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Alumni
Organize Locally, Urges Konvitz Lecturer
Combatting polarization begins with participating in the political process, says Basil Smikle Jr. '93
Postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students will conduct innovative research on the future of work, labor and employment through the generosity of an anonymous funder.
Mark Kreynovich ’19, who was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and fellow Cornellian Dillon Carroll '20, who grew up in New Jersey, dropped everything to travel to Eastern Europe shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
David Cohen '73 and Russell Hernandez ’88 will receive ILR’s top alumni honors when their achievements and support of the ILR School are celebrated April 28 at The Pierre in New York City.
Known internationally as a scholar in the field of comparative labor and employment law, Susan Bisom-Rapp is associate dean and professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
Al Davidoff ’80 was working as a custodian on campus his freshman year when his interest in worker rights was ignited. He saw that workers weren’t being paid a livable wage, and has gone on to become a leading figure in the American labor movement.
Daria Moldavskaya '12 is co-founder of ReverCare, developed to help caregivers access resources for their elderly loved ones at home. The ILR curriculum inspired a business model of employers offering ReverCare services as an employee benefit.
Barry Beck ’90, co-founder and COO of Bluemercury, Inc., led the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Summit and said that converging diverse voices leads to greater discovery and business growth.
Glenn August ’82, CEO of a leading investment firm, identified Cornell as his “dream school” when he was a sixth grader and says, almost 40 years later, that ILR was a great fit. “I couldn’t have asked for more.”
