Industrial and Labor Relations

To convey trust, vary your voice's pitch, volume, study says

A new study by the ILR School's Michele Williams finds that our tone of voice, its pitch and volume, can convey trust. (Dec. 1, 2010)

Student pitches business idea for sunscreen application on MTV Networks program

Kristen McClellan '12 is pitching her business idea, a sunscreen application device, on an MTV Networks show.

Misclassifying workers as contractors is enormous problem, stress experts

An ILR School event in New York City Nov. 18 considered the impact of misclassified workers on the economy and the individuals involved.

Labor champion, environmentalist Theodore Kheel dies

Lawyer, arbitrator and entrepreneur Theodore W. Kheel '35, LLB '37, has died at age 96 in New York City. (Nov. 17, 2010)

Cornell Students Against Sweatshops lauded for campaign

Cornell Students Against Sweatshops will be presented with the American Labor Museum's social justice award for its role in promoting college apparel manufacturers who pay a living wage. (Nov. 15, 2010)

Entrepreneurship@Cornell honors 15 faculty with grants

Fifteen faculty members affiliated with Cornell's entrepreneurship program have been honored with Louis H. Zalaznick Faculty Support Grants to help them expand their courses or add teaching assistants.

Nine alumni run for -- and mostly win -- national offices

Government relations VP Stephen Philip Johnson says he looks forward to getting to know the new Cornellians in the House of Representatives. (Nov. 4, 2010)

Kate Griffith named first Proskauer Rose professor

The Proskauer Rose Employment and Labor Law Assistant Professorship has been established for an ILR assistant professor who engages in scholarly work in conflict resolution and collective bargaining. (Nov. 3, 2010)

Course examines contemporary Mexico in light of its revolutionary past

The ILR School's Maria Lorena Cook is teaching a course titled The Mexican Revolution at 100: Politics, Economy and Society, which examines the nation's present and past. (Oct. 28, 2010)