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Student Receives Kheel Center Award for Outstanding Research

Cornell Chronicle
Cornell University Library honored ILR School student Strummer Dunn ’29 with the Kheel Center Undergraduate Research Award, an annual prize of $500 for outstanding scholarship using research materials at the Kheel Center for Labor-Documentation and Archives or other archival repositories at the library.
Strummer Dunn ’29 won the 2026 Kheel Center Undergraduate Research Award
Student Receives Kheel Center Award for Outstanding Research

First ‘Mustangs’ Among Cornell ROTC’s Newly Commissioned Officers

Cornell Chronicle
ILRie Sidney Anop started his Navy career as an enlisted information systems technician. Now an ensign, he is the first member of Cornell Navy ROTC to commission through the Seaman to Admiral-21 program.
Sidney Anop ’26 during an ROTC awards ceremony in April 2026.
First ‘Mustangs’ Among Cornell ROTC’s Newly Commissioned Officers

Farbman, Karuppiah Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Cornell Chronicle
ILR seniors Robert Farbman and Kamala Karuppiah were among nine students representing Cornell’s four contract colleges who have been chosen to receive the 2026 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Kamala Karuppiah ’25 and Robert Farbman ’25 with their SUNY Chancellor’s Awards certificates.
Farbman, Karuppiah Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Student Experience and Wellbeing

Our team is a dedicated group of professionals who advise students, administer programs, and build a community of support so students can thrive academically, personally, and socially. We take our tag line – it takes work – seriously. It drives us to work diligently to ensure the student experience and wellbeing are always a priority.

- Kara Lombardi, Assistant Dean for Student Experience and Wellbeing

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International Opportunities

The field of Industrial and Labor Relations is situated within a highly globalized and increasingly complex system of international markets, economies, organizations and people. Participation in an international opportunity provides students with an understanding of the larger global workplace. Whether your interests are workers' rights, comparative labor, or cultural-organizational behavior, an international experience will serve as an integral component to your ILR education.

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Credit Internships

This program lets qualified juniors and seniors gain significant professional experience while also receiving a full semester’s credit

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Our undergraduates work across different industries and sectors to learn through practical experience. Find out more about internship programs and shadowing opportunities.

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