Denny's diversity officer, Rachelle Hood-Phillips, to speak Sept. 26

Rachelle Hood-Phillips, chief diversity officer of Denny's Restaurants, will deliver a talk at Cornell Sept. 26. The talk will take place from 4 to 5 p.m in 305 Ives Hall and is free and open to the public.

Marcia Greenbaum, ILR School's first neutral-in-residence, to speak at inaugural event Sept. 27

Mediator and arbitrator Marcia L. Greenbaum will deliver the Jean McKelvey Neutral-in-Residence inaugural lecture at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Cornell economist Ron Ehrenberg shows why tuition keeps rising

Tuition at private colleges and universities has never been higher. It is also likely to keep on going up. With combined tuition, fees, room, board and expenses at the best institutions topping the high-water mark of $30,000 a year and rising, many students cannot attend these institutions without substantial help.

Actors' union leader Theodore Bikel is speaker Aug. 31 Emmy-winning actor starred in everything from Broadway musicals to Star Trek episodes

Theodore Bikel, an Emmy award-winning actor and former leader of Actors' Equity Association, the pre-eminent U.S. union for stage actors, is the pre-Labor Day speaker at Cornell University Aug. 31.

Construction companies that test for drugs reduce workplace injuries, Cornell student's study finds

Drug testing is most effective in reducing workers' compensation experience-rating modification factors in the first three years following the implementation of a program.

Cornell Higher Ed Research Institute holds first policy conference Oct. 15-16

The Cornell Higher Education Research Institute is hosting its first higher education policy conference Oct. 15 and 16 on campus. All sessions are in the ILR Conference Center, rooms 105 and 120, and are open to the Cornell community.

Two highly praised books on labor struggles by Bronfenbrenner, Juravich and Cowie published by Cornell Press

Two new books on labor struggles from faculty members in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations were recently published by Cornell University Press.

Cornell ILR School opens New York City think tank and part-time graduate program

Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations is opening a New York City institute and think tank to study the changing issues of the workplace.

Cornell's statutory colleges to hold fall open house and information session for new and transfer students

Cornell's statutory colleges will hold an open house for prospective freshmen students on Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999.