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Dean Colvin & Spencer Levy Discuss Covid and Commercial Real Estate on WORK!

Spencer Levy ’92, chairman of Americas Research and senior economic adviser for CBRE, joins Dean Alex Colvin on the latest episode of the ILR School’s podcast to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on the world of work.
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Dean Colvin & Spencer Levy Discuss Covid and Commercial Real Estate on WORK!

Four With ILR Ties Earn Social Sciences Grants

Cornell Chronicle
Vanessa Bohns, Shannon Gleeson, Kati Griffith and Celene Reynolds will have their research proposals funded by Cornell Center for Social Sciences grants.
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Four With ILR Ties Earn Social Sciences Grants

Panel: Pandemic and Protests Laid Economic Injustices Bare

Cornell Chronicle
Faculty members from A&S and the ILR School discussed the ways racism shapes economic policies, and how economic policies shape inequality in America – historically and today. 
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Panel: Pandemic and Protests Laid Economic Injustices Bare

End of an Era

Labor economist Robert Aronson was part of ILR’s first generation of professors
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End of an Era

Martínez-Matsuda Wins Book Award

“Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program” lauded by Organization of American Historians.
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda's book "Migrant Citizenship"
Martínez-Matsuda Wins Book Award

Verónica Martínez-Matsuda Q&A

Martínez-Matsuda’s research explores the history of migrant farmworkers in America.
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda Q&A

State Economies Hit the Most by Coronavirus

Wallet Hub
As Americans worry about their financial future due to the economic damage from the coronavirus, WalletHub turned to a panel of experts, including ILR Professor Philipp Kircher, to offer guidance.
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State Economies Hit the Most by Coronavirus

ILR Impacting Farmworkers in New York State

Cornell Chronicle

ILR faculty members Verónica Martínez-Matsuda and Kate Griffith are among Cornellians engaged with partners to improve the lives of farmworkers, a hidden community of more than 50,000 laborers essential to the state’s agricultural industry.

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ILR Impacting Farmworkers in New York State

International Seat Held by Nishii

An ILR faculty member has accepted a position on the new international forum -- Global Future Council on New Equality and Inclusion -- designed to re-think world challenges.

Associate Professor Lisa Nishii
International Seat Held by Nishii

Dean Colvin Highlighted On Latest Union Strong Podcast

Official podcast of New York State AFL-CIO features ILR School’s newest leader.

Dean Colvin Highlighted On Latest Union Strong Podcast
Dean Colvin Highlighted On Latest Union Strong Podcast

Three ILR students among Merrill Presidential Scholars

Cornell Chronicle

Niyyah Barber, Brittany Garcia and Julia Allen honored a teacher or mentor who made a difference in their ILR experience.

ILR Merrill Scholars 2019
Three ILR students among Merrill Presidential Scholars

Workplace Creativity, Morality and Motivation Researched by Lucas

In the classroom, Assistant Professor Brian Lucas uses concepts and theory to inform understanding of workplace problems.

Brian Lucas
Workplace Creativity, Morality and Motivation Researched by Lucas

Helping People Navigate Their Environments is Research Focus

Cornell Chronicle

Brian Lucas is collaborating with Cornell colleagues to study motivation and creativity in the workplace.

Helping People Navigate Their Environments is Research Focus

Teaching About Tech Change and the Future of Work: Litwin Outlines His Approach

Aspen Institute

In ILR’s TΔ@W course, students learn how technologies can benefit many. It’s knowledge they can deploy as they become managers, policymakers, professionals, parents, teachers and workers, Litwin writes in an Aspen Institute blog post.

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Teaching About Tech Change and the Future of Work: Litwin Outlines His Approach

Forced arbitration growing, putting more workers at risk, Colvin says.

Sixty million workers are impacted by a conflict resolution system forced on them by employers, according to ILR’s interim dean.

ILR School Interim Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D.'99 speaks with a panel in New York City.
Forced arbitration growing, putting more workers at risk, Colvin says.

Entitlement: More Complex Than You Think

Entitlement usually gets a bad rap, but it’s not necessarily negative. “A little entitlement can be a good thing,” says ILR Associate Professor Emily Zitek.

Emily Zitek teaching in the classroom
Entitlement: More Complex Than You Think

Two ILR Faculty Win Weiss Awards

Cornell Chronicle

Kati Griffith and George Boyer honored for excellence in teaching.

Kati Griffith, associate professor of labor and employment law, speaks during a class in Ives Hall.
Two ILR Faculty Win Weiss Awards

Alice Hanson Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture

Professor Shelley Correll, a leading authority on gender, will speak about “The Gendered Language of Performance Assessment.”

Alice Hanson Cook - Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture: Inside the Black Box
Alice Hanson Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture

“Leading the Clunky Organization”

In his new book, Professor Sam Bacharach says great leadership is at the core of successful organizations; great leaders recognize inertia and address it.

Sam Bacharach's book, Transforming the Clunky Organization
“Leading the Clunky Organization”

Colvin Named Interim Dean

Cornell Chronicle

Alex Colvin, the Martin F. Scheinman Professor of Conflict Resolution, will lead the school while Cornell searches for a permanent dean.

Alex Colvin
Colvin Named Interim Dean

Rissing Hopes Research Will Have Impact Beyond Academia

Cornell Research & Innovation
Ben Rissing
Rissing Hopes Research Will Have Impact Beyond Academia

ILR Messaging Project - A message from the Dean

Photo: Kevin Hallock in Grand Central Station
ILR Messaging Project - A message from the Dean

Immigration's Criminalization

Cornell Chronicle
Photo: Shannon Gleeson
Immigration's Criminalization

Scholar of Renown

Labor law and labor relations expert speaking at ILR, Cornell Law

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Scholar of Renown

Seat at the Table

Compa rejoins federal panel on trade and labor

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Seat at the Table

Grave Perils, Great Possibilities

Labor Day 2015: inequality grows, but new worker voices emerge

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Grave Perils, Great Possibilities

Goals Ahead

Dean Hallock shares thoughts on ILR’s future

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Goals Ahead

"Democracy and Inequality"

Salvatore a panelist at Cornell inauguration event

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"Democracy and Inequality"

Inequality Research Funded

Impact of unionization on low-wage workers will be studied

Kate Bronfenbrenner
Inequality Research Funded

Gender and Work

Elias bringing Washington experience into the classroom

Allison Elias
Gender and Work

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