A China expert from the ILR School says that organized protests in the west will not affect labor abuses, but unionization might offer a path to improvement.
In a panel discussion in New York City Dec. 10, social scientists from the ILR School applied their expertise to three gender discrimination cases in hiring, occupational segregation and pay inequity. (Dec. 13, 2010)
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences will host 12 of the university's top social scientists for one semester, providing them with office space and $10,000 for research.
Khaleel Atiyyeh '10, Joanne Chickering '12 and Patricia Green '10 received 2009 Robert S. Smith Awards for Community Progress and Innovation to implement innovative community-building projects. (Dec. 3, 2009)
Cornell professor Eswar Prasad has co-authored 'Emerging Markets, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics' (Brookings Press, 2010), which analyzes the success of emerging market economies. (Dec. 6, 2010)
Professor Gary W. Evans has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences, which makes policy recommendations. (Feb. 24, 2009)