Faculty Work
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Monday, June 6, 2022
Tear Down Academic Silos: Take an 'Undisciplinary' Approach
Mitch Glass
The Cornell Chronicle highlights "Undisciplining the University Through Shared Purpose, Practice, and Place," a paper coauthored by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass that identifies drivers that bring different disciplines together in joint research.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Renters Are the Overlooked Victims of Big Investors
Suzanne Lanyi Charles
In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Associate Professor Suzanne Lanyi Charles offers suggestions on how to protect families from the practices of mega-landlords who compromise housing stability, security, and affordability.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
What is Critical Urbanism? Urban Research as Pedagogy
Sophie Oldfield
CRP Chair Sophie Oldfield is an editor of this innovative toolkit exploring how alternative urban futures can be imagined by addressing the historical injustices and global entanglements that shape the urban present.
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Thursday, March 24, 2022
Cornell Atkinson Advances Four Joint Research Projects, Deepens EDF Partnership
Linda Shi
Assistant Professor Linda Shi, CRP, will assist the new NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice in connecting housing advocacy groups, community organizations, academics, and government staff to develop strategies for flood relief.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Resident-Owned Resilience: Can Cooperative Land Ownership Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation for Manufactured Housing Communities?
Linda Shi
In Housing Policy Debate, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi and co-authors say research is needed to assess how resident-owned models of manufactured housing communities impact hazard vulnerability.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Understanding The Sanitation Crisis In Global South Cities
Victoria A. Beard
In the Journal of Environmental Management, CRP Professor and Associate Dean of Research Initiatives Victoria A. Beard analyzes the urban sanitation service provision gap in cities in the Global South.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Tracing the Spectacular Growth of New York City
Professor Thomas Campanella, CRP, moderates a conversation between filmmakers Ric Burns and James Sanders, authors of New York: An Illustrated History for the National Arts Club.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022
What the Pandemic's "Open Streets" Really Revealed
Stephan Schmidt
In his Bloomberg CityLab op-ed, CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt examines popularity and pushback to covid-inspired traffic restrictions and street changes in U.S. cities.
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
Toward Comparative Polycentricity Scores: Assessing Variations in Regional Delineation and Subcenter Identification
Stephan Schmidt
A paper by CRP's Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt and Ph.D. candidate Ryan Thomas examines comparative polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development.
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
Bronin and Byrne's Historic Preservation Law, 2d ed
Sara Bronin
Coauthored by Professor Sara Bronin, CRP, and recently published by Foundation Press, the book is the first comprehensive set of teaching materials covering diverse topics vital to contemporary practice in property, land use, and real estate law.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Revealing Climate Change Inequities, Redress, and Environmental Justice
Linda Shi
CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi discusses her timely research on populations vulnerable to climate change injustices and the planning discipline's critical contributions to the global discussion on adaptation and the future of cities.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Water Privatization: Lessons and Pitfalls
Mildred Warner
A recent special issue of Utilities Policy features an exploration of the current state of water privatization research around the globe, edited by policy expert and CRP Professor Mildred Warner.
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Friday, November 5, 2021
One Earth Voices: Inequalities Through the Lens of Science
Linda Shi
CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi writes about social justice and recovery from the pandemic while decarbonizing and adapting to climate change. "Prioritizing Land Justice in U.S. Post-pandemic Recovery" appears in One Earth.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
How Spaces Become Places: Place Makers Tell Their Stories
John Forester
In a new book edited by community-based planning and development Professor John Forester, CRP, case studies show how place makers build community trust and find possibilities and solutions in empty, contested, or unsafe spaces.
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Monday, October 4, 2021
Political Partisanship in Transportation Overshadows Strong Overall Support for Reform
Nicholas J. Klein
An op-ed in The Hill coauthored by CRP's Nicholas Klein explains his research showing that while the nation is divided by partisanship, most Americans agree the transportation system isn't working and want change.
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Friday, October 1, 2021
Historical Marker To Honor Ithaca Birthplace of Tuskegee Airman Verdelle Louis Payne
Thomas J. Campanella
A chance connection led CRP's Professor Thomas J. Campanella to tell the story of Verdelle Louis Payne, Ithaca-born and among the first Black pilots from Upstate New York as well as a military pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
States That Prioritized Access to Water at Height of Pandemic Saved Lives
Mildred Warner
Featured by the Cornell Chronicle, a paper by lead author and public policy expert Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, says states that implemented moratoria on water shutoffs to protect vulnerable citizens reported better public health outcomes.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
ACHP Chairman Nominee Sara Bronin Takes Step Forward in Confirmation Process
Sara Bronin
In a Senate committee hearing, CRP Professor Sara Bronin pledged support for disaster recovery response to historic places, private investment in preservation, and the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and Native Hawaiian organizations.