Marketization in Europe worsens worker conditions

A new book explores how European markets function, who creates, shapes and organizes them, and what they mean for the relationship between labor and capital.

From lost items to athletic gear, undergrads win for big ideas

Four undergraduate teams with business ideas won this year’s Big Ideas Competition, sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad, Startup Tree and Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

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Breaking barriers: Peer outreach boosts student veterans

The number of undergraduate veterans enrolled at Cornell has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, thanks in part to outreach by a team of student veteran peer counselors.

Winter Session spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Wissink

Economist Jennifer Wissink has taught Introduction to Microeconomics during Winter Session for 23 years. Winter Session Online begins January 3, 2023. 

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Wages trump safety standards for global apparel workers

Factory workers in apparel supply chains are more likely to quit due to wage and benefit violations, than due to violations of environmental protection and safety standards.

Students can choose new minor in data science

The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.

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Watch Tretter ’13, Katz keynote on union leadership

As president of the National Football League Players Association, JC Tretter ’13 utilizes his ILR training to lift players’ voices.

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Avgar named ILR School’s inaugural David M. Cohen Professor

A professorship in labor relations endowed this year through a generous gift from David M. Cohen ’73 and Abby Joseph Cohen '73 will be held by Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08.

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Students get out the vote, on campus and across the state

For the first time, nearly all Cornell students who live on campus will be able to vote on campus in a general election, thanks in part to the advocacy of the student group Cornell Votes.