Scheinman Institute Blog

Dionne Pohler joins the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

The Scheinman Institute’s Campus Mediation Program at Cornell is transforming how conflicts are addressed on campus by teaching students to resolve disputes through empathy, deep listening, and restorative justice.

The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, in collaboration with the ILR International Programs Office, offers the Hopi & Navajo Engaged Learning Program each spring semester, which includes a field research trip to Arizona. This unique program introduces ILR students to the conflict resolution processes used by the Hopi and Navajo Nations.

Noted arbitrator Kenneth Kirschner '75 will receive ILR’s 2026 Groat Award at the Groat and Alpern Awards on March 26 in New York City.

Javier Ramirez, Executive Manager of the Cornell ILR National Conflict Resolution Service (NCRS) discusses the future of labor mediation.

Javier Ramirez, a former union president and federal mediator with decades of lived experience in labor relations, now leads the National Conflict Resolution Service (NCRS), housed at Cornell’s Scheinman Institute. Through NCRS, Ramirez aims to build a trusted, community-driven hub for labor-management dispute resolution.

The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution was asked by the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA) to conduct a survey of its members on the use of Generative AI.

Professor Ariel Avgar is conducting impactful research regarding labor and employment relations in the healthcare field.

In their new research paper, published in the American Bar Association Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Harry C. Katz, David Sherwyn, and Paul Wagner, demonstrate that the employees in civil rights cases enjoy significantly greater results in arbitration than in litigation.

The Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club (SCRC) has officially begun its activities for the current academic year.

Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT.

Naveen Sharma '24 reflects upon his tenure as the Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club president and what he learned about conflict resolution from the Scheinman Institute.

In this month's edition of Healthcare Insights, John August explores the labor-management partnership in the midst of workplace shortages and the advancement of A.I.

In this month's edition of Healthcare Insights, John August explores how recent policy shifts fueling vaccine chaos are challenging physicians’ ability to protect patients and public health.

In this month's Healthcare Insights, John August explores the issues identified in an ACP position paper, which the organization argues must be addressed through collective action.

Richard “Dick” Fincher ’73, who has been instrumental in creating and teaching the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program and the Hopi & Navajo Engaged Learning Program, has announced his intention to slow down and gradually retire from teaching, but the legacy he has created will continue.

Scheinman Institute Board Member and Instructor Richard Fincher advances workplace harmony, mentors neutrals, and leads global engaged learning programs in conflict resolution.

Scheinman Institute Welcomes New Board Members

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Director of the Scheinman Institute, discusses the four-month Foundations of Labor Arbitration program and 18-month Labor Arbitrator Development program, now open for registration.

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Director of the Scheinman Institute, shares how the Institute is intensifying its work on arbitration through expanded training programs, ongoing faculty and student research, and new initiatives to support practitioners navigating a changing arbitration landscape.

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Director of the Scheinman Institute, discusses the activities of the new National Conflict Resolution Service, including arbitrator training programs, and mediation and facilitation services.