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Alumni and Friends

At Cornell AAP, our powerful alumni community of leaders and change agents in our fields and industries advances a better world. With every opportunity and challenge — from advancing climate adaptation and emerging technologies to expanding access and affordability — our alumni continue to find ways to design a future together, empowering the next generation of architects, artists, designers, and planners. 

Alumni engagement and philanthropy enable the college to build our capacity and expertise to respond to today’s urgencies. We invite Cornell AAP alumni, parents, and friends to join us in building a more sustainable, just, and resilient world. 

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As a member of our AAP community, there are many opportunities for you to connect and engage with the college.

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    Jun 6–Sep 4

    AAP Summer Exhibition 2026

    Visit AAP this summer for a cross-departmental exhibition featuring student work from the 2025–26 academic year that showcases the college’s creative and critical practices.

    Exhibition

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    Oct 22–24

    CRPConnect!, a Celebration of Research, Practice, and Community

    Join us on the Ithaca campus from October 22–24, 2026, to connect with faculty and former classmates, share your work, find a mentor, present your research, network with colleagues, find internship candidates, visit downtown Ithaca, and more!

    Symposium

Explore Alumni Stories and News

Explore Alumni Stories and News

Stories Alum Leads Urban Design Collective that Preserves Black Community

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Cornellians profiles Emma Osore (B.S. URS ’09) cofounder and executive director of BlackSpace, a collective of planners, architects, artists, and designers who work to protect, elevate, and create Black spaces.

Stories Cornell AAP to Launch First New York City-based High School Summer Program

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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 Announcing: Building and Unbuilding the City Museum: From Le Corbusier to Ahmedabad

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Architecture Associate Professor Lily Chi in collaboration with architect and educator Sarosh Anklesaria (M.Arch. II ’08) coedited this collection of essays examining the cultural center’s ambitious beginning, present precarity, and possible futures.

In the Media The Strange Menagerie of Sculptor Joan Danziger

The Washington Post — Art alumna Joan Danziger (B.F.A. ’54) will unveil new sculptures for Ravens: Spirits of the Sky in parallel with The Magical World of Joan Danziger, a concurrent retrospective at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center.

Stories

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Fabric Artist Alum Creates Visual Poetry Whose Meaning Lingers

Anna Warfield (B.S. ’17, B.F.A. ’18) speaks with Cornellians about their art installations that combine soft sculpture and poetry to challenge how viewers understand identity and communication.

Stories AAP Students Lend Their Creativity to a New Vision for 4-H Camp

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B.Arch. students in the Engaged Practices Design Studio course submitted dozens of ideas for renovating Camp Owahta’s 128-acre site after spending a semester getting to know its uses and potential.

In the Media Europe Has a Major Heat Problem and It’s Only Getting Worse

CNN — Associate Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan comments on how heat trapped inside buildings during European heat waves poses significant public health threats.

Stories ‘I Hadn’t Come for the Oddness of the Art World’

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Painter Pat Sutton Lipsky (B.F.A. ’63) speaks with Cornellians about her six-decade career. Her recent memoir, Brightening Glance, reflects on life, work, and the power of color.

Stories Philosophy and Art Faculty Win Guggenheim Fellowships

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Two Cornell faculty have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this year, including Assistant Professor of Art Leeza Meksin, who shares details on her site-specific installations and future plans with the Cornell Chronicle.

Stories Urban Theorist and Educator Colin Rowe Celebrated in Rome

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Rowe, who revolutionized design education and criticism during his career, was honored for his resounding influence on the field.

In the Media A Portrait of America in 25 Buildings and Monuments

TIME — AAP Gale and Ira Drukier Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. ’95) contributes to TIME’s celebration of vibrant urban landscapes across America, nominating the architecture of the immigrant neighborhood.

How Cornell AAP is Shaping the Future

Drawing from the depth of our five departments and the breadth of collaborations with experts across the university, Cornell AAP continues to change the world we share for the better. Explore how our faculty and students are shaping the future and creating new possibilities.

Explore Faculty Work

  • Near Liberty Bell, Public Art Lets Freedom Ring for US at 250

    Professor and Chair of Art Paul Ramírez Jonas’s installation Let Freedom Ring invites visitors to complete the melody of “America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)” and reflect on ideas of freedom in the context of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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  • Redesigned Fire Gear Offers Potentially More Cooling, Less Toxicity

    Associate Professor of Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and Design Tech faculty Heeju Park and graduate students in his lab interviewed more than 50 firefighters as part of a yearlong project to develop more versatile firefighting gear.

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  • Bio-Based Materials Collective 2026

    During the 2026 summit convenings, Architecture Lecturer Marta H. Wisniewska gave a talk addressing the construction sector’s heavy impact on the environment, highlighting key research into sustainable alternatives, and led a workshop on the emerging field of mycelium-based building materials.

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