Events

4/1 Dragon Day 2022

Following a two-year hiatus, both first- and second-year architecture students at Cornell AAP resurrect the dragon.

3/25 Joe Muturi and Charity Mumbi: Community Centered Slum Upgrading

View this recorded CRP lecture with Joe Muturi, sharing lessons of the Mukuru Special Planning Area (SPA) Project on community centered slum upgrading.

3/25 Virtual CRP Graduate Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2022

View this lively and informative virtual experience for admitted graduate students to the Department of City and Regional Planning.

3/11 Nora Libertun de Duren: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities for Inclusive Cities in the Global South

View a recorded talk with Nora Libertun de Duren on 3 myths, 3 challenges, and 3 opportunities to better understand slums and policies affecting inequity in cities.

3/8, 3/10, 3/17, 3/22 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium: Breaking Ground(s)

Architecture at 150: Leading scholars and designers examine the interconnectedness of architecture with global ecologies, cultures, and future trajectories.

1/26–4/27 What is Design + Tech?

Watch this recorded inaugural University-wide lecture series co-led by architecture's Associate Professor Jenny Sabin, cross-campus collaborators, and Cornell Tech.

12/3 Dayna Cunningham: The Imperative of Knowledge Cocreation with Communities

View this recorded talk with Dayna Cunningham discussing Participatory Action Research enabling communities to examine and address consequential societal problems.

11/12 Akira Drake Rodriguez: Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing

In this recorded lecture, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the historical role of public housing in working-class politics & how the loss of tenant associations has deepened inequities.

11/5 Franck Daphnis: A Planner's Pathway to a Career in International Development

Watch Franck Daphnis as he aims to provide planning students interested in pursuing careers in international development with an overview of trends in the field.

10/29 Lyndsey Deaton: No Place to Play?

View this talk with Lyndsey Deaton, investigating the spatialities of neoliberal dispossession through children's use of public space.

10/15 Manal Aboelata: Changing the Landscape: People, Parks, and Power

View this recording of Manal Aboelata, sharing ways past public health successes can be applied to efforts in ensuring low-income urban communities are fair, just, and green.

10/1 Kian Goh: From Urban Resilience to Climate Justice

View this recorded lecture with Kian Goh as she discusses her new book Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice.

9/24 Robin Nagle: When the "Away" Becomes Real: Managing Garbage in New York City

View Robin Nagle's lecture on the history, infrastructures, political controversies, and material consequences of NYC's efforts to grapple with its municipal solid waste.

9/17 Timon McPhearson: Climate Risks, Nature-Based Solutions, and Equity in NYC

View this recorded lecture with Timon McPhearson, on extreme climate risks and the need for urban policy & planning to ensure new efforts do not hinder existing environmental injustices.

6/10–6/13 Reunion 2021

View this recording of Victoria Beard, Anthony Townsend, and Vishaan Chakrabarti '88 on how to ensure our cities are livable today and future generations.

4/16 Vincent Reina: Sheltered from Eviction? Subsidized Housing Programs and Evictions

Watch this recorded talk with Vincent Reina (B.S. URS '02) as he explores the effects of policy changes on local dynamics of eviction.

4/9 The Land We Would Like to Be

View Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram on biodiversity conservation and related habitat protection of island ecosystems and large metropolitan areas in North America.

4/5 Catherine Opie: The Present is Reflected in the Past

View this recorded lecture by Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Catherine Opie, inaugural speaker for the John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

4/2 Andrew Genn: Planes, Trains and Ultra Large Containerships: Living a "Planner's" Dream

View this recording of Andrew Genn (B.S. URS '89) on his journey to create new economic opportunities for residents using New York City's goods movement system.

3/26 A Conversation with Senator James Sanders Jr.

View this recorded conversation with New York State Democrat Senator James Sanders Jr.

3/19 Lynn Ross: Reimagining Policy for Equity and Justice

Listen to a recording of Lynn Ross (M.R.P. '01) on how she applies an equity-in-all-policies approach to her work.

3/12 Andre Perry: Know Your Price: The Devaluation of Assets in Black Communities

Watch this recorded talk with Andre Perry on why knowing and properly valuing assets in Black communities is essential.

3/5 Rising Inequality and Progressive City Response: Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave

View this talk with Professor Mildred Warner, CRP on the role of coalitions at the city and state level to raise the minimum wage and access to paid sick leave.

2/26 Tamika Butler: Intersectional Living, Intersectional Planning

View this recording of guest speaker Tamika L. Butler as she discusses equity, anti-Blackness, and planning as anti-oppression work.

12/11 Stories of Solidarity: A COVID Project at Cornell

View this recording of CRP's Neema Kudva and invited guests of an ongoing project, Stories of Solidarity, one response, among many, to the COVID-19 pandemic.

12/4 Siqi Zheng: Air Pollution, Avoidance Behaviors, and Neglected Social Cost: Evidence from Outdoor Leisure and Commuting Behaviors

View this recorded Russell Van Nest Black Lecture with Siqi Zheng about the broader social impacts of pollution.

12/1 Brittani Orona: We are the Land: Challenging California Planning Laws through Indigenous Environmental Praxis

View this recording on the work that tribes in California are doing for meaningful Indigenous protection of homelands, environmentalism, and activism.

10/30 Leslie Woo: Building Back Better: Cities of the New Normal

On this recorded lecture, Leslie Woo focuses on human-centered design to build more social equity and public collaboration into infrastructure decision making.

10/23 Mark Lubell and Xavier Basurto: What is the Future of Commons Research and Planning?

View this talk asking long-time researchers of natural resource commons in agriculture, urban coastal zones, and fisheries to reflect on a series of questions.

10/9 Kate Lowe and Nicholas Klein: Commuting in Context: Qualitative Research of Transportation Challenges for Low-Income Workers

View this recorded lecture on transportation’s role in access to opportunity among Chicago residents, especially communities of color.

10/8 Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

This conversation will explore the history, form, and process behind the creation of the powerful new Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA.

10/2 Ilana Preuss: Planning for an Inclusive Economy: How Small-Scale Manufacturing Businesses Create Places that are Stronger, More Resilient, and More Loved

In this recorded lecture, Ilana Preuss discusses national trends for the small business sector and strategies for strengthening communities.

9/28 Planning, Public Health, and Responses to COVID-19

Register for this panel featuring Mildred Warner and Xue Zhang, CRP. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Government Jamila Michener.

9/21 Samuel Coons: It's Always for Our City: Stories of Art and Identity in Detroit, Michigan

View this recorded research presentation by Samuel Coons (B.S. URS '17, M.R.P./M.L.A. '21) on the role of arts and community development.

9/18 Paige Glotzer: Racial Capitalism, Residential Segregation, and Unequal Access to Housing in the United States

This recorded colloquium examines the role of racial capitalism in the creation and maintenance of segregation and unequal access to housing in the U.S.

9/11 How Will U.S. and Chinese Cities Respond to the Fiscal Crisis of 2020? Lessons from the Great Recession

Watch this presentation of how broad national data and sophisticated modeling techniques represent diverse responses across the U.S. and China.