Culture that 'tolerates' and 'welcomes' dissent reaps positive outcomes, says Lipsky '61

Professor David Lipsky '61, giving his hypothetical 'last lecture,' explained April 12 why he has had a fascination with collective bargaining his entire life. (April 14, 2011)

Faculty and students discuss ways to overcome stress

In a new effort to think about how to defuse student stress, professors and undergraduates sat down to talk together about the problem at an April 6 forum on academic rigor and student support. (April 14, 2011)

Implications of wage theft legislation examined in NYC

At an ILR School event in New York City, experts examined the implications of the New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act. (April 11, 2011)

Ehrenberg helps U.S. colleagues respond to university program and department closings

ILR School's Ronald Ehrenberg to serve on AAUP committee examining reasons necessary to close programs and departments. (April 11, 2011)

Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration slated for April 14-15

Cornell will celebrate entrepreneurship April 14-15 with hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen, Peter Coors of beer fame and Texas Rangers and United Football League top officials. (April 7, 2011)

Union Days events focus on American inequality, April 5-7

ILR's Union Days will include a live streamed national teach-in, a panel on the fight to save public sector employee collective bargaining, a panel on economic inequality and the Social Justice Career Fair. (April 6, 2011)

Triangle fire 100 years ago triggered host of new laws, says expert at NYC Library Salon

On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)

Immigrants cluster at far ends of wage and skill spectrum, economist says

Economist David Card said at a public talk March 15 that immigrants tended to take jobs at the high and low ends of the wage spectrum, and their wages don't affect Americans' salaries. (March 17, 2011)

Triangle fire victims identified after a century of uncertainty

A researcher using data from Cornell's Kheel Center has uncovered the final six victims of the Triangle Factory Fire on March 25, 1911. (Feb. 24, 2011)