Highlights
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Admissions
September 3–December 17, 2025
Graduate Admissions Fall 2025 Events
Join Cornell AAP Admissions this fall for a series of virtual information sessions designed to introduce prospective students to graduate programs offered at AAP.
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Admissions
October 18, 2025–January 10, 2026
M.F.A. in Image Text Virtual Information Sessions 2025
Learn more about the M.F.A. in Image Text from codirectors Nicholas Muellner and Catherine Taylor, former faculty guest speakers, and current students.
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Admissions
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
CRP Graduate Programs: Virtual Information Session
Join us and hear directly from faculty and current students about the Master of Regional Planning and Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning programs.
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Admissions
Monday, November 17, 2025
All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House Fall 2025
Join us for an open house bringing together all eight planning programs in the New York City region. Start your search here, then attend a future information session for your best fit.
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Stories
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Knitting Machine Makes Solid 3D Objects
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers and Design Tech faculty François Guimbretière, and engineering student Victor Guimbretière ('29), developed a prototype knitting machine that creates solid three-dimensional objects by interlocking yarn in multiple directions, opening new possibilities for customizable, biomimetic materials.
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Lecture
Friday, November 21, 2025
Jeff Chusid: The World Through a Preservation Lens
Hear reflections from Associate Professor Jeffrey M. Chusid, CRP, on how historic preservation reveals the values, stories, and conflicts embedded in places, offering insight into cultural exchange, creativity, and the forces shaping communities.
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Lecture
Friday, November 14, 2025
Jordan Exantus: Unwriting History — Navigating Intersectionality and the [Un]intended Consequences of Planning in Majority "Minority" Communities
Attend a discussion exploring how conventional planning has often perpetuated historical inequities through systemic oversight, assimilation pressures, and inadvertent cultural displacement.
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Lecture
October 21–December 2, 2025
Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center
Attend a remarkable series of conversations with some of architecture's leading practitioners, hosted by architect Peter Eisenman (B.Arch. '55) and critic Cynthia Davidson.
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In the Media
On Printmaking and Place
ArtShow: Art Visiting Critic Julianne Hunter joins host Craig Stover for a conversation about her creative practice, experimental techniques in and outside of the print studio, and how an evolving sense of place influences both her process and the meaning her work carries.
Friday, October 24, 2025 -
In the Media
On the White House East Wing Demolition and Proposed Ballroom
BBC News: CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella discusses the controversy surrounding the proposed White House ballroom project underway in Washington, DC, reflecting on its unprecedented scale and situating recent actions within a history of presidential alterations that test heritage, authority, and public oversight.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 -
In the Media
Section as Cosmogram Reveals Section as Both Analytical and Cosmological
The Architect's Newspaper: Edgar A. Tafel Professor of Architecture Caroline O'Donnell reviews Section as Cosmogram, an exhibition at Ithaca College featuring work from members of the AAP community, where she frames the section drawing as a "cosmogram" — a synthesis of analysis and cosmology that bridges the material and the mythic through drawing.
Friday, October 24, 2025 -
In the Media
Map Shows States With the Highest — and Lowest — Child Care Costs
Newsweek: CRP Professor Mildred Warner comments that while US child care costs reflect rising labor and living expenses, the deeper issue is the lack of public investment. Unlike most countries, the US does not subsidize early education despite its critical role in child development, workforce stability, and the nation's long-term well-being.
Monday, October 27, 2025