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Debaters Win Championship

Cornell Speech & Debate Program duo from ILR and the College of Arts and Sciences won top honors in national finals.
Meg Kandarpa ’23 and Eli Pallrand, A&S ’24
Debaters Win Championship

Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

Cornell Chronicle
ILRie will use award funding to establish a partnership between Alpha Phi Omega and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.
Yasmin Ballew ’23
Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

ILR Hosting Debate Camp July 29-Aug 6

Finger Lakes Region high school students are invited to join international peers for a week of learning with Cornell faculty, debate coaches and colleagiate debaters.
A student at the Cornell debate camp
ILR Hosting Debate Camp July 29-Aug 6

Inaugural ILR WIDE Student Fellows Explore Workplace DEI

The ILR WIDE Student Fellows Program provides real world opportunities for a pair of ILRies.
A student walking down the steps outside Ives Hall
Inaugural ILR WIDE Student Fellows Explore Workplace DEI

ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Sakiel Ruff ’25 spent his High Road summer developing a database to help formerly incarcerated people find housing.
Sakiel Ruff ’25
ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Nabiha Qureshi ’23 Awarded Rangel Fellowship

ILR senior plans to study public policy and learn more about the intersection of migration and governmental labor policy on a global scale.
Nabiha Qureshi ’23
Nabiha Qureshi ’23 Awarded Rangel Fellowship

Graduate Students Receive Awards

The ILR School has announced the 2022 winners of its Benjamin Miller Scholarship Fund grants.
Malcomb and Huang head shot composite
Graduate Students Receive Awards

Peer Mentors Welcome New ILRies

Building a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for new ILRies is the purpose of a student-focused program.
LindaRose Piccolo '24
Peer Mentors Welcome New ILRies

Breaking Barriers: Peer Outreach Boosts Student Veterans

Cornell Chronicle
David Hernandez ’23 is one of more than 90 undergraduate veterans now at Cornell, a number that has nearly quadrupled over the past five years thanks in part to proactive peer outreach by student veterans.
David Hernandeaz '23
Breaking Barriers: Peer Outreach Boosts Student Veterans

ILRie Leads Cornell Votes Group

Patrick Mehler ’23, a senior in the ILR School and an alderperson on the City of Ithaca’s Common Council, is a founding member and president of Cornell Votes.
Patrick J. Mehler
ILRie Leads Cornell Votes Group

Chen '22 Receives Kheel Center Research Award

Cornell Chronicle
Yu An Chen’22 is the latest recipient of the Kheel Center’s Undergraduate Research Award for outstanding scholarship using materials at Kheel or other archives at Cornell.
Yu An Chen’22
Chen '22 Receives Kheel Center Research Award

Peer Mentor Program Advances Equality, Belonging

Cornell Chronicle
Victor Rosas ’21 says connections will “change mentees’ lives forever.”
Joel Malina and Victor Rosas ’22
Peer Mentor Program Advances Equality, Belonging

Cornell Welcomes Students, Marks Milestone in Residential Life

Cornell Chronicle
The move-in process has been extended from three days to five to accommodate the greater number of students, with first-year students arriving Aug. 15-17 and upper-class students moving in Aug. 18-19.
First-year students move into residence halls on north campus with the help of their families.
Cornell Welcomes Students, Marks Milestone in Residential Life

ILR Junior Named Spectrum Scholar

Two-year scholarship, mentorship awarded to Priscilla Natawidjaja ’24.
Priscilla Natawidjaja ’24
ILR Junior Named Spectrum Scholar

Making It Better

An ILRie who served as an Intergroup Dialogue Project facilitator for three years says the program helps students know they’re not alone and builds capacity for others to not feel alone.
David Moore '22
Making It Better

ILRies Named Merrill Scholars

Cornell Chronicle
Three seniors – Oliver Eccleston, Daniel James II and Catherine St. Hilaire – were named Merrill Scholars by the university.
Daniel James '22 (ILR School) honoring his teacher from Phillips Academy Andover and Brigid Beachler, ILR Director of Off-Campus Credit Programs. Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, stands in the background.
ILRies Named Merrill Scholars

It’s a Wrap

ILR Class of 2022 members and their families were radiant in Barton Hall Sunday as they marked the finale of their student careers.
Lucy Li ’22, Christina Walker Robinson ’22, Julianna Gay ’22
It’s a Wrap

Pryce Wins Big Red Leadership Award

Khary Price '22 is a winner of the Ronald P. Lynch Senior Spirit Award, given to student-athletes whose leadership on and off the field model the ideals of the Big Red athletics department.
Khary Price '22
Pryce Wins Big Red Leadership Award

Senior Joins Fulbright Program

Catherine St. Hilaire ’22, selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program! Read the story.
Catherine St. Hilaire '22
Senior Joins Fulbright Program

Graduation Deferred For A Dream

A pair of ILR seniors on the Cornell men’s lacrosse team will miss graduation Saturday when they participate in the NCAA national semifinals vs. Rutgers.
Dom Doria and Luca Tria
Graduation Deferred For A Dream

ILRie Honored for Local Community Impact

Cornell Chronicle
Victor Rosas ’22 is one of four students to receive the 2022 Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award.
Joel Malina and Victor Rosas ’22
ILRie Honored for Local Community Impact

Students Exploring Labor and Technology Intersection

The Digital Economy and Labor club considers intricate technology and labor issues.
DEAL Club executive board, left to right: Kassidy Slaughter ’24, Zuhair Imaduddin ’23, Ethan Abbate ’24, Michelle Wei, A&S ’24, Kiran Abraham-Aggarwal ’25
Students Exploring Labor and Technology Intersection

Daniel James Wins Clete Daniel Award

Senior Daniel James wins 2022 Clete Daniel Award.
Daniel James posing with the Clete Daniel medal
Daniel James Wins Clete Daniel Award

Senior Wins SUNY Award

Cornell Chronicle
Sherell Farmer ’22, co-founder of Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, co-executive director of the Undergraduate Labor Institute and an ILR High Road participant, received a State University of New York Chancellor’s Award.
Sherell Farmer ’21
Senior Wins SUNY Award

ILR Announces 2022 McPherson Honors and Awards

ILR's annual McPherson Honors and Awards Celebration was held Wednesday evening at the Statler Hotel.
A student walking down the steps outside Ives Hall
ILR Announces 2022 McPherson Honors and Awards

ILR and Comedy? Yes!

Two ILRies performing with Humor Us! on campus Friday explain how ILR’s curriculum encourages students to pursue anything, including comedy.
Noah Leety ’24 and Noah Diamond ’25 perform with Humor Us!
ILR and Comedy? Yes!

Student Grants Serve Communities Near and Far

Cornell Chronicle
ILRies have received Serve in Place grants that will impact communities in Ethiopia, the Navajo and Hopi nations, and upstate New York.
Edgar O’Connell ’23, Diana Nerangis ’22 and Nathan Eyasu ’25
Student Grants Serve Communities Near and Far

“Vowels Are Your Best Friends”

Patrick Mehler ’23 scored $40,000 in prize money and a trip for two to Barbados when he competed on Wheel of Fortune Monday.
Patrick Mehler '23 on Wheel of Fortune
“Vowels Are Your Best Friends”

Patrick Mehler ’23 Takes a Spin on Wheel of Fortune

Cornell Chronicle
Patrick Mehler ’23, a student in the ILR School and a member of the Ithaca Common Council, will appear on Wheel of Fortune on Monday, March 21 at 7 p.m. on WSYT-TV (Fox).
Patrick Mehler '23 on Wheel of Fortune
Patrick Mehler ’23 Takes a Spin on Wheel of Fortune

ILR Senior Chosen for Global Leadership Scholarship

As a member of the newest cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, Daniel James II ’22 will study global affairs in Beijing.
Daniel James II '22 in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
ILR Senior Chosen for Global Leadership Scholarship

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