Stories
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Graduate Students in Real Estate Grow HBCU Case Competition and Launch a Summit
The Philip Payton Society for Minority Real Estate Professionals, which includes student leaders Alexis Marquez and Nina Borja (both M.R.P. '23), Christian LeBlanc (M.P.S. RE '24), Christopher Browne (M.P.S. RE '23), and Ariadne Billy and Alvieno Stinson (both M.P.S. RE/M.R.P. '23), aims to increase diversity in the real estate and built environment professions.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
To Promote Exercise, Planners Must Look Beyond Cities
The Cornell Chronicle reports on research by CRP Professor Mildred Warner and Xue Zhang (M.S. '16, Ph.D. '19) which demonstrated that planners should work to broaden transportation options and promote recreation services in suburban and rural communities.
Monday, January 23, 2023
Spring 2023 at AAP: Collaboration in Action
While the fall semester showcased the inspiration and new ways of thinking to be found in dialogue among passionate collaborators across disciplines, with the turn toward spring AAP celebrates results: new departments, degrees, classes, and faculty.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Appointed by President Biden, Bronin will lead the agency that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and sustainable use of national historic resources and advises the President and Congress on federal historic preservation policy.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Students traveled to Chicago & Detroit this semester for a series of critical collaborations co-led by AAP faculty and the Sweet Water Foundation, an organization dedicated to regenerative urban development cofounded by Emmanuel Pratt (B.Arch. '99).
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Cornell, Global Partners Discuss the Next "Grand Challenge"
The Cornell Chronicle reports on the two-day "Global Grand Challenges Symposium: Frontiers and the Future," which brought together more than 300 faculty, staff, and students — including CRP Professor Victoria Beard for a panel on water.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Yoon Reappointed Dean of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Dean J. Meejin Yoon has been appointed to a second five-year term as Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once
In the final post in this SC Johnson College BusinessFeed series, Acting Chair of the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate Suzanne Lanyi Charles notes that the department has a mission to educate transformational real estate practitioners.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Projects to Support NYS Economy, Farms, Communities
The Cornell Chronicle reports that new USDA grants will fund dozens of research projects across Cornell, including one led by CRP Professor Mildred Warner focused on rural planning.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Local Floodplain Home Buyouts Can Inform Federal Plans
Cornell researchers, including CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi, and students examined five different jurisdictions which offer insight into how buyouts can be more effectively implemented, the Cornell Chronicle notes.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Redressing the Balance: Equitable Approaches to Sustainable Real Estate
In part three of the BusinessFeed series on climate change and real estate, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi says that environmental justice for communities requires decision-makers to look at a far broader picture than just energy efficiency.
Monday, October 24, 2022
In a post for Cornell SC Johnson's BusinessFeed, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi points out what climate change means for future planning and building. New educational opportunities at the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate are also discussed.
Friday, October 14, 2022
Students participating in this year's City and Regional Planning fall field trip to sites across New York City considered the many ways climate change impacts urban environments — as well as disparities in resources dedicated to adaptation.
Monday, September 19, 2022
A Force for Good in Ithaca's Neighborhoods
Read about Paul Mazzarella's (M.R.P. '79) life's work and public service in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Explore Michael Brown's (M.R.P. '80, Ph.D. '84) critical environmental action and advocacy work in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
This September 27–28, "Critical Conversations for Urban Transformation" brings urban leaders and expert design practitioners, scholars, artists, and activists together around some of the most pressing challenges facing cities today.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Three Projects Awarded Belonging at Cornell Innovation Grants
The Cornell Chronicle reports that B@C (Belonging at Cornell) 360, a collaboration between the university library and multiple Cornell colleges including AAP, has been awarded support for 2022 programming.
Monday, August 22, 2022
Fall 2022 at AAP: Inclusion and Innovation through Collaboration
As the college welcomes students, faculty, and staff back this fall, the semester ahead includes new courses that invite interdisciplinary participation and innovative partnerships that draw new connections and build community.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Cornell AAP announces the appointment of eight new faculty members and two fellows who will bring social justice and radical collaboration to the forefront of the college's efforts to build a more sustainable, just, and thriving world for all.
Monday, August 15, 2022
CRP's Richard Booth Retires after Decades Devoted to Public Service and Teaching
Professor Booth offers a backward glance at a career dedicated to education and the environment and offers his incoming colleagues a few words of advice.
