ILR historian featured in ‘game-changing’ PBS series about Latinos

Paul Ortiz, who joined the ILR School faculty in summer 2024 as a professor of labor history, 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.

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy. The conference is open to the public.

Around Cornell

The Inclusive Excellence Podcast kicks off season seven

The Inclusive Excellence Podcast returns for a brand-new season, featuring an exciting lineup of guests and highly anticipated conversations. 

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Considering race in colon cancer prediction reduces disparities

Taking race into account when developing tools to predict a patient’s risk of colorectal cancer leads to more accurate predictions when compared with race-blind algorithms, researchers find.

Hospitality student markets coffee from her rural Guatemalan village

Indigenous student brings fair-trade coffee to Ithaca while empowering her Mam parents and neighbors to command a better price for their beans.

Final speaker in series examining antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell’s Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined series concludes this semester with a talk by Derek Penslar, the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University.

Improving women’s status promotes peace – but how?

Scholars and policymakers need to look at more than "gender equality" to assess women’s status and how it contributes to political violence or peace, political scientist Sabrina Karim argues in a new book.

Black print history, community featured in exhibit

A new library exhibit will highlight the close-knit, vibrant communities that Black writers in the U.S. created through newspapers, books, pamphlets and other publications in the 18th to 20th centuries.

Cornell welcomes, celebrates military community and veterans

Students, staff, senior leaders and members of Cornell’s Veterans Colleague Network Group gathered last month to honor the achievements of the military community and forge connections at the third annual Military/Veterans Reception.