Cornell faculty honored for community-engaged innovation

Thirteen faculty members from across Cornell are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards

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Puritan work ethic, capitalism to be discussed in Konvitz Lecture

Elizabeth Anderson, who specializes in moral, social and political philosophy, feminist theory, social epistemology and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences, will deliver this year’s Konvitz Lecture on March 27 at 4:30 p.m. 

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Solar solutions: Workers face challenges in renewable energy sector

The solar boom in New York state is not only powering homes, businesses and infrastructure; it is also generating jobs. Researchers at the ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute are helping to ensure the solar workforce is treated fairly and equitably.

Blau: New policies needed to jumpstart stalled gender equity in labor market

The United States is at a crossroads in the path toward gender equity in the labor market, according to Fran Blau ‘66, Frances Perkins Professor of ILR and professor of economics, emeritus, at the ILR School. 

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Upgrading skills, downgrading women’s work in China

ILR Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang has published a pair of papers exploring the garment supply chain in China – both factory jobs and informal, home-based ones that have sprung up out of need as women try to make money while also serving as “companion mothers” to their school-aged children.

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DisabilityStatistics.org offers visualization and local data

When the revamped DisabilityStatistics.org website launches later this month, it will provide data about disability prevalence and demographics on the national, state, local and legislative-district level…

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Labor Action Tracker: Work stoppages in ’24 fewest since ’21

The number of U.S. work stoppages decreased by 23.8% in 2024, compared to 2023, and the approximate number of workers decreased by 45.5%, according to a report published Feb. 19 by the ILR School and the University of Illinois.

Lack of regulations, oversight in health care IT causes harm

Health information technology systems promised increased efficiency and reduced costs, but new ILR School-led research suggests these benefits have been elusive.

Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Reentry, Work and Resilience

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel are joined by Thomas Jones ’24, who shares his journey from incarceration to higher education and his role as fair employment practice specialist at Cornell.

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