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NFL's Browns Extend ILRie JC Tretter '13

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Cleveland inks Tretter to a three-year contract extension.

JC Tretter on the field with the Cleveland Browns. Photo courtesy of Erik Drost.
NFL's Browns Extend ILRie JC Tretter '13

ILR Launches Podcast

Dean Alex Colvin hosts “WORK! Exploring the future of work, labor and employment.”

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ILR Launches Podcast

Two ILRies Beginning Fulbright Program

Cornell Chronicle

Kate Ellen Dean ’12 will teach in Brazil and Dustin Liu ’19 will teach in Malaysia.

Kate Ellen Dean ’12 and Dustin Liu ’19
Two ILRies Beginning Fulbright Program

A Lifetime of Contributions

Alumna Vicki Saporta endows social justice internship fund.

Alumna Vicki Saporta
A Lifetime of Contributions

“ILR Review” Examines Entrepreneurship and Employment

The themes of entrepreneurship and employment are explored in a special issue. Learn more from guest editor Diane Burton in this Q&A.

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“ILR Review” Examines Entrepreneurship and Employment

New Book by ILR Disability Experts Published

Topics include "Bullying and Harassment of Employees with Disabilities."

Employment and Disability: Issues, Innovations and Opportunities
New Book by ILR Disability Experts Published

Gleeson Speaking on Immigration Bias

"How the Media Helps Stir Up Anti-Immigration Fervor" discussion is part of Johnson Museum event.

Photo: Shannon Gleeson
Gleeson Speaking on Immigration Bias

New Yang-Tan Course Will Connect Cornellians with Local Students

Kelly Clark and Thomas Golden have turned Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning funds into a dynamic new partnership with local schools.

Thomas Golden and Kelly Clark will teach a new course entitled “It Takes Work: Innovations in Law and Practice to Advance Employment for Students with Disabilities.”
New Yang-Tan Course Will Connect Cornellians with Local Students

Workplace Sexual Harassment Report Published

Worker Institute finds widespread problems statewide.

Sexual Harassment report
Workplace Sexual Harassment Report Published

Prison Job Interviews Offer Hope

Cornell Chronicle

Through ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, employers conducted interviews for the first time in a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision prison.

Esta Bigler ’70 with with Rubén Colón and Manuel Peña.
Prison Job Interviews Offer Hope

“Temp” Wins Princeton Book Award

Associate Professor Louis Hyman’s book lauded as 2018’s most important contribution toward public policy understanding related to industrial relations and labor market operation.

Temp by Louis Hyman
“Temp” Wins Princeton Book Award

Meet Engaged Cornell Ambassador Alex Foley ’20

“I believe in the power of community engagement to create a positive, lasting impact on our communities.”

Alex Foley ’20
Meet Engaged Cornell Ambassador Alex Foley ’20

Climate Jobs New York Celebrated

Worker Institute-led coalition honors Mike Bloomberg, former New York City mayor, with its Clean Energy Award.

Dean Alex Colvin and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg
Climate Jobs New York Celebrated

Women’s Leadership Summit Set for Oct. 16

Christy Pambianchi ‘90 and Beth Florin M.S. '85 will bring real-world perspectives to ILR as they speak at “Mind The Gap: Navigating Gendered Wage Inequities”

Women’s Leadership Summit Set for Oct. 16
Women’s Leadership Summit Set for Oct. 16

“ILR Prepares You For Life”

Josh Lafazan ’16 draws on his experience at ILR in his position as a legislator for Nassau County.

Josh Lafazan ’16
“ILR Prepares You For Life”

"California’s Gig Worker Law … Is Going To Fail"

Forbes
Man riding a bicycle with an Uber Eats bag
"California’s Gig Worker Law … Is Going To Fail"

Imposing Responsibility On Global Corporations

In the Konvitz Memorial Lecture, political scientist John Ruggie addressed the crisis of increased corporate globalization and what can be done to combat its effects.

Professor John Ruggie, the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
Imposing Responsibility On Global Corporations

For Kids’ Sake

Worker Institute program empowers New York City nannies to better care for children—and themselves.

Zoltan Antal, MD, speaking at a nanny workshop
For Kids’ Sake

Labor’s Future in America

Steven Greenhouse, who chronicles in a new book the rise and decline of worker power and how it could be rekindled, speaks at ILR on Monday.

Steven Greenhouse lecture
Labor’s Future in America

Worker Protection Strategies

Experts gathering for “Labor and the U.S Constitution: Past, Present and Future” conference

Labor and the U.S Constitution
Worker Protection Strategies

Beck Fellowships Support Student Entrepreneurs

Cornell Chronicle

In its first year, Barry '90 and Marla Beck founded the fellowship program to boost entrepreneurial resources for Cornell students.

Beck Fellows Conner Swenberg and Nolan Gray
Beck Fellowships Support Student Entrepreneurs

Fair Features Career Opportunities

More than 20 employers will meet with students Tuesday at the ILR Career Fair.

Employer and student talking at a career fair
Fair Features Career Opportunities

Worker Institute Research Attracts 35 Students

Latino immigrant rights, wearable technologies in the workplace and the living wage are among the areas being studied by research fellows.

2019 Workers Institute Student Research Fellows
Worker Institute Research Attracts 35 Students

YTI Earns $4 Million Grant to Partner in Operating the National Youth Center

ILR will develop and manage a technical assistance center to increase the number and quality of employment opportunities for youth with disabilities.

YTI grant to work with disabled teens
YTI Earns $4 Million Grant to Partner in Operating the National Youth Center

The Paradox of Corporate Globalization

Konvitz Lecture to be given by political scientist John Ruggie on Sept. 26

Konvitz Lecture 2019
The Paradox of Corporate Globalization

Q&A with Tejasvi Nagaraja

Get to know more about one of ILR’s seven new faculty members.

Tejasvi Nagaraja
Q&A with Tejasvi Nagaraja

National Science Foundation research award received by Ajunwa

Professor hopes her research will impact the development of ethical standards for the design and use of hiring platforms.

Ifeoma Ajunwa
National Science Foundation research award received by Ajunwa

Unemployment Course Awarded Engaged Curriculum Grant

Ian Greer’s class works to mobilize students to combat the consequences of unemployment through legal advocacy.

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Unemployment Course Awarded Engaged Curriculum Grant

Kheel Center Images Featured on PBS

Documentary episode on the Triangle Fire is illustrated with photographs from the Kheel archives in Catherwood Library.

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Kheel Center Images Featured on PBS

Lars Vilhuber Spearheads Policy Change at AEA

Labor Dynamics Institute executive director tackles replication failures for American Economic Association journals.

Lars Vilhuber
Lars Vilhuber Spearheads Policy Change at AEA

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