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- Undergraduate Admissions: Architecture Learn more and apply to our world-renowned Bachelor of Architecture program, convening current and future leaders of design for a more just and resilient world.
- Undergraduate Admissions: Art Explore the possibilities that open for Bachelor of Fine Arts students at Cornell, where contemporary creative practice meets academic rigor and synergies.
- Undergraduate Admissions: Urban and Regional Studies Our Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies is for students who are captivated by cities and curious about how to make change and better lives.
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- Student Work Browse featured projects, exhibitions, and research by current and former AAP graduate students.
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Stories 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.
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.
Stories From Milstein Scholar to Design Tech Pioneer
Julia Beitel (M.S. DT '26) brings an interdisciplinary approach to design and technology at Cornell Tech, developing inventive projects that integrate ethical innovation, digital and physical systems, and hands-on making through fabrication, teaching, and community-based work.
Stories Teiger Foundation Gift Advances AAP’s Teiger Mentor in the Arts Program
Cornell AAP announces funding to continue the Teiger Mentor in the Arts program, which brings a remarkable slate of internationally acclaimed faculty artists to the college, including Spring 2026 Teiger Mentor Mary Mattingly.
Stories 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.
Stories Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure
Cornell AAP alumnus Alvaro Alvarez (B.Arch. '15) is profiled for transforming discarded materials from the US-Mexico border region into sculptural artworks that reframe waste, abandonment, and environmental neglect as sources of beauty, memory, and renewal.
Project LABICS Wins International Competition for New Training Center in Maranello, Italy
Cornell in Rome Visiting Critics in Architecture Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori of LABICS have been awarded a major international commission for a new Ferrari-sponsored training facility in Maranello, underscoring their global design leadership and continued impact as educators at Cornell AAP.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
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Oct 18–Jan 10
M.F.A. in Image Text Virtual Information Sessions 2025–26
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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Dec 11–Feb 4
AAP Engagement Impact Grant Virtual Informational Sessions
Attend an informational session about the AAP Engagement Impact Grants available to faculty and students in spring 2026.
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Jan 30
Thomas J. Campanella: Designing the American Century — How Two Cornellians Changed the Face of Urban America
CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella highlights how Cornell-trained landscape architects Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano transformed the modern American metropolis through visionary public works.
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Feb 2–12
Jiwon Chloe Han: Where the Memory Flows
View this solo exhibition by Jiwon Chloe Han (B.F.A. '26), centered on memory as an active, moving force shaped by love, loss, and emotional distance.
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Feb 5–Mar 12
AAP Curricular and Mellon Collaborative Grant Virtual Informational Sessions
AAP is pleased to announce a call for course proposals in two categories: AAP Curricular Enrichment Grants and the Mellon Collaborative Studies Seminar Series.
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Feb 9
Virtual Open House: City Visionaries Summer Program for High School Students
Join us for a virtual open house, where we'll share information and answer questions about City Visionaries, a new summer program for high school students in New York City.
Student Work
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Ting Wei Fan
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Sabrina Haertig Gonzalez
B.F.A. '22 -
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Group Work
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Adrian Aguilera
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Group Work
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Adam Shulman
B.A./B.F.A. '23 - Keep Browsing
