Virtual CRP Graduate Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2025

Overview

Please join us for this year’s virtual open house on Friday, March 21, to learn more about us. This is your chance to find out more about the unique opportunities available to our students, meet our faculty, and ask questions of current students.

Schedule

• 9 a.m. Welcome and Faculty Introductions with Department Chair Sophie Oldfield and Jennifer Minner, Director of Graduate Studies
• 10 a.m. Virtual coffee chat about faculty-led research
• 10:30 a.m. Student Organizations Panel for master’s degree students — Hear short presentations given by representatives of organizations such as the Women’s Planning Forum (WPF), Design Connect, International Planning Students Organization (IPSO), Cornell Regional Science Student Association (CRSSA), Organization of Cornell Planners (OCP), and more
• 11 a.m. Student Life Panel — Meet a panel of current master’s CRP students and participate in a Q&A about student life at Cornell and in Ithaca
• —BREAK—
• 12:20 p.m. Colloquium Lecture, Affordable Housing, Financialization and Urban Statecraft with speaker Thomas Gillespie
• 2:15–3 p.m. Academic Programs
• Break out into informational sessions about the Historic Preservation Planning, Regional Planning, and Regional Science programs
• 2:15–3 p.m. Ph.D. break out session with Cornell Association of Ph.D. Planners (CAPP) and Mildred Warner
• 3:15–4:30 p.m.  Office Hours — Drop in to meet with department and college representatives, including faculty, to learn about their courses, ask questions about research, and find out more about the department
  • Faculty
  • Career Services
  • Current Students
  • International Planning Students Organization (IPSO)