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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

France’s Shorter Work Week Hit Lower-Skilled Workers Harder

Cornell Chronicle
Elio Nimier-David, assistant professor of economics in the ILR School, and a team of researchers found that while France’s 1998 workweek reduction reform generally left employment unchanged, there were several large, offsetting effects.
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France’s Shorter Work Week Hit Lower-Skilled Workers Harder

Using Less Politically Charged Language Can ‘Lower the Temperature’ on DEI Training

Cornell Chronicle
Replacing commonly used diversity, equity and inclusion-related terminology such as “belonging” with carefully matched alternative language may improve Republicans’ favorability toward diversity training, according to new research from Devon Proudfoot and Sean Fath.
A colorful set of DEI sticky notes attached to a board.
Using Less Politically Charged Language Can ‘Lower the Temperature’ on DEI Training

Thousands of Benefits Planners Is Ray Cebula’s Legacy

Ray Cebula reflects on his legacy and the impact of his life’s work to train benefits planners to assist people with disabilities who want to work.
Ray Cebula
Thousands of Benefits Planners Is Ray Cebula’s Legacy

Cute Robots, Historical Chatbots: AI in the Classroom

Cornell Chronicle
Scott Seidenberger ’16, a postdoctoral associate in human resource studies, designed Hopper, a robot and chatbot to illustrate how AI may manifest in the workplace.
Scott Seidenberger ’16 uilt Hopper from scratch so students can see the logic on which it is built and play a role in developing it and improving it over the course of his class.
Cute Robots, Historical Chatbots: AI in the Classroom

Bringing Sociology to Organizational Behavior: Pamela Tolbert Reflects on Her ILR Career

Pamela Tolbert recently retired after a career at the ILR School that has featured research, teaching, mentorship and more. Known for leading the development of institutional organizational theory, Tolbert became the Lois S. Gray Professor of ILR and Social Sciences in the Department of Organizational Behavior in 2010.
Pam Tolbert in 2015 in the ILR Lower Courtyard
Bringing Sociology to Organizational Behavior: Pamela Tolbert Reflects on Her ILR Career

Workplace Narcissists Crave More Than a Quiet Paise

Cornell Chronicle
According to a new study by Emily Zitek, associate professor of organizational behavior, all employees like private rewards – a salary increase or glowing performance review that’s not broadcast to others in the workplace – but narcissists also want to have rewards made public for their colleagues to see.
A graphic of a woman climbing steps to reach a trophy in front of others.
Workplace Narcissists Crave More Than a Quiet Paise

YTI Receives Grant to Fund ADA Center, Support Mental Health Research

The center will provide guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act, and researchers will investigate ways to make workplace mental health programs more accessible.
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YTI Receives Grant to Fund ADA Center, Support Mental Health Research

Pair of ILRies to Give Annual REALTalk on Oct. 22

Themed “Finding Your Inner Strength,” this year's REALTalk panel will feature two ILR alumni and take place Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
An image from REALTalk 2025.
Pair of ILRies to Give Annual REALTalk on Oct. 22

A Career about Disability, Work and Leisure: LaWanda Cook

LaWanda Cook, who recently retired from ILR, reflects on her career, the importance of the whole person and why leisure matters.
LaWanda Cook
A Career about Disability, Work and Leisure: LaWanda Cook

Bohns’ Book: Speak Up or Keep it to Yourself?

Cornell Chronicle
In her new book, “Should I Say Something? The Science of What to Share – And What to Keep to Yourself” Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor, offers a guide for navigating challenging situations based on her own and others’ research.
Part of Vanessa Bohn's book cover
Bohns’ Book: Speak Up or Keep it to Yourself?

Bigler Shares Fair Chance Hiring Best Practices with N.Y. Lawyers

Esta Bigler, director of Labor Law and Employment Programs at the ILR School, presented on the topic of fair chance hiring at the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section fall meeting, held in Ithaca earlier this month.
Esta Bigler and Thomas Jones presenting on the topic of fair chance hiring at the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section fall meeting in October 2026.
Bigler Shares Fair Chance Hiring Best Practices with N.Y. Lawyers

Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Cornell Chronicle
Private equity firms’ investment in home care agencies perpetuates poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, according to a new study from the ILR School’s Worker Institute.
Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

Cornell Chronicle
As climate change intensifies, what workers wear becomes a question of survival, a dire prospect explored by a new Cornell University Library exhibit, which opens on Oct. 8 at the Catherwood Library.
Kheel Center Exhibit Weaves Clothing, Work and the Environment

Tove Helland Hammer ’69, First Female Editor of ILR Review, Dies at 80

Tove Helland Hammer, A&S ’69, professor emerita of organizational behavior in the ILR School and the first female editor of the ILR Review, died on Sept. 12 in Ithaca. She was 80.
Tove Helland Hammer ’69, First Female Editor of ILR Review, Dies at 80

CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

New York state could catalyze a widespread clean energy transition and address its affordability issues by leveraging one of its most important resources – homes – according to a new report from the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University.
CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

Ksiazek Named to SUNY Fellowship

Kristin “Kricky” Ksiazek, M.P.A. ’13, who directs the High Road Buffalo program, has been selected to serve as a 2026-27 fellow in the SUNY Civil Discourse and Civic Education and Engagement Fellows Program.
Ksiazek Named to SUNY Fellowship

Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Investing in cooling for Bangladesh’s apparel factories can be commercially viable, with an average payback period of one to four years, according to new research from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute.
Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Get to Know: Anaïs Fabre

New ILR Assistant Professor Anaïs Fabre focuses her research on overcoming barriers to higher education and on their effects.
Get to Know: Anaïs Fabre

Holding Mirror to Itself, Higher Education Can Restore Trust in ‘Sacred’ Mission

Cornell Chronicle
Rakesh Khurana ’90, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development and Unit Head of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School, gave the 2026 Konvitz Lecture.
Holding Mirror to Itself, Higher Education Can Restore Trust in ‘Sacred’ Mission

Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

Improving the U.S. healthcare system for patients and workers is the focus of a recent ILR policy paper.
Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

McKersie Legacy Honored, Examined in Inaugural Labor Day Lecture

The inaugural Robert and Nancy McKersie Labor Day Lecture was given by ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, on Sept. 4 on the Cornell campus.
McKersie Legacy Honored, Examined in Inaugural Labor Day Lecture

Miller Gift to Fund High Road Buffalo Fellowship Program for Five Years

The Buffalo Co-Lab has received a donation from James “Jim” E. Miller to fund its High Road Buffalo Fellowship program for the next five years.
Miller Gift to Fund High Road Buffalo Fellowship Program for Five Years

Legendary Designer’s Sketches, Patterns and Swatches Housed by Kheel Center

Cornell Chronicle
The Kheel Center is stewarding an archival collection of Ralph Rucci’s work that includes approximately 8,000 sketches, 3,000 patterns, thousands of fabric swatches and hundreds of photographs.
Legendary Designer’s Sketches, Patterns and Swatches Housed by Kheel Center

Strengthening Higher Ed Is Goal of Upcoming Konvitz Lecture

Rakesh Khurana ’90, former dean of Harvard College and scholar of organizational behavior, will discuss why public trust in higher education has declined – and how universities and colleges can respond – when he delivers this year’s Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lectureship in American Ideals.
Strengthening Higher Ed Is Goal of Upcoming Konvitz Lecture

AI’s Impact on Professional Work to Be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

A new research team plans to explore AI’s impact on professional work through a new two-year pilot initiative housed at the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator.
AI’s Impact on Professional Work to Be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Cornell Chronicle
“Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,” by Tejasvi Nagaraja, is set for release on Sept. 22.
Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

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