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Every ILRie Has a Story

Megan Shkolyar ’20 is a founding member of Gorges Ventures, a student-managed and financed investment club focused on investing in companies founded by Cornell University students in the classes of 2024 and 2025.

 

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Tej Nagaraja, "The Work of Internationalism: Labor and Black Solidarity in Global War"

TEJASVI NAGARAJA (Assistant Professor of Labor History, ILR School, Cornell University) "The Work of Internationalism: Labor and Black Solidarity in Global War" Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:45 p.m.—6:15 p.m. DESCRIPTION Historical accounts often emphasize a 1945 turn towards a postwar order, which came into crisis around 1968. In this context, American power and American exceptionalism were projected, but also contested by struggles at home and abroad. In this talk, I explore America's WWII generation and its formative labor and Black movements. I argue that soldier and defense-worker struggles coalesced into a “1946” generation of intersecting and internationalist activism. These intellectual-activists prefigured and marshalled the “1968” generation too, while navigating a changing global racial capitalism from WW2 to Vietnam War eras. Labor and Black internationalisms grappled with empire and war in various ways, amid social movement advances and defeats. To fully interpret a global politics and division of labor, it is necessary to study working-class internationalism and intellectual production from the bottom up. BIO Tejasvi Nagaraja is assistant professor of labor history at Cornell University in the ILR School. His research is focused on how labor and race intersect with empire and war. He is writing a book about America's WWII experience and generation. It reconstructs a transnational war-within-the-war among Americans themselves, linking racial and economic and foreign-policy contentions. Nagaraja's writing has appeared in outlets such as American Historical Review and H-Diplo.

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Tej Nagaraja, "The Work of Internationalism: Labor and Black Solidarity in Global War"

Shifting Landscapes: A Conversation with the Cornell Community on Migration and Trump-Era Policy Changes

The recent U.S. election is likely to have significant impacts on immigration policy and practices. Based on experience with the previous Trump administration and standing efforts among Republicans in Congress, these changes may impact Cornell students, staff, and faculty. Join Cornell’s Migrations Program in a conversation about the current state of immigration policy. This is a virtual-only meeting open to Cornell faculty, staff, and students. Registration is required. Panelists Shannon Gleeson, School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Brooks School of Public PolicyLaura Taylor, Director of International ServicesStephen Yale-Loehr, Cornell Law SchoolModerator Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs and Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life SciencesHost and Sponsors The Migrations Program, part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, builds upon the work of Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge to inform real-world policies and outcomes for populations that migrate.

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Shifting Landscapes: A Conversation with the Cornell Community on Migration and Trump-Era Policy Changes

Labor Economic Workshop: Meredith Welch

Meredith Welch Financial Consequences of Student Loan Delinquency, Default, and Servicer Quality Abstract: Student loans are now the third largest form of household debt, and nearly 6 million federal student loan borrowers are in default. Student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, and the federal government has unique levers for collecting on defaulted debt, leading to potentially severe financial consequences for borrowers. Using consumer credit panel data, I examine the credit market consequences of student loan delinquency and default and the role that student loan servicers play in contributing to borrower outcomes. I exploit random assignment of student loan borrowers to student loan servicers to study the direct effect of servicers on borrowers’ credit outcomes and to isolate variation in the likelihood of default that is not correlated with borrower characteristics. I find that being assigned to a higher-default servicer increases a borrower’s likelihood of default by approximately 6%. However, there is a precisely estimated null effect of servicer assignment on measures of borrowers’ likelihood of financial distress, credit access, and zip-code characteristics. These findings suggest that averting a servicer-induced default does not yield considerable benefits for marginal borrowers’ credit outcomes, but that servicers are meaningful drivers of student loan repayment outcomes.

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Labor Economic Workshop: Meredith Welch

Graduate Programs for Workplace Leaders

The ILR School's four graduate degrees in workplace studies are led by faculty whose teaching and research influences individuals and organizations around the world. Through these programs, students explore topics such as labor relations, human resources and organizational behavior, empowering graduates to lead and transform today's dynamic workplaces.

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“My time at the ILR School helped me understand both labor and management perspectives, which has proven to be a solid foundation for my career.”
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Get To Know: James T. Carter

Faculty Spotlight

James T. Carter received his Ph.D. from Columbia and has held numerous education and human resource positions. He joined ILR’s Department of Organizational Behavior in Fall 2023.

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The Martin P. Catherwood Library is the most comprehensive resource on labor and employment in North America, offering expert research support through reference services, instruction, online guides and access to premier collections.

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Common Gender, Nationality Boost Rivalries and Performance

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An ILR School research team found that having either the same gender or the same nationality as an opponent leads to greater perceptions of rivalry and subsequent better effort-based performance.
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Common Gender, Nationality Boost Rivalries and Performance

Gleeson Book Illustrates What Houston Can Teach US Cities About Immigrant Rights

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In a new book, “Advancing Immigrant Rights in Houston,” Shannon Gleeson and co-author Els de Graauw (City University of New York) argue that Houston offers important insights as a city distinct from more established and progressive gateway cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
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Gleeson Book Illustrates What Houston Can Teach US Cities About Immigrant Rights

ILR Event Focused on Developing Junior Work Law Scholars 

As a hub for leading research and scholarship on labor and employment law, the ILR School hosted the Cornell Work Law Junior Scholar Workshop Nov. 7-9 in King-Shaw Hall. 
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ILR Event Focused on Developing Junior Work Law Scholars 

WI Faculty Awarded Einhorn Center Fellowship to Publish Research on Domestic Workers

Zoë West, senior researcher for worker rights and equity at Cornell ILR’s The Worker Institute (WI), has been selected as one of the Engaged Faculty Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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WI Faculty Awarded Einhorn Center Fellowship to Publish Research on Domestic Workers

Campus Life

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This weekend, the Cornell Spanish Speech and Debate Society traveled to Mexico to compete in the Torneo Metropolitano de Debate! Congratulations to our debaters! 🏆

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Thanks to all the speakers, organizers, faculty and staff who joined us for our Union Days breakfast and 22nd Annual ILR Labor Roundtable last week! 🥞🗣️✨ The ILR Labor Roundtable is a #CornellILR student-organized event that brings a wide range of representatives (including many #ILRies!) in labor…

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What are ILR clubs up to this week? 👀 This week, the Minority ILR Student Organization and ILR Student Government Association teamed up to host a 'Letters of Thanks' event, where ILR students wrote notes to their loved ones! #cornellilr #cornelluniversity #ilrschool

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Happy 79th anniversary to the ILR! The ILR School held its first day of classes in Warren Hall on November 5, 1945. There were 107 undergraduates, including 67 WWII veterans, and 11 graduate students in the first cohort of students. Here’s to 79 years of growth, learning, and impact! #Throwback…

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Beautiful 75 degree Fall day at ILR (and in Ithaca)! What is your favorite Fall activity? 🍂 #cornellilr #ilrschool #cornelluniversity

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People are stocking up for #Halloween night, buying costumes and candy to give away at the door. But for some trick-or-treaters with disabilities, the night can come with complications. 🍬 Here are some tips from Christopher Sweet, outreach support specialist at #CornellILR's Yang-Tan Institute on…

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