’22

Dustin Liu ’19

Dustin Liu ’19 is the son of Taiwanese immigrants who fostered in him the belief that individuals can inspire social change – a belief that was solidified during his time at ILR.
Dustin Liu ’19
Dustin Liu ’19