Black workers in the Southeast face numerous challenges, including little advance notice of their work schedules, concerns about workplace safety and racial discrimination, but they also believe unions could alleviate some of these issues, according to a working paper co-authored by Kate Bronfenbrenner, Ph.D. ’93, director of Labor Education Research at the ILR School.
M. Diane Burton, the Joseph R. Rich ’80 Professor of Human Resource Studies, was appointed by Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, as the ILR School’s senior associate dean for research, outreach and external relations.
A pair of papers co-authored by ILR Assistant Professor Merrick R. Osborne examines why some diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives succeed while others fall short.
Nearly 200 Cornell Duffield Engineering students exhibited handheld scrapers for insect egg masses, automated vineyard net-lifting systems, and even early-stage mechanical sorters designed to separate invasive spotted lanternflies from harvested grapes.
Masi Asare of Northwestern University and arts journalist Billy McEntee have been named winners of the 2024-25 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.
Scholar of law Philippe Sands will give the LaFeber-Silbey Lecture in History on March 5, considering "Lessons from History and Literature, from Nuremberg to Pinochet and Beyond.”
The ILR School’s Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) recently awarded three seed grants for new research that addresses questions around the intersection of AI and organizations, employment and work.
New research from the USDA Forest Service, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and University of New Mexico identifies where future high-severity fires threaten biodiversity hotspots in the western United States using observations from bird watchers and advanced fire forecasting models.