Goals & Initiatives
AAP works toward creating and expanding inclusive teaching and learning environments by setting goals and taking collective action toward meaningful change within and beyond our college.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is committed to an inclusive and diverse community and an open learning environment that is free from bias. We will not tolerate prejudice in any form or discrimination on any basis. We embrace creative and analytic practices that challenge preconceptions and prejudice; encourage critical engagement with the many forms of built culture; and defend the prerogative of our disciplines to ask difficult and provocative questions.
Mission
As part of the global community, AAP dedicates its efforts to opposing all forms of racism, oppression, inequality, exclusion, and marginalization. We strive to challenge our professions to create an equitable environment for all.
All members of our community contribute to our mission through their everyday actions and words. Therefore, we are committed to providing opportunities that foster personal discovery and growth and nurture scholarship and creativity within and across our disciplines.
College Organizations
AAP has a strong tradition of coming together around equity and justice that dates back to the 1960s–70s civil rights movement and extends to contemporary actions toward social justice. Our college organizations invite participation from college leadership, faculty, staff, students, and staff to continue this critical work.
Office of Diversity + Inclusion
AAP's Office of Diversity + Inclusion helps lead college efforts toward creating, sustaining, and expanding our diverse, inclusive, and equitable community. We believe in the inherent dignity and worth of every person and offer resources and opportunities for navigating college programs; getting involved with existing groups, committees, and actions; and founding new initiatives and actions at the college.
Acknowledgements
Land Acknowledgement
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ are members of the Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ leadership.
News
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
How Can Architecture Create and Preserve Black Spaces?
In Metropolis, Architecture Assistant Professor Peter Robinson, the Center for Architecture's new vice chair, talks about the condition of racialized spaces and the important process of Black memory work.
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Friday, August 19, 2022
Defiantly Optimistic: Centering Humanity in Our Institutions
Associate Professor of Art and AAP's Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity Jen Delos Reyes shares thoughts on art, agency, and making change by changing the way we work toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI).
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Cornell AAP Announces New Hires Advancing Collaborative Scholarship and Creative Practice in Social Justice and Equity
Cornell AAP announces the appointment of eight new faculty members and two fellows who will bring social justice and radical collaboration to the forefront of the college's efforts to build a more sustainable, just, and thriving world for all.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Three Projects Awarded Belonging at Cornell Innovation Grants
The Cornell Chronicle reports that B@C (Belonging at Cornell) 360, a collaboration between the university library and multiple Cornell colleges including AAP, has been awarded support for 2022 programming.
