Esta Bigler, director of Labor Law and Employment Programs at the ILR School, presented on the topic of fair chance hiring at the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section fall meeting, held in Ithaca earlier this month.
Cornell University’s “Unmasking the CCP” lecture series will feature talks by former U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul Oct. 23 and historian Frank Dikötter Oct. 27 on democracy, communism and China’s international role.
Private equity firms’ investment in home care agencies perpetuates poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, according to a new study from the ILR School’s Worker Institute.
A Cornell University Library exhibit, “Weathering the Storm,” which examines the intersection of the environment, labor and workwear, opens Oct. 8 at the ILR School’s Catherwood Library.
As an undergraduate researcher, Maya Mangala-Munuma '25 found that trees were three times more likely to be damaged in impoverished, racially diverse neighborhoods.
New York state could catalyze a widespread clean energy transition and address its affordability issues by leveraging one of its most important resources – homes – according to a new report from the Climate Jobs Institute at the ILR School.
The Black Critical Thought symposium Oct. 2 will feature interdisciplinary faculty and student presentations on Black studies, culminating in a keynote conversation with cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten.
Science historian Sara B. Pritchard describes a massive spike in the amount of artificial light in the 21st century, with light pollution increasing by nearly 10% annually between 2011 and 2022.
Karine Jean-Pierre, 35th White House Press Secretary and former senior advisor to President Joe Biden, and Gov. David Beasley, former governor of South Carolina and past Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, have been named the 2026-27 Distinguished Policy Fellows at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
