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Academic Excellence in a Global City

Associate Professors Brad Bell and John Hausknecht
Academic Excellence in a Global City

Wave of Generosity

Crowdfunding positions Big Red debaters for multiple events

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Wave of Generosity

Aleks’s research and ILR criminal records work supported

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Aleks’s research and ILR criminal records work supported

Starting up with confidence

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Starting up with confidence

Remembering Jim Huttar

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Remembering Jim Huttar

Thriving in Queens

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Thriving in Queens

Reinventing Capitalism

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Reinventing Capitalism

Elite program selects three from ILR

Cornell Chronicle
Schwarzman scholars
Elite program selects three from ILR

Rawlings offers lessons in leadership to economics class

Hunter Rawlings and Ron Ehrenberg
Rawlings offers lessons in leadership to economics class

Kuruvilla Selected

Asia is focus of newly named Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations

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Kuruvilla Selected

ILRie Meisinger Fellow

Society of Human Resource Management
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ILRie Meisinger Fellow

Friedman's take on Walmart movement

The New York Times
A Walmart store in Shenzhen, China, where the company opened its first store in the country two decades ago. Some of Walmart’s workers in Shenzhen recently filed a lawsuit demanding back pay. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
Friedman's take on Walmart movement

Moving millions?

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Moving millions?

Kheel Center to house new union collection

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Kheel Center to house new union collection

Labor Roundtable

Annual Worker Institute event connects students with representatives of union and social justice organizations
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Labor Roundtable

Managing 'free'

Wired
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Managing 'free'

Adler on election, strike

Marketplace
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Adler on election, strike

Jonathan DeGraff ’12: Helping People

Alum who chose management over medicine sees positive outcomes
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Jonathan DeGraff ’12: Helping People

Labor’s New Dimensions

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Labor’s New Dimensions

Sparking Ideas

ILR alum facilitates student entrepreneurial experiences

ILR alum Peter Cortle 10, eHub director, front; Kyle Karnes ENG 91, CEO of Student Agencies, Inc., left, and Mike Karangelen A&S 90, chair of the Student Agencies Foundation
Sparking Ideas

Precarious Workers

Many low-wage employees struggle to attain workplace justice

Book cover art: Jose G. Ortiz / Hijos del Sol
Precarious Workers

Endless Possibilities

CNN’s Jautz ’78 encourages students to take risks, be persistent

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Endless Possibilities

New Leadership Roles

Katz directing Scheinman Institute, will lead association

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New Leadership Roles

Preparing leaders

Cornell campus
Preparing leaders

Future of Work

ILR event casts floodlight on power of freelance economy

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Future of Work

Labor Issues in Music

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Labor Issues in Music

Cathy Creighton ’87: Union value and common decency

As a child growing up in New York City, labor lawyer Cathy Creighton ’87 saw firsthand the value of unions.
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Cathy Creighton ’87: Union value and common decency

Freelancing in America: The Present and Future of the Gig Economy

Stephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork.com, and Sara Horowitz ‘84, founder of the Freelancers Union

Stephane Kasriel, Sara Horowitz and Louis Hyman
Freelancing in America: The Present and Future of the Gig Economy

ILR Hosts Collaborative Event

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ILR Hosts Collaborative Event

Workplace Health and Safety

Brown conducts programs for up to 3,000 people annually

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Workplace Health and Safety

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