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Employment experiences of autistic LGBTQ+ people examined by ILR senior

Inspired by the class, “Autism at Work,” Natalie Lilien ’21 tackles the topic of neuroqueer identity in the workplace for her senior thesis.

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ILR alumni sell storage business for seven figures

When Nick Huber ’12 and Dan Hagberg ’12 started a storage business out of their Collegetown basement, they didn’t realize it would change their lives.

Library service interruptions and updates

Cornell University Library urges patrons to plan ahead of upcoming, temporary service interruptions.

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ILR alumnus pens book on NBA labor relations

“The Cap: How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA” was published last fall by the University of Nebraska Press.

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How Barbara Novick ’82 helped grow BlackRock from startup to asset management giant

Barbara G. Novick ’82, co-founder and former vice chairman of BlackRock, delivered the Lewis H. Durland Memorial Lecture to the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management community. 

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Panel: Tech industry activists could transform the workplace

ILR School dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, hosted “The Future of Work: Labor in America,” the first installment of a new ILR eCornell Keynotes series.

Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity

A new study finds that not only can localized water shortages impact the global economy, but changes in global demand send positive and negative ripple effects to water basins across the globe.

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Red Bear Angels: investing in innovation

Red Bear Angels is an active community of 1,000+ Cornell entrepreneurs and about 100 active investors. Angel investing connects entrepreneurs with “angels”—experienced, successful, and passionate investors who are eager to support them.

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Labor-friendly laws promote local economic growth

States with politically conservative leadership have productive workers, but anti-union state laws tamp down employee earnings without promoting local economic growth, according to new Cornell research.