Advance, Cornell ILR School's publication for alumni and friends.
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Tricia Freire Lynne Vincent Angela Lu A student in ILR's New York City MPS program, an ILR professor, 20 undergraduates and a New Jersey company collaborated on a project merging expert advice and research with real-life data. Tricia Freire MPS '13 and director of human resources for HealthEd, a health care marketing agency, worked with ILR Associate Professor Christopher Riddell and his class to design a new company compensation system. It rolls out this summer. "This project has been a great learning collaboration," Freire said. "The students were exposed to challenges practitioners face and HealthEd benefits from the academic insight of dedicated students led by a passionate professor." Creativity, dishonesty, misbehavior. These are the types of organizational behavior issues researched by Lynne Vincent '06, M.S. '11, Ph.D. '13. Consider the paper she published in "Psychological Science" this March with Kyle Emich M.S. '09, Ph.D. '12 and Professor Jack Goncalo. "Stretching the Moral Gray Zone: Positive Affect, Moral Disengagement, and Dishonesty" reports that a positive mood can cause people to behave dishonestly because it makes people morally flexible – as in "I'm not stealing that, just borrowing it." Re-categorizing dishonest behaviors into justifiable behaviors makes it easier for people to engage in them, according to Vincent. As a first-year student, Angela Lu '13 says she had no clue where she might go with an ILR degree. Four years later, Lu is certain the school gave her "the best tools with which I can analyze the world without ever losing sight of the human aspect." At Cornell, she was active in more than a dozen activities, and volunteered answering hotline calls from survivors of violence and abuse. JC Tretter JC Tretter '13, hoping to play in the National Football League this coming season, expects to be drafted or become a free agent. Either way, he will be only the second Big Red football alum to be invited into the NFL in 16 years. Kevin Boothe '06 began his league career seven years ago. At press time, Tretter said he foresaw the possibility of being drafted in rounds four through seven. ILR ALUMNI MAGAZINE Lu grew up in Hong Kong and speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese. Through ILR, Lu said, she learned "how to approach, work with, connect with and influence people." Tretter arrived at ILR at 237 pounds. By spring semester, he built his mass to 307 pounds. As an offensive lineman, he protected the quarterback; Tretter is credited with allowing the Big Red to set new school and Ivy League passing records. A CBS Sports blog terms Tretter "an ascending talent who is just scratching the surface of his potential." His "surprising football intelligence," "light feet" and "attention to detail" gives an NFL team reason to invest in his future, CBS Sports said. 5