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Multidisciplinary conference focuses on the rebirth of Washington, DC's NoMA district — Thursday, April 16, 2009

The convergence of planning, real estate, architecture, and art was on display during the recent “Point/Line/Plane — Transit-Oriented Development in the Nation’s Capital” conference hosted by AAP and the Program in Real Estate. [Full story]

CRP grad students accept federal service appointments — Thursday, March 26, 2009

Peter Rizzo (M.R.P. ‘09) and Mitchell Harrison (M.R.P. ‘09) have been accepted as Presidential Management Fellows. [Full story]

Planning students and professor hold spotlight APA annual conference — Thursday, March 26, 2009

Lingwen Zheng (M.R.P. ’09) has been awarded a American Planning Association’s (APA) scholarship and Professor Mildred Warner, Kathleen Hoover (M.R.P. ’10) and Erica Gutierrez (M.R.P. ’10) will present at the APA conference. [Full story]

Tata's Nano hits the road — Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Tata Motors has released the anxiously awaited Nano. Priced at about $2,000, the Nano is the least expensive production car in the world. Tata’s chairman, Ratan Tata (B.Arch. ’59) described the mini-car as a "milestone." [Full story]

Dragon Day ends in flames, but the dragon remains — Friday, March 13, 2009

Cornell's 108th annual Dragon Day on March 13 featured the usual excitement -- toilet paper in the trees, a parade through campus and a ritual burning. Except that this year the dragon itself survived. [Full story]

Puff, the smokeless dragon, goes green for Dragon Day — Thursday, March 12, 2009

The annual Dragon Day parade returns March 13, but with a major difference. Instead of the dragon disappearing in an orgy of flames a facsimile of the beast will go up in smoke. [Full story]

Cornell University Orchestra features cellist Adrianne Ngam — Monday, March 9, 2009

Cellist and architecture student Adrianne Ngam (B.Arch. ’12) was featured with the Cornell University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 1, at Bailey Hall. [Full story]

Cupkova and Pratt receive grant to develop adaptive reuse of Eastern European housing — Friday, March 6, 2009

Professors Dana Cupkova and Kevin Pratt were awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Grant for their project proposal, “Adaptive Modularity: A Sustainable Approach to Adaptive Reuse in the Eastern European Housing Block.” [Full story]

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