Through teaching, research and outreach, ILR generates and shares knowledge to solve human problems, manage and resolve conflict, establish best practices in the workplace and inform government policy.
ILRie Ryan McCurry, who has focused his undergraduate studies on labor and employment law and patent law, is one of five students to be awarded a SUNY Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship to pursue an advanced degree.
Three ILRies Named 2020 Merrill Presidential Scholars
Cornell Chronicle
Seniors Daniel Bromberg, Malikul Muhamad and Juliet Remi were selected for their academic achievements, leadership and potential to contribute to society. The trio share the honor with a Cornell faculty member who have inspired them.
Four years after welcoming them to ILR, Associate Professor Adam Seth Litwin followed up, sending 13 students letters they wrote to their future selves.
Quarantine has not dimmed the light of Ximena Chafloque ’24, an incoming ILRie who is the first member of her family to graduate from high school and attend college.
As COVID-19 spread across the world, most Cornell students moved home and transitioned to online learning. An ILR sophomore is among the Big Red athletes who have continued to train during the suspension of collegiate competitions.
U.S. Social Distancing Stabilized, But Did Not Reduce, Spread
Cornell Chronicle
Research conducted by a team of data scientists, engineers and public health experts at Cornell – including ILR’s David Matteson – and the University of Rochester, analyzed the effect of social distancing measures in all 50 states.
Students Study Global Garment Manufacturing in Cambodia
A winter session trip with the CU in Cambodia Program provided students the opportunity to study first-hand the complexity of the global supply chains in the garment industry.
Dean Colvin and Randi Weingarten ’80 discuss building community both in and out of labor unions, and the resulting activism that helps shape our society.
NLLI will be hosting a series of webinars constructed around NLLI’s three domains of leadership: personal mastery, organizational change, and movement building.
ILR School hub offers NYS-focused COVID-19 information
Cornell Chronicle
Aimed at informing workers, unions, employers and policy leaders across New York state, a COVID-19 and Work hub was launched April 16 and will be continually updated in the coming weeks by ILR faculty and experts.
In a massive class that went online when COVID-19 hit, Elizabeth Karns preserved core learnings while adding online office hours, pandemic statistical analysis and an extra measure of caring.
Inside the Union Where Coronavirus Put 98% of Members Out of Work
Unite Here is fighting for its survival as 98% of its members have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus. Senior lecturer Kate Bronfenbrenner discusses the strategies that built the union.
Alexander Colvin on impact of coronavirus on workers, companies
localsyr.com
Dean Alex Colvin appears on WSYR’s Newsmakers to speak with Dan Cummings about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on workers, companies and other organizations.
US Gig Workers Confused by Coronavirus Financial Relief Aid
Aljazeera
The coronavirus has spurred the government to extend unemployment benefits to more workers, but the Worker Institute’s Maria Figueroa explains why many don’t know if they qualify.
How Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa Is Leading Cuomo's Coronavirus Response
ILR alumna Melissa DeRosa holds the highest appointed position in the state, serving as the right-hand staffer to Governor Andrew Cuomo, as New York deals with the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus.
How Private Equity Firms Squeeze Hospital Patients for Profits
The New Yorker
Professor Rosemary Batt and long time collaborator Eileen Appelbaum expose how the patchwork structure of the healthcare industry allows private equity firms to make money, often at patients’ expense.
ILRie combines business acumen and interest in community by replacing bourbon, gin and brandy production with sanitizer production to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
