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Our flexible, interdisciplinary major lets students pursue a wide range of academic interests and careers.

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Graduate Programs

Study the workplace comprehensively with the world's highest concentration of workplace faculty.

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Professional Education

Invest in your career by learning from instructors who blend world-leading research with business-tested practicality.

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Every ILRie Has a Story

Scott Buchheit, M.S. ’77, packed a lot of living into his ILR days, including a stint as a union laborer in Florida, a four-month motorcycle trip across America, and time in the Adirondacks helping the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and New York state reach an agreement in an historic land dispute.

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ILR School Events

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Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century

Please join us for the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture. Our honored speaker is Annelise Orleck, professor of history and co-chair of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College.
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Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century

The NLRA Under Trump

UNION DAYS 2025 Please join us for a Union Days 2025 event at 4:30 p.m. in 281 Ives Hall for a fireside chat featuring: Matt Bruenig, president, People’s Policy Project To see all Union Days events, click here.

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The NLRA Under Trump

Black Labor Organizing Matters

UNION DAYS 2025 Join us for this timely discussion on the power and impact of Black workers in the labor movement. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in 115 Ives. Our featured speaker is: Michael Green, professor, Texas A&M University School of Law To see all Union Days events, click here.

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Black Labor Organizing Matters

Yang-Tan Institute: Enhancing equal opportunities for all people with disabilities

The Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability contributes to the development of organizations and communities that welcome the skills and talents of people with disabilities in New York state, the U.S. and abroad. 

YTI informs public policy in many ways, including providing public access to disability data in specific geographic areas.

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“My time at the ILR School helped me understand both labor and management perspectives, which has proven to be a solid foundation for my career.”
– Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Get To Know: Forrest Briscoe

Faculty Spotlight

Forrest Briscoe, who joined the ILR faculty in the fall of 2024, is the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations. He teaches and researches organization theory and strategic management.

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Catherwood Library

The Martin P. Catherwood Library is the most comprehensive resource on labor and employment in North America, offering expert research support through reference services, instruction, online guides and access to premier collections.

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ILR in the News

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Quantum Statistical Approach Quiets Big, Noisy Data

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A team of Cornell statisticians, including ILR Professor Martin Wells, has developed a way to handle and simplify large data sets more efficiently than traditional methods when the data gets too big.
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Quantum Statistical Approach Quiets Big, Noisy Data

Kheel Center Honors Student Archival Research

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Celine Chauviere’s paper “Rosie the Riveter’s Untold Story: African American Women’s Intersectional Struggle” earned her the 2024 Kheel Center Award for Undergraduate Research, which celebrates outstanding scholarship using the center’s archives.
Celine Chauviere ’25 (second from right) receives the Kheel Undergraduate Research Award from librarians and curators (left to right) Haven Hawley, Jim DelRosso, and Steven Calco at an April 9 awarding event.
Kheel Center Honors Student Archival Research

Q&A: Tariff Impacts on Apparel Workers and Fashion Industry

Jason Judd, executive director of ILR’s Global Labor Institute, addressed questions about the potential impacts of U.S. tariffs on workers in apparel-producing countries and on the fashion industry.
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Q&A: Tariff Impacts on Apparel Workers and Fashion Industry

Cook-Gray Lecture Will Examine Transformative Labor Movement

Annelise Orleck, professor of history and co-chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15.
Annelise Orleck, Professor of History at Dartmouth College
Cook-Gray Lecture Will Examine Transformative Labor Movement

Campus Life

A view of student life at Cornell University's ILR School in Ithaca, NY.

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Enjoying these early days of spring. 🌼🌷🌸

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Meet ILR School student Katie DeRose, Class of 2026! 👋 A high school project on the 1978 Bridgeport teachers’ strike sparked her interest in workers, organized labor and the future of work. When she learned about the ILR School at Cornell, she felt she would be a good fit. With help from Cornell…

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Meet Bentley, one of our ILR Ambassadors! Swipe to read more about Bentley’s summer internship experience! 🐻

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Considering studying abroad during your time at ILR? The ILR/UCD Semester in Dublin is a fall-only program that offers a unique opportunity to explore the global aspects of the ILR field while earning ILR credit! 🇮🇪 Offered through the ILR Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs (OEEP), this…

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Welcome back from Spring Break, ILRies! 👋 We hope you are feeling refreshed and ready for the rest of the semester. 💪🌷

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Meet Briana Mascaro '07, an ILR alum whose career at Disney started while she was at ILR! 🙌

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