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ASSOCIATION volume 2 is now available — Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Volume 2 of the annual student publication ASSOCIATION has just been released, with an intriguing fold-out map format. [Full story]

CRP makes news with 9th Ward recovery plan — Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Cornell planners made headlines in January 2007 with their groundbreaking report on conditions in New Orleans’s 9th Ward. The Associated Press story was picked up by the New York Times and more than 100 other newspapers, as well as various websites. [Full story]

Art Department Envisions Center in China — Tuesday, February 20, 2007

A proposed contemporary art center would link Cornell University with Tsinghua University in Beijing. [Full story]

Growing Up in Nairobi and Urban Africa Studio — Thursday, February 15, 2007

Students are visiting Kenya during the spring 2007 semester as part of the Growing Up in Nairobi program and a planning/architecture studio on urban Africa. [Full story]

Spector Creates Book Installation in NYC Center — Thursday, February 15, 2007

More than 800 works of literature and arts and humanities scholarship at Cornell add up to a single letter in a new installation by book artist and Department of Art chair Buzz Spector. [Full story]

CRP Offers Plan for Rebuilding New Orleans's 9th Ward — Wednesday, February 14, 2007

With help from Cornell planners, residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward have been given a significant voice in how their community should be rebuilt following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. [Full story]

Planning students produce designs for Ithaca's proposed urban village — Monday, February 12, 2007

Students in a course led by CRP professor Roger Trancik have given the city of Ithaca a glimpse of the possibilities for the city's proposed urban village. [Full story]

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