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2025 Groat and Alpern Awardees

Scott Buchheit, M.S. ’77

A series of experiences during his ILR years helped Groat Award recipient Scott Buchheit build a deeper appreciation for different perspectives.

Scott Buchheit, M.S. '77
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Linda Gadsby ’88

The law, young people and providing educational opportunities are primary passion areas for Alpern Award recipient Linda Gadsby.

Linda Gadsby '88
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Alumni Stories

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Do Women in the U.S. Still Earn Less than Men?

Cornellians
Francine Blau ’66, an alumnae who’s an ILR professor emerita weighs in on the gender pay gap—how it has narrowed, and why it persists.
An illustrated image representing the gender pay gap. Credit: Ashley Osburn / Cornell University
Do Women in the U.S. Still Earn Less than Men?

Cheng-Cimini ’92 Is Ready to “Rewire”

After three decades as a human resources professional, Angela Cheng-Cimini ‘92 has decided to “rewire,” stepping away from her latest role as the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Harvard Business Publishing.
Angela Cheng-Cimini '92
Cheng-Cimini ’92 Is Ready to “Rewire”

Fateh’s World View Cultivated at ILR

When Christopher Fateh ’13 first entered ILR, he didn’t want to limit his future by choosing a career path. The school gave him a well-rounded education and an appealing philosophy—that he could make a difference in the lives of regular people.
Christopher Fateh ’13
Fateh’s World View Cultivated at ILR

School violence reduction program led by 2007 alumna

Marie Schell ’07 is leading Maryland’s new Statewide Youth Conflict Coaching Pilot Program as project director and executive director of the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County. 
Marie Schell ’07
School violence reduction program led by 2007 alumna

ILR’s EMHRM Program: “Best in Class”

Airbnb Global Talent Director Ruben Ponte says the Executive Master’s in Human Resource Management program emboldened him to help build the kind of company he would like his children to work at.
Portrait of Airbnb Global Talent Director Ruben Ponte
ILR’s EMHRM Program: “Best in Class”

ILRies Learn from NFL Pro

JC Tretter ’13 returned to the ILR School lecture hall Monday where he learned how to think critically, understand others’ perspectives and negotiate – skills he has wielded to help shape the labor-management dynamic in America’s most-watched sport.
JC Tretter '13 speaks in Associate Professor Adam Seth Litwin’s “Introduction to ILR” course in Ives 305.
ILRies Learn from NFL Pro

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Knowles '87 Helps Lead Ohio State To Football National Title

ILRie Jim Knowles '87 helped guide the Ohio State University to the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday evening as the team's defensive coordinator. The Buckeyes defeated Notre Dame 34-23 in the championship game in Atlanta to lift the eighth-seeded squad to its ninth national title.
Jim Knowles '87 speaking to members of the Big Red football team during his time as head coach at Cornell.
Knowles '87 Helps Lead Ohio State To Football National Title

“Stories of Belonging” Highlights Journeys of Central Americans

A traveling exhibit highlighting the intersections of racism, dispossession and migration grew out of LR Worker Institute Executive Director Patricia Campos-Medina’s doctoral thesis.
Jose Urias is featured in "Stories of Belonging"
“Stories of Belonging” Highlights Journeys of Central Americans

ILR Panel Discusses Collective Bargaining in Women’s Professional Hockey

A discussion focused on the evolution of, and challenges facing, women’s professional hockey was hosted on Monday by ILR International Visiting Fellow Kelly Pike, ’03, Ph.D. ’14.
Kelly Pike, ’03, Ph.D. ’14, Digit Murphy, CALS ’83, Brianne Jenner, A&S ’15, and David Doorey
ILR Panel Discusses Collective Bargaining in Women’s Professional Hockey

Events

21st Century Business Models and the Protestant Work Ethic

Elizabeth Anderson, the John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies at the University of Michigan, will deliver ILR's 2025 Milton Konvitz Lecture. The public is invited to attend in person or live online. Please register if you plan to join us online.
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21st Century Business Models and the Protestant Work Ethic

Labor & Trade Economics Workshop: Jessie Handbury

Jessie Handbury Demographic Preferences and Income Segregation We study how preferences over the demographic composition of co-patrons affects income segregation in shared spaces. To distinguish demographic preferences from tastes for other venue attributes, we study venue choices within business chains. We find two notable regularities: preferences for high-income co-patrons are similar across racial groups, and racial homophily does not vary by income. These demographic preferences are economically large, explain much of the cross-group variation in exposure to high-income co-patrons, and correlate with movers’ neighborhood choices.

Localist event image for Labor & Trade Economics Workshop: Jessie Handbury
Labor & Trade Economics Workshop: Jessie Handbury

Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Eric Chyn

Eric Chyn

Localist event image for Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Eric Chyn
Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Eric Chyn

Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century

Please join us for the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture. Our honored speaker is Annelise Orleck, professor of history and co-chair of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College.
Brooklyn fast-food workers, New York, NY (2015)
Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century

Labor Economics Workshop: Raffaella Sadun

Raffaella Sadun

Localist event image for Labor Economics Workshop:  Raffaella Sadun
Labor Economics Workshop: Raffaella Sadun

Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Davide Coluccia

Davide Coluccia

Localist event image for Labor & Public Economics Workshop:  Davide Coluccia
Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Davide Coluccia

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