Harry Katz, the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining, was reappointed May 22 as dean of the ILR School by the Cornell Board of Trustees.

His second five-year term begins in 2010.

Increasing the globalization of an ILR education has been and will continue to be a priority, he said. "We are offering more international courses, grants to undergraduate students for international travel related to their theses and more international exchange opportunities and internships."

Katz joined the ILR faculty in 1985 after teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received bachelor and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of California-Berkeley.

Katz's expertise includes the automotive and telecommunications industries, labor-management cooperation, contract negotiations and the public sector.

Mary Catt is a staff writer for the ILR School.