Law, Government & Public Policy

Penn State honors ILR School's Ehrenberg with doctorate

Penn State will award ILR School professor Ronald Ehrenberg an honorary doctorate of humane letters at its May commencement. (Oct. 12, 2010)

Endowment earns nearly 13 percent

Cornell's investments surged 12.6 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to the Office of University Investments. (Oct. 5, 2010)

Conservation, mobilization are vital for energy security

An Oct. 1 panel discussion on energy security and sustainability was part of Cornell's celebration around the naming gift that created the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. (Oct. 4, 2010)

Histories of labor feminists recounted at Cook lecture

Rutgers University Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble delivered the 2010 Alice Hanson Cook Distinguished Lecture on the hidden history of working women. (Oct. 1, 2010)

Francine Blau receives top labor economics award

ILR Professor Francine D. Blau, ILR '66, has won the prestigious IZA Prize in Labor Economics from the Institute for the Study of Labor, a think tank in Germany. (Sept. 30, 2010)

Fight global poverty by jump-starting businesses that offer the poor dignity, says speaker

Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Acumen Fund, gave this year's Iscol lecture Sept. 27, talking about entrepreneurial approaches to solving problems of global poverty. (Sept. 29, 2010)

Three regional companies receive grants through Cornell

The Cornell Center for Materials Research awarded this fall's grants to American Aerogel Corp., SensiVida Medical Technologies Inc. and Haledyne LLC.

Hotel School Dean Johnson reappointed to second term

The Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees voted unanimously Sept. 16 to approve the appointment of School of Hotel Administration Dean Michael Johnson to a second term.

New book shows blue-collar males have disappeared from pop culture since the '70s

An ILR School professor's new book looks at how blue-collar men have disappeared from popular culture since the 1970s. (Sept. 14, 2010)