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Kheel Center to Celebrate “ILR at 80” During Reunion Weekend Exhibit

An exhibition celebrating the history and evolution of the ILR School, from its founding in 1945 to the present day, will be on display in the Catherwood Library lobby as part of Cornell Reunion Weekend. 
ILRies utilizing the Kheel Center archives.
Kheel Center to Celebrate “ILR at 80” During Reunion Weekend Exhibit

ILR Hosts ILERA Conference on Transition to Electric Vehicles

The ILR School hosted a two-day ILERA conference that explored labor and the transition to electric vehicles. Organized in part by Ian Greer, Professor Harry Katz and Art Wheaton, the conference and its 35 attendees aimed to develop a global understanding of the EV shift and its consequences for workers.
Ian Greer leading a panel discussion at the ILERA conference on the transition to electric vehicles.
ILR Hosts ILERA Conference on Transition to Electric Vehicles

Lord Lauds MS Degree Focus on Research

A strategic campaign planner and organizer with Strippers United, Meagan Stoney Lord M.S. ’25 has found that the ILR School’s MS degree program has given her the tools to conduct the community-focused research that will assist her in the union’s fight for a more just and equitable workspace.
Meagan Stoney Lord M.S. ’25
Lord Lauds MS Degree Focus on Research

Two ILRies Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Cornell Chronicle
Alex Herazy ’25 and Shruthisri (Sri) Ravisankar ’24 were honored with the 2025 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Alex Herazy ’25 and Shruthisri (Sri) Ravisankar ’24 received SUNY Chancellor Awards
Two ILRies Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Gali Racabi Receives 2025 Carpenter Advising Award

Cornell Chronicle
Gali Racabi is one of four Cornell faculty members to win a Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, which recognizes the sustained and distinguished contributions of tenure-track faculty and senior lecturers to advising undergraduates.
Gali Racabi speaks at an ILR event in 2024
Gali Racabi Receives 2025 Carpenter Advising Award

Student Group Focuses on Labor

Led by MS ILR students, the ILR School’s Graduate Labor Organization has expanded to include other Cornell students, particularly Ph.D. candidates studying sociology.
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Student Group Focuses on Labor

Policies Erode Benefits Gained by Marriage for Foreign-Born Individuals

According to new research by ILR Assistant Professor Tristan Ivory, intermarriage between foreign-born and native-born citizens provides clear labor market benefits for the foreign-born partner that change depending on the reception of immigrants in the host country.
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Policies Erode Benefits Gained by Marriage for Foreign-Born Individuals

Shelly Cerio ’92 Makes the Path to Cornell Even Wider

A new $1.5 million endowment established by Shelly Cerio ’92 will fund undergraduate affordability scholarships for multiple students at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations each year.
Shelly Cerio ’92
Shelly Cerio ’92 Makes the Path to Cornell Even Wider

Avgar, CAROW Awarded Grant to Document Home Care Worker Power

The ILR School and Weill Cornell Medicine have received a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to administer a worker-focused survey of home health aides across the North and the South of the United States.
Ariel Avgar
Avgar, CAROW Awarded Grant to Document Home Care Worker Power

ILR Announces 2025 McPherson Honors and Awards

The 32nd annual ILR School McPherson Honors and Awards Dinner occurred April 29 at the Statler Hotel.
McPherson Award trophies
ILR Announces 2025 McPherson Honors and Awards

Health Care Cooperatives Could Hold Key to Easing Elderly Caregiver Shortage

Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, according to a new study co-authored by Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08, and Dr. Madeline Sterling, A&S ’08, director of ILR’s Initiative on Home Care Work.
Scheinman Institute team helping measure results of healthcare restructuring
Health Care Cooperatives Could Hold Key to Easing Elderly Caregiver Shortage

Q&A with Jian Zou

Jian Zou, whose two-year Future of Work Fellowship began in July, is working with Professor Michael Lovenheim and Associate Professor Evan Riehl at ILR.
Jian Zou, Future of Work fellow
Q&A with Jian Zou

Home care workers unaware of AI’s role and potential benefits

Cornell Chronicle
A study led by co-authors Nicola Dell and Ian René Solano-Kamaiko reveals that home care workers are unaware of the artificial intelligence (AI) systems being implemented in their workplace and highlights the need for greater transparency.
Home care workers unaware of AI’s role and potential benefits

Bohns Named to Braunstein Professorship

Vanessa Bohns has been named ILR’s Braunstein Family Professor. The Cornell Board of Trustees approved the professorship, which began Nov. 1.
Bohns Named to Braunstein Professorship

MLB’s International Latino Players, Coaches Face Challenges Despite Diversity Efforts

Cornell Chronicle
Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that could obscure inequities in sports and other organizations.
MLB’s International Latino Players, Coaches Face Challenges Despite Diversity Efforts

Jonathan Lam ’27 Honored by Amnesty International USA

ILR junior Jonathan Lam was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Trailblazer in Organizing and Activism Award given by Amnesty International USA.
Jonathan Lam ’27 Honored by Amnesty International USA

New GLI-Schroders Toolkit Provides Framework on Climate Risk Resilience and Adaptation

The ILR School’s Global Labor Institute (GLI), in collaboration with Schroders – a global investment management company – has published the first-ever climate adaptation guidance for investor engagement with firms.
New GLI-Schroders Toolkit Provides Framework on Climate Risk Resilience and Adaptation

Negotiation and Gender Bias Among Townsend’s Research Interests

Charlotte “Charlie” Townsend, a post-doctoral associate in ILR’s Department of Organizational Behavior, joined the school in August as a Future of Work fellow. She studies gender, stereotypes, negotiations, work-family conflict, gender roles, diversity and hierarchy.
Negotiation and Gender Bias Among Townsend’s Research Interests

Group Offers Skills, and Friendship, to Local Students with Disabilities

Cornell Chronicle
ILRie Kathryn Erich ’26 is an active member of the TST-BOCES Career Skills Club and serves as the group's public relations chair.
Group Offers Skills, and Friendship, to Local Students with Disabilities

Pambianchi ’90 Offers Insight on Obtaining Success in Hatfield Lecture

Cornell Chronicle
In a conversation with Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff, Christy Pambianchi '90, reflected on her more than 30 years of experience as a human resources officer as Cornell’s 42nd Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education.
Pambianchi ’90 Offers Insight on Obtaining Success in Hatfield Lecture

Kheel Center Honors Student Archival Research

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

Quantum Statistical Approach Quiets Big, Noisy Data

Cornell Chronicle
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.
Quantum Statistical Approach Quiets Big, Noisy Data

ILR School’s Impact on New York State

The NYS Public Impact report is a window into how ILR applied research, data shares, tools and training inform labor, economic and other issues at the heart of daily life for many of the state’s 20 million residents.
ILR School’s Impact on New York State

Forrest Briscoe Q&A

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.
Forrest Briscoe Q&A

Cost of Living is Top Issue for Empire State Poll Respondents

Cornell Chronicle
The 2025 Empire State Poll is a window into New Yorkers’ daily lives, needs and concerns related to labor and employment. The data is collected to help guide policymakers, legislators, unions, employers and advocates in understanding and addressing opportunities and challenges for workers, families and communities statewide.
Cost of Living is Top Issue for Empire State Poll Respondents

Report: Erie Co. Working Women Earn Less, And They Know It

Cornell Chronicle
Women working in Erie County simultaneously experience lower pay and more significant barriers to success relative to men, according to a new report released by the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab.
Report: Erie Co. Working Women Earn Less, And They Know It

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