Registration is now open for Cornell University’s online Winter Session. Classes run Jan. 4–22, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.
McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will offer a talk Nov. 2 as part of the College of Arts & Science's America250 events.
Funded by a research grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, faculty members Neil Lewis Jr. and Jeff Niederdeppe will engage in new research to evaluate the effectiveness of race- and class-based messaging strategies targeting racialized policy issues.
Sociologist Holly Jean Buck, Ph.D. ’17, a member of the University at Buffalo faculty, is one of 20 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, known as the “genius grants,” for her research on climate change and environmental policy.
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.
