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ILR alums, student named Schwarzman scholars

Two Cornell ILR School alumni and a current ILR student are among 129 people named Schwarzman scholars, the scholarship program announced Dec. 1 in Beijing and New York City.

Teacher, mentor, trustee Daniel Sisler dies at 87

Daniel G. Sisler, Ph.D. ’62, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics and a Cornell trustee emeritus, died Nov. 23 in Ithaca. He was 87.

Students win top prize in NYC financial hackathon

Cornell undergraduate and graduate students took part in a financial technology hackathon organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City.

Phone app helps laborers report abuse, fight wage theft

The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR has developed a mobile phone application to prevent wage theft and violations of worker rights in cooperation with laborers, organizers, developers and lawyers.

Rawlings offers lessons in leadership to economics class

Dealing with controversy, and consulting with the right constituencies, are part of the job of leading a university, Interim President Hunter Rawlings told students as guest lecturer in the class Economics of the University.

Mexican eatery idea wins 'pitch deck' competition

A plan for an authentic Mexican food eatery won top honors and $3,000 in the Pitch Deck Competition, sponsored by Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship Nov. 17.

Moral values influence action on climate change

The willingness to make lifestyle changes to avert climate change may depend on the moral values closely aligned with liberal political leanings, according to Cornell research.

Entrepreneurs gather for Cornell-hosted summit in NYC

More than 500 people attended Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Summit 2016 Nov. 4 in New York City where they heard about ways to improve company culture and strategies for recovering from a setback.

Physical stature as a teen could predict future stock choices

Researchers find that people who were relatively tall as teens are more likely to invest in stocks, and those who were overweight are more risk-averse and less likely to participate in the market.