Stories

Monday, February 19, 2024

Art Exhibition to Explore Freedom of Expression Theme

The Cornell Chronicle previews the March exhibition at AAP which will showcase 15 projects in dialogue with the universitywide theme year created by more than 20 student, faculty, and alumni artists and collaborators across the university. Media range from video, drawing, and painting to fabric, 3D-printed objects, music, and performance.


Friday, February 16, 2024

Glenn Ligon: Material to be Played With

In a wide-ranging discussion that covered career building, race, politics, and how emerging artists are approaching the art world, Art Professor and Department Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas spoke with Glenn Ligon in advance of Ligon's talk at AAP on March 5.


Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Baker Program in Real Estate Announces Updates

An SC Johnson College BusinessFeed post reports that the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate's two-year Master of Professional Studies in Real Estate degree has received STEM designation and, beginning later this spring, the department expects to begin offering a +1 option enabling Cornell undergrads to complete the M.P.S. RE by adding just one year of study.


Monday, February 12, 2024

Reshaping Steel and Public Perception

Learn more about the work and career of Mark Gibian (B.F.A./B.A. '79) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Multiple City Hubs, Dispersed Parks Keep Metro Areas Cooler

The Cornell Chronicle reports on research coauthored by CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt with doctoral student Wenzheng Li (M.R.P. '18) exploring how "polycentric" development patterns can mitigate the urban heat island effect by distributing urban density and curbing the sprawl of impervious surfaces.


Monday, February 5, 2024

Building Labor Into Architectural History

"Labor Un:Imagined," this semester's Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium, brings scholars together to explore how the field has addressed building labor in architectural history and pedagogy.


Thursday, January 25, 2024

Deconstruction: Rethinking the Building Life Cycle

In a post for the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, Director of the Circular Construction Lab, discusses the challenges and opportunities in building deconstruction.


Monday, January 22, 2024

Spring 2024: Your Essential Guide to the Semester Ahead

After a winter break to regroup and recharge, the 2024 spring semester begins with a flurry of activity that will introduce new classes and workshops, showcase exemplary creativity and research, and bring a roster of exciting guests to AAP campuses in Ithaca, Rome, and New York City.


Tuesday, January 9, 2024

NIH-Funded Initiative to Study Health Disparities Among Rural Youth in NY

CRP Professor Mildred Warner will co-lead the project, which will investigate how School-Based Health Centers are not only leaving a positive impact on students, but also on the wider community's well-being and public services across four counties in upstate New York, Cornell CALS reports.


Tuesday, January 2, 2024

For Two Cornellian Pals, Art Meets Life — Now in Book Form

Jonathan "JJ" Manford (B.F.A. '06) is the subject of Gordon Sander's ('72, B.A. '73) new book Rooms, set to be published by a small Latvian art press this month, according to Cornell Chronicle.


Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Embrace Lifelong Learning, Pollack Tells December Grads

The Cornell Chronicle showcases Roberto Amador (B.Arch. '24), who was among 600 graduates honored at a December recognition ceremony and who said his Cornell education inspired him to consider how people influence and are influenced by physical spaces.


Monday, December 11, 2023

Housing Futures NYC

AAP NYC architecture faculty Dana Getman and Steven Garcia and students in their fall studio not only asked how to keep pace with New York City's need for more affordable housing but also how to better the lives of people who live in the homes they design and the future they build.


Friday, December 8, 2023

More Than a Postcard Experience: Rome at the Margins

This semester's Cornell in Rome students expanded their understanding of the city through collaborative classwork that invited them to investigate life and culture at its peripheries.


Monday, December 4, 2023

The B.F.A. Program at Cornell University

Artists are specialists of the imagination, and we're looking for that radical spark in our applicants. Through exploration and research, students build skills and relationships, make connections, and unearth what drives their art making so that they can be the artist they want to be in the world. Applications are due by January 2, 2024.


Monday, December 4, 2023

Bradley Verhelle (B.F.A. '24): A Cornell Story

When he's not in class, Bradley Verhelle (B.F.A. '24) can usually be found pursuing his passions in the Tjaden Hall darkroom or the Olin and Uris Library spaces, researching and reviving old photographic processes and designing exhibits. This is his Cornell Story.


Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Remaking the Built Environment by Reimagining Waste

CRP Associate Professor Jennifer Minner and the Just Places Lab team at Cornell AAP map local sites demonstrating the challenges of creating circular construction economies and the opportunities there are in reusing building materials.


Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Oral Delivery a Possibility for Silica-Based C'Dots

The Cornell Chronicle covers the work of Uli Wiesner, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell Engineering and inaugural Design Tech faculty member, who is a senior author of research exploring this alternative to injections for cancer treatment and other therapies.


Thursday, November 9, 2023

An Energy All Their Own: Inside the Paintings and Practice of EJ Hauser

EJ Hauser, this semester's Teiger Mentor in the Arts, shares thoughts on materiality, criticism, and sustaining a life as an artist in advance of their lecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) on November 30.


Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Expanding Access, Supporting Education for All

Cornell AAP's recently launched fundraising initiative marks 150 years of academic and creative excellence and looks toward a more accessible, more affordable future for the college.


Monday, November 6, 2023

Robot Stand-In Mimics Your Movements in VR

The Cornell Chronicle showcases research co-authored by François Guimbretière, Professor of Information Science in Cornell Bowers CIS and inaugural Design Tech faculty member, that explores the collaborative potential of using a VR-driven robotic proxy,


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