Mui Ho Center for Cities
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What’s Ahead: Spring 2026 Highlights
After a winter break to regroup and recharge, faculty, students, and staff return to campus and to the open questions, conversations, and explorations that will drive the work of the semester ahead.
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Mui Ho Center for Cities Opportunities
View a selection of opportunities for positions with the center, including student internships at the center and with our partners.
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Mui Ho Center for Cities News and Events
Stories View All For These Old Bus Stations, It’s Not the End of the Line Bloomberg — CRP Associate Professor Nicholas Klein comments on the evolution of modern transportation hubs and the shift to curbside service. The Strange Menagerie of…
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Sep 28–27
Critical Conversations for Urban Transformation: Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities Launch Symposium
The Center for Cities will host urban leaders, scholars, activists, artists, and practitioners from around the world to mark the center's launch.
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Informal Settlements Generate Collective Empowerment through Locally Led Action
Hosted by the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, Shiela Muganyi — a community research leader from the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation and a member of Slum Dwellers International in Zimbabwe — visited AAP to share how mutual exchange and planning for the future can improve the lives of residents in informal settlements.
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Pursuing Purpose, Building Knowledge: AAP Embarks on the Fall 2025 Semester
Aligned with an ongoing mission to advance research, scholarship, and creative practices, Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning begins a vibrant semester of critical and creative work that invites students, faculty, and staff to explore ideas across disciplines in pursuit of a more sustainable and equitable world.
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The Politics of Climate Resilience: What Do Mayors Have to Say?
The Mayors' Panel at the symposium on climate resilience in New York City explored the challenges and opportunities mayors face in their cities when it comes to climate action, and how they are balancing the urgent need for timely interventions with long-term planning.
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From Knowledge to Climate Action in New York City
A symposium hosted by the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities brought together experts from across fields to address the hazards facing the city and consider actions to mitigate risks to people, buildings, and infrastructure.
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Just and Equitable Cities
Upgrading Urban Informal Settlements: Housing and Infrastructure for All Using a transdisciplinary approach, the center’s Just and Equitable Cities initiative seeks ways to upgrade urban informal settlements to deliver secure, affordable housing, and core infrastructure and services. Overview The Challenge…
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Mui Ho Center for Cities Research
The center serves as the connective tissue that supports transdisciplinary, action-oriented research in cities around the world.
