At Cornell AAP, our powerful alumni community of leaders and change agents in our fields and industries advances a better world. With every opportunity and challenge — from advancing climate adaptation and emerging technologies to expanding access and affordability — our alumni continue to find ways to design a future together, empowering the next generation of architects, artists, designers, and planners.
Alumni engagement and philanthropy enable the college to build our capacity and expertise to respond to today’s urgencies. We invite Cornell AAP alumni, parents, and friends to join us in building a more sustainable, just, and resilient world.
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Feb 3–Apr 7
ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty Lecture Series
The ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty lecture series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center, curated by Architecture faculty Jesse LeCavalier and Florian Idenburg, explores how our definitions of the artificial and natural shape the construction, craft, and ethics of the built environment.
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Feb 25–Apr 9
Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Spring 2026
Attend the sixth installation of Island Editions, a series of conversations held at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on Roosevelt Island, on April 9 at 7 p.m. Registration is required.
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![Modernist architectural model of a home that is shaped with a significant slant.]()
Mar 9–26
A House That Holds the Weight of Small Things
Experience an exhibition that transforms the gallery into a house filled with familiar objects that have double meanings.
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Mar 24
John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Jeffrey Gibson — Never Let Your Spirit Bend
Gibson will reflect on the power of materials and on how he distills complex ideas of belonging and collectivity through layered media and diverse reference points.
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![The exterior of the David Zwirner gallery features a multi-story, board-formed concrete facade with rhythmic wooden-framed windows and a person walking along the sidewalk below.]()
Apr 23
2026 L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture featuring Annabelle Selldorf
The L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture, established in 2009 to honor the legacy of Cornell alumnus Michael Goldsmith (B.Arch. ’72), features Annabelle Selldorf with an introduction by Dean J. Meejin Yoon.
Explore Alumni Stories and News
Explore Alumni Stories and News
Stories Cornell AAP to Launch First New York City-based High School Summer Program
Cornell AAP recently announced an opportunity for rising high school juniors and seniors to join City Visionaries, the newest addition to the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center’s (AAP NYC) immersive slate of New York City-based programs.
In the Media The Strange Menagerie of Sculptor Joan Danziger
The Washington Post — Art alumna Joan Danziger (B.F.A. ’54) will unveil new sculptures for Ravens: Spirits of the Sky in parallel with The Magical World of Joan Danziger, a concurrent retrospective at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center.
In the Media The Shakers’ Utopian World Sees a Surge of Modern Interest
The New York Times — Art alumna Amie Cunat’s (M.F.A. ’12) meeting house is included in A World in the Making: The Shakers, a group exhibition that will be on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania through August 9.
Stories ‘I Hadn’t Come for the Oddness of the Art World’
Painter Pat Sutton Lipsky (B.F.A. ’63) speaks with Cornellians about her six-decade career. Her recent memoir, Brightening Glance, reflects on life, work, and the power of color.
Stories
Enter the Dragon: Milestone Dragon Day to Take Viewers Inside
Celebrating a tradition born 125 years ago, first-year architecture students will parade a dragon they’ve designed through campus on March 27, then invite community members to tour its interior, reports the Cornell Chronicle.
Stories Oi! Oi! Oi! Dragon Day Marks 125 Years of Beautiful Beasts
In advance of this year’s celebration, Cornellians takes a look back at the annual parade that shows off a dragon designed and built by first-year architecture students.
Stories Jeffrey Gibson: Materials of Invention
Artist Jeffrey Gibson’s work powerfully transmits a vibrating energy and joy, even when his message is complex. In advance of his visit to the Department of Art in late March, he shares insights into his practice and career path.
Stories Announcing: Cornell Journal of Architecture Issue 13, “Missing”
Concluding a thematic set spanning three issues and marking the 45th anniversary of its inaugural volume, this student-led publication continues to capture current thinking in the field and reinforce the importance of writing and editing in an architectural education. A launch event is scheduled for April 10.
Stories Alum Leads Urban Design Collective that Preserves Black Community
Cornellians profiles Emma Osore (B.S. URS ’09) cofounder and executive director of BlackSpace, a collective of planners, architects, artists, and designers who work to protect, elevate, and create Black spaces.
How Cornell AAP is Shaping the Future
Drawing from the depth of our five departments and the breadth of collaborations with experts across the university, Cornell AAP continues to change the world we share for the better. Explore how our faculty and students are shaping the future and creating new possibilities.
Explore Faculty Work
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US Communities Are Getting Older — And More Livable
CRP Professor Mildred Warner and Xue Zhang (M.S. RS ’16, Ph.D. RS ’19) lead a national analysis showing that US communities are becoming more age-friendly, with AARP-network localities achieving the greatest improvements in livability, transportation, and civic engagement as the nation’s population grows older.
![An woman with short gray hair gazes thoughtfully out a window, resting her hands lightly on the windowsill as soft daylight illuminates her face.]()
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Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster
Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book examining architecture’s dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.
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Groundwork: Cultivation Rooted in Art and Action
At the intersection of art, ecology, and community, students enrolled in a course led by Associate Professor Jen de los Reyes explore research and practice that moves beyond the studio and into Ithaca’s local ecologies.
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Student Work
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Ting Wei Fan
B.Arch. '21 -
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Layla Zubi
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Group Work
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Maurice Bradford
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Cornelius Tulloch
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Christina McDonald
M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts '22 -
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Jennifer Cao
M.R.P. '20 - Keep Browsing
