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Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

As the 2024 Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence, ILRie Randi Weingarten spent time at ILR teaching, speaking and meeting with students, professors and university staff.
Randi Weingarten '80
Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Cornell ILR's Union Days begins Tuesday, March 5, with "Unions, Labor, and Freedom of Expression," a presentation given by Randi Weingarten ’80.
Randi Weingarten
Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

“Worker Militancy” Series Continues Jan. 16

Some of the most significant labor-management issues of 2023-24 are being discussed by ILR alums, faculty and external experts.
Hand on stethoscope
“Worker Militancy” Series Continues Jan. 16

A Self-Professed “Late Bloomer” Returns to East Hill

JC Tretter ’13 talks in an interview about broken bones, ruffling feathers, a bum knee, almost quitting football, constant eating, the fun of pro football, what’s next (not lawyering, fyi) and Cornell places he loves.
Joseph Carl "JC" Tretter Jr. '13
A Self-Professed “Late Bloomer” Returns to East Hill

Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

An ILR student helped establish the United Auto Workers Local 2300, which now represents Cornell building maintenance and service workers.
Al Davidoff ’80
Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

Two Class of 1988 alumni will receive the ILR School’s highest awards on April 18 in New York City.
Groat and Alpern screen
Groat-Alpern 2024 Awards Announced

ILR Alumna Takes on Hollywood Bosses

ILR School alumna Ellen Stutzman ’04 served as chief negotiator for the Writers Guild of America West as it won a new contract that provides pay increases, television series staffing protections, protections against Artificial Intelligence and other improvements for more than 11,000 workers.
Ellen Stutzman. Photo courtesy of J.W. Hendricks.
ILR Alumna Takes on Hollywood Bosses

Bettman ’74 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Gary Bettman ’74, the longest-tenured commissioner in the history of the four major North American sports leagues, was honored with the Sports Business Journal's 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Sports Business Awards on May 24 in New York City.
Gary Bettman holding a trophy, standing next to John Hamm. Photo courtesy of Marc Bryan-Brown
Bettman ’74 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

K. Lisa Yang ’74 Named to the Cornell Board of Trustees

Cornell Chronicle
A philanthropist who holds membership on the ILR School Dean's Advisory Council, Yang's four-year term as a trustee begins July 1.
K. Lisa Yang
K. Lisa Yang ’74 Named to the Cornell Board of Trustees

ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Ellen Stutzman ’04 is at the center of 11,500 striking screenwriters whose union is picketing Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Universal and Paramount.
Writers Guild members strike in front of NBC
ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

Cornell Chronicle
Funding from K. Lisa Yang '74 will support innovative applied research projects and foster collaborations across Cornell to address important societal issues linked to work.
K. Lisa Yang
CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

With ‘Migrations,’ Big Red Scholars Navigate a World in Motion

Cornellians
The cross-disciplinary Global Grand Challenge - which includes a project led by Patricia Campos-Medina - explores how, and why, Earth’s beings are always on the move.
People with Temporary Protected Status march in Washington, D.C., in 2022.
With ‘Migrations,’ Big Red Scholars Navigate a World in Motion

Celebration Honors Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90

Cornell Chronicle
Barry Beck was honored during the Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s annual two-day Celebration conference, which also included various panels, talks and networking events, as well as eLab Demo Day and the announcement of the winners of three other competitions.
Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90, left, and Sam Sotoodeh MBA ’87, right, present the Student Business of the Year award to Karlie Chen ’23, center, founder of Best Picnic Spots.
Celebration Honors Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Barry Beck ’90

Barry Beck To Be Honored This Week

Cornell Chronicle
Barry J. Beck ’90 will be recognized as the 2023 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration, held Thursday and Friday, April 13-14 at Statler Hall.
Barry Beck '90 head shot
Barry Beck To Be Honored This Week

Daniel Werfel '93 Begins Work as 50th IRS Commissioner

IRS Press Room
Werfel, who was confirmed by the Senate on March 9, was sworn into office on March 13.
Daniel Werfel '93
Daniel Werfel '93 Begins Work as 50th IRS Commissioner

Tretter ’13 and Katz Discuss Union Leadership

Union leadership during a volatile labor-management period will be discussed by NFLPA President JC Tretter '13 and Professor Harry Katz in a Nov. 1 webinar.
Two football teams at the line of scrimmage
Tretter ’13 and Katz Discuss Union Leadership

Advocating for Worker Health and Safety in the NFL

Since joining the National Football League Players Association as its general counsel & head of business, Sean Sansiveri ’05 has been behind the NFL’s most important measures to make the game safer.
Buffalo Bills players look on after teammate Damar Hamlin #3 collapsed on the field after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter at Paycor Stadium on January 02, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Advocating for Worker Health and Safety in the NFL

Barry J. Beck ’90 Named Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle
The Bluemercury founder honored by Entrepreneurship at Cornell as the Cornellian who exemplifies entrepreneurial achievement, impact on humanity and an inspirational story or business outcome.
Barry Beck '90 head shot
Barry J. Beck ’90 Named Entrepreneur of the Year

Endowments Honor Bettman ’74

The NHL is celebrating Gary Bettman’s tenure as commissioner through ILR scholarship and sports management funds.
Gary Bettman
Endowments Honor Bettman ’74

Tretter ’13, Katz Discuss Union Leadership

As president of the National Football League Players Association, JC Tretter ’13 utilizes his ILR training to lift players’ voices.
Harry Katz and JC Tretter appearing in an eCornell keynote.
Tretter ’13, Katz Discuss Union Leadership

Meet Cornell’s Student Assembly President

Valeria Valencia ’23 wants all students to feel a part of the Cornell community.
Valeria Valencia ’23
Meet Cornell’s Student Assembly President

Three New Scholarships Focus on First-Generation Students

ILRie Carmen Molinos ’94 and her husband, Mark DeAngelis ’91, MPA ’92, establish three endowed undergraduate scholarship funds intended to support first-generation students in the ILR School, the Brooks School of Public Policy and the College of Human Ecology.
A student walking down the steps outside Ives Hall
Three New Scholarships Focus on First-Generation Students

Winners of Groat and Alpern Awards Announced

Two alumni who passionately support the ILR School will be honored next spring in New York City.
Groat & Alpern Awards 2023
Winners of Groat and Alpern Awards Announced

ILR’s Worker Institute Helps Guide a Newly Energized Labor Movement

Cornellians
Led by Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97, it conducts research and outreach on today’s rapidly changing employment landscape
Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97
ILR’s Worker Institute Helps Guide a Newly Energized Labor Movement

Finger Lakes Land Trust Led By ILRie

Cornell Chronicle
Andy Zepp ’85, M.P.S. ’90, executive director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust, began the organization as his Cornell master’s degree project in 1989.
Andy Zepp ’85, M.P.S. ’90
Finger Lakes Land Trust Led By ILRie

MILR Graduate Joins Cornell Trustees

Cornell Chronicle
Hernan J.F. Saenz, MBA ’98, MILR ’98, has been elected to board.
Hernan J.F. Saenz, MBA ’98, MILR ’98
MILR Graduate Joins Cornell Trustees

Alumni Honored with Groat and Alpern Awards

Hundreds gathered in Manhattan to celebrate awards won by Russell Hernandez ’88 and David M. Cohen ’73 for career achievements and service to the ILR School.
David Cohen and Russell Hernandez
Alumni Honored with Groat and Alpern Awards

David M. Cohen Professorship Endowed

The new professorship will allow the ILR School to recruit and retain top faculty talent in areas of labor relations including collective bargaining, labor law, labor history and dispute resolution.
Abby Joseph Cohen '73 and David M. Cohen ’73
David M. Cohen Professorship Endowed

Student Research Yields Findings on Women Coaches

Eliza Sherman ’21 researched WNBA and NBA gender-based coaching barriers with guidance from Associate Professor Emily Zitek.
Eliza Sherman '21
Student Research Yields Findings on Women Coaches

Organize Locally, Urges Konvitz Lecturer

Combatting polarization begins with participating in the political process, says Basil Smikle Jr. '93
Basil Smikle Jr. headshot
Organize Locally, Urges Konvitz Lecturer

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