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

Cornell Chronicle
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.
Head shot of Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson
Gleeson Book Illustrates What Houston Can Teach US Cities About Immigrant Rights

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

CAROW Affiliate Nicola Dell Named MacArthur Fellow

Cornell Chronicle
Nicola Dell has been awarded a 2024 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her work developing technology interventions to address the needs of overlooked populations, including home health care aides and survivors of intimate partner violence.
Nicola Dell
CAROW Affiliate Nicola Dell Named MacArthur Fellow

James T. Carter Q&A

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

Professor Paul Ortiz Featured in ‘Game-Changing’ PBS Series about Latinos

Cornell Chronicle
One of ILR's recently hired professors, Paul Ortiz, served as an adviser and on-camera expert for “American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos,” a three-part docuseries premiering Sept. 27 on PBS.
Paul Ortiz preparing to speak on camera for new PBS documentary
Professor Paul Ortiz Featured in ‘Game-Changing’ PBS Series about Latinos

Kenya Year Launched International Interest

After 50 years of teaching in the Ivy League, Gary Fields retired this year as the John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor. His work has taken him to many countries, earned him the acclaimed IZA Prize and stretches to 14 pages on his CV.
Gary Fields at his retirement party in the summer of 2024
Kenya Year Launched International Interest

Professors Win Latin@/x Caucus Best Book Award

Shannon Gleeson and Xóchitl Bada are being honored for “Scaling Migrant Worker Rights: How Advocates Collaborate and Contest State Power.“
Head shot of Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson
Professors Win Latin@/x Caucus Best Book Award

Pioneering Professor Took Risks

Francine Blau, among the first economists to research gender pay inequities, retires from ILR as an internationally acclaimed authority.
Francine Blau at her retirement part in 2024
Pioneering Professor Took Risks

Cornell Keynotes Podcast: Neurodiversity Inclusion Policies and Practices at Work

Cornell Chronicle
In a new episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast from eCornell, Susanne Bruyère, director of the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, joins host Chris Wofford to discuss the growing number of corporate affirmative hiring programs to recruit individuals who are neurodivergent.
Different color puzzle pieces making up a face.
Cornell Keynotes Podcast: Neurodiversity Inclusion Policies and Practices at Work

ILR’s Early International Path Chronicled

John Windmuller created ILR’s first international and comparative relations course in 1951 and taught it for 36 years, inspiring generations of students to think globally.
John Windmuller
ILR’s Early International Path Chronicled

Kahn’s Curiosity about Workers Led to Career

U.S. gender pay gap changes and sports economics issues are leading research areas for Professor Lawrence Kahn, retiring after 30 years at ILR.
Larry Kahn
Kahn’s Curiosity about Workers Led to Career

ILR Announces Six New Faculty

The ILR School will welcome six new faculty members who begin July 1.
Ives Hall Cupola
ILR Announces Six New Faculty

Faculty Promotions Announced

Eight ILR School professors have been named as associate and full professors.
ILR Full Picture
Faculty Promotions Announced

Abowd Honored for Advancing Computing Field

An ILR emeritus professor has “transformed the government’s capacity to improve the accuracy and availability of vital statistical and data resources,” according to the Association for Computing Engineering.
John Abowd
Abowd Honored for Advancing Computing Field

Matt Saleh Asks Questions, Spurs Impact

Matt is fascinated by the law and its relationship to disability and criminal justice. He is an energetic teacher and researcher in Cornell University’s ILR School, and he has taken on roles involving equity in employment.
Matt Saleh smiles thoughtfully while looking directly at the camera and sitting on a couch in front of a window.
Matt Saleh Asks Questions, Spurs Impact

ILR Faculty, Staff Win 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Cornell Chronicle
Four members of the ILR community – RuthAnn Rushmer, James DelRosso, Associate Professor Rebecca Kehoe and Assistant Professor Evan Riehl – were among 20 honorees.
Students on campus under cherry blossoms
ILR Faculty, Staff Win 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Aristotle, AI and the Data Scientist

Elizabeth Karns launched Integrated Ethics in Data Science in response to what she viewed as a disconnect between statisticians and the high-powered, high-consequence statistical models they are asked to build.
Senior lecturer Elizabeth Karns works at a computer in her office .
Aristotle, AI and the Data Scientist

Four Faculty Receive 2024 Carpenter Advising Awards

Cornell Chronicle
Associate Professor Emily Zitek is one of four Cornell faculty members to receive the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, which recognizes sustained and distinguished contributions of faculty members to advising undergraduates.
Emily Zitek teaching in the classroom
Four Faculty Receive 2024 Carpenter Advising Awards

Andrew Wolf Q&A

Get to know Andrew Wolf, an assistant professor in the Department of Global Labor and Work, whose research centers around how the labor movement and governments are responding to emerging labor market forms such as the gig economy.
Andrew Wolf
Andrew Wolf Q&A

Celebrating Cornell Luminaries in Mathematics and Statistics

In honor of Math and Statistics Awareness Month, we’re celebrating luminaries from the last century-plus, like ILRie Phil McCarthy, whose excellence helped establish Cornell as a leader in the field.
Phil McCarthy
Celebrating Cornell Luminaries in Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty Awarded for Creative, Innovative Community Engagement

Cornell Chronicle
Esta Bigler, director, ILR's Labor & Employment Law Program, has received Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.
Esta Bigler
Faculty Awarded for Creative, Innovative Community Engagement

Wells Elected AAAS Fellow

Cornell Chronicle
Professor Martin Wells has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
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Wells Elected AAAS Fellow

Justin Bloesch Q&A

Get to know one of ILR's newest faculty members.
Justin Bloesch
Justin Bloesch Q&A

Cao Working with Keller, Kehoe

Doctoral student Joanne Cao recently described her work on a Future of Work human resources project.
Joanne Cao
Cao Working with Keller, Kehoe

Garay Joins ILR Faculty

Political science scholar becomes fifth new faculty member for the 2023-24 academic year.
Candelaria Garay
Garay Joins ILR Faculty

Future of Work Fellow Studies Job Search Platforms, Job Seekers

Bart de Koning is part of the ILR’s Labor Dynamics Institute.
Portrait of Bart de Koning
Future of Work Fellow Studies Job Search Platforms, Job Seekers

Data Science Ethics Course Provides Roadmap

ILR graduate students say Liz Karns' class helped them develop values, identify issues and learn how to take ethical actions.
Senior lecturer Elizabeth Karns works at a computer in her office .
Data Science Ethics Course Provides Roadmap

Professor Collins Honored

The National Academy of Human Resources recognized ILR Graduate Studies Director Chris Collins for his teaching, research, mentoring, leadership and other contributions to the industry.
Chris Collins. Photo provided: National Academy of Human Resources
Professor Collins Honored

Wendy Strobel Gower Challenges Assumptions at Work

With a professional mission of challenging assumptions about limits around disability, Wendy Strobel Gower is the new Thomas P. Golden Executive Director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability.
Wendy Strobel Gower
Wendy Strobel Gower Challenges Assumptions at Work

Einhorn Center Announces New Engaged Faculty Fellows

Cornell Chronicle
ILR's Claire Concepcion and Katrina Nobles have been named Engaged Faculty Fellows for the 2023-24 academic year.
Ives Hall with ILR banner
Einhorn Center Announces New Engaged Faculty Fellows

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