Alumni News and Events

Join the Climate Action Conversation: Register Now for the Center for Cities' Spring Symposium in New York City

On April 24, the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities will convene experts to share solutions and identify areas for future action that address the multiple and cascading climate change hazards facing New York City.

Architecture Students Set to Show "How to Build Your Dragon"

The Cornell Chronicle previews the annual Dragon Day parade, which is expected to feature an 80-foot dragon designed by first-year architecture students that will glide through campus aided by sail-like wings.

Trailblazing Architect Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06) Aims to Inspire Others

Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06), Director of Strategic Relationships and Principal at the global architectural firm HOK and a leading voice on the importance of diverse perspectives in her field, shares her story with Cornellians.

With 100 Pounds of Blue Pigment, an Artist Conjures Spirits of the Past

The New York Times: Run Together and Look Ugly After the First Rain, an exhibition of work by artist Amanda Williams (B.Arch. '97), highlights the use of a deep, midnight blue pigment that took Williams and two material science labs three years to recreate.

The King Cole Bar Reopens, Moodier Than Before

The New York Times: Ed Bakos (B.Arch. '86), chief executive of Champalimaud Design, a New York-based firm with experience renovating luxury hotels, speaks about his latest renovation.

The 2024 Bethel Woods Art and Architecture Festival Invites Students to Build Community, Build Creatively, Build Fest

The Architect's Newspaper: Festival organizer and curator Neal Lucas Hitch (M.S. MDC '24) looks back on BuildFest '24 that featured work by Architecture Lecturer Marta H. Wisniewska's Regenerative Architecture Lab, Assistant Professor of Architecture Felix Heisel's Circular Construction Lab, and Cait McCarthy and Jordan Young (both M.Arch. '20).

2025 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education

Thomas R. Fisher (B.Arch. '75) is the recipient of this award that recognizes outstanding individual contributions to architectural education. The award was presented by the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Mellon Foundation: Mid-Century Marvel

AAP alum and past Architecture faculty Scott Ruff (B.Arch. '92, M.Arch. '95) codirects the newly founded Coles House Project to preserve prolific architect Robert Coles's home and studio, which stands as a symbol of Black mid-century modernism.

The 2024 Winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards

Baye Adofo-Wilson (M.R.P. '94), CEO of BAW Development, is among the leaders of the Hinchliffe Stadium rehabilitation project, which was awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award given to those who preserve and sustain our architectural and cultural heritage.