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Rome faculty set to participate in biennial on public space — Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Four members of the Cornell in Rome faculty are scheduled to present during the 2011 Biennale dello Spazio Publico organized by the Italian National Institute of Urban Planning. The Cornell in Rome program is a cosponsor of the event. [Full story]

Michael Ashkin receives MacDowell Colony Fellowship — Friday, April 22, 2011

Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin was awarded a 2011 MacDowell Colony Fellowship and will be in residence this summer. [Full story]

Suh and Scheffer selected as finalists for urban landscape competition — Friday, April 22, 2011

Lecturer Yehre Suh, architecture, and Konrad Scheffer (M.Arch. '11) have been selected as finalists for the Open International Urban Landscape Competition for Euro-2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Full story]

Architecture career forum draws alumni and students — Wednesday, April 20, 2011

More than 20 architecture alumni, with graduation years spanning from 1974 to 2009, returned to campus to participate in the annual Architecture Alumni Career Forum. [Full story]

Architecture student receives Udall scholarship — Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Karen Chi Lin (B.Arch. '13) has received 2011 Morris K. Udall Scholarships for U.S. students with excellent academic records and an interest in careers in environmental public policy, health care, and tribal public policy. [Full story]

Symposium explores technology and sustainable design — Monday, April 18, 2011

Imminent Ecologies symposium explores the intersection of novel, computationally advanced modeling, and analysis technologies and their impact on the design of sustainable built environments. [Full story]

Weiss/Manfredi’s Diana Center recognized — Friday, April 15, 2011

Michael Manfredi’s firm Weiss/Manfredi recently won the 2011 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture. [Full story]

Window onto an artist: Ruth Oppenheim — Friday, April 15, 2011

Ruth Oppenheim (M.F.A. ’11) discusses her recent exhibitions and her frustrations and goals as an artist. [Full story]

Workshop will explore two new video art collections — Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Two important video art collections have been donated to the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, housed in the Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Special Manuscript Collections. [Full story]

Cruvellier's book explores how structural forms are an integral part of architecture — Monday, April 4, 2011

Mark Cruvellier, associate professor of architecture, recently published the second edition of his textbook, The Structural Basis of Architecture. [Full story]

Is privatization a bad deal for cities and states? — Monday, April 4, 2011

CRP professor Mildred Warner participates in an online debate about the shift back to in-sourcing government services that were once outsourced to the private sector. [The New York Times]

Norwegian Exposure: Oslo studio studies concept, form, and material — Saturday, April 2, 2011

Professor Mark Cruvellier and Beate Hølmebakk of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design taught the spring semester’s Oslo Option Studio, which included a trip to Norway. [Full story]

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