ILR’s Campos-Medina receives award

The Latino Coalition of New Jersey has honored Worker Institute Executive Director Patricia Campos-Medina for her work on behalf of laborers, undocumented immigrants and domestic workers.

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Two ILR faculty members promoted to full professor

Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff has confirmed the promotion of two ILR faculty members to full professor.

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Cook-Gray Lecture: women’s employment pluses

Harvard Professor Kathleen McGinn will discuss women’s employment and its effects on the next generation of women. 

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U.S. labor secretary speaking at climate jobs summit co-sponsored by ILR

The Worker Institute and the LR School’s Lois Gray Labor Innovation Initiative is a sponsor of the Sept. 21 Climate Jobs Summit, which will feature U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

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Lara Skinner wins Movement Builders Award

ILR's Labor Leading on Climate Director Lara Skinner will be recognized Sept. 21 for helping make New York City a model of progress for the nation.

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COVID-19 slows birth rate in U.S., Europe

Births declined 7.1% in the United States during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Cornell-led study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“Navigating New Work-Life Realities”

In a Sept. 29 webinar, ILR Dean Alex Colvin will lead a discussion about conflict and influence in the blended work-home environments many are experiencing during the pandemic.

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NYC food delivery workers face a ‘harrowing world’

New York City’s app-based delivery workers regularly face nonpayment or underpayment, unsanitary or unsafe working conditions and the risk of violence, according to a new ILR School report.

People influence others – for better or worse

In her new book released this week, ILR associate professor Vanessa Bohns illustrates why individuals fail to recognize their own influence, and how that lack of awareness can lead to missed opportunities or accidental misuse of our power.