Stories
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Study of Unions, Local Government Earns Prize
CRP Professor Mildred Warner's study with co-author Amir Hefetz exploring how the unionization of local governments impacts contracting for services earned the top research article award from the journal Local Government Studies.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Sustainable Preservation Certificate Launches to Address Climate Concerns
Launched by CRP Visiting Lecturer Katelin Olson, the online certificate program offered through eCornell demonstrates how sustainability, energy efficiency, and historic preservation can work collaboratively, reports the Cornell Chronicle.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.4 Million to New Sustainability Projects
The 2022 round of Academic Venture Fund seed grants will support nine collaborative projects, including work involving Architecture Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Practitioner by Heart, Academic in Spirit
View the work of equitable government policy advocate Kirk Harris (Ph.D. CRP '92) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
$30M gift to establish Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
Paul Rubacha's '72, MBA '73 gift creates a multicollege department of real estate jointly led by AAP and the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell.
Monday, June 6, 2022
Alumni Group Advocates to Advance Equity Work at AAP
Alumni group helps create channels of philanthropy intended to directly support the experience and growth of students of underrepresented backgrounds and strengthen the work of AAP's Office of Diversity + Inclusion.
Monday, June 6, 2022
Tear Down Academic Silos: Take an 'Undisciplinary' Approach
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.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Einhorn Center Partners with AAP to Support College-Wide Community-Engaged Learning
With the support of this partnership, AAP plans to further advance community-engaged learning and scholarship.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
National Zoning Atlas Launched to Make America's Patchwork of Codes Accessible and Comprehensible
Professor of City and Regional Planning Sara Bronin's zoning atlas initiative is a first-of-its-kind effort to translate and standardize zoning codes across the U.S. into a single, accessible online resource.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Privatization, Poverty Threaten Water Affordability
CRP Professor Mildred Warner speaks with the Cornell Chronicle about the problem of rising water rates in the U.S., especially for low-income communities and communities of color.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Building Pathways: Lessons in Collaborative Instruction and Community Engaged Design
This semester, a compelling conversation across architecture, landscape architecture, and planning has been made possible through the collaborative strategies of three AAP studios focused around work in Salamanca, New York.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Major Gift Endows Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities in AAP
Mui Ho's (B.Arch. '66) major gift of $25M endows and names the center, advancing research, teaching, and partnerships for more sustainable and just cities.
Monday, April 18, 2022
Intersections: Jeffrey Chusid on Exchange, Evolution, and Conflict in Planning
From Cornell in Rome, Professor of City and Regional Planning Jeffrey Chusid shares thoughts on his work as a preservation planner and critical concerns for the discipline today.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Cornell Atkinson Advances Four Joint Research Projects, Deepens EDF Partnership
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.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Online Archive Showcases Work of AAP Alumni
In Cornellians, AAP launches a web-based alumni archive highlighting a broad range of talent among graduates of the architecture, art, and planning disciplines at Cornell.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Sharing History: The AAP Alumni Archive
Generously supported by alumna Mui Ho (B.Arch.'66), the new AAP Alumni Archive is built on her belief in the importance of community connections across time.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
A Mediator for Environmental Cleanup
View the work and environmental legacy of Susan Boyle (M.R.P. '82) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Explore Henry Richardson's (B.Arch. '68, M.Arch. '70, M.R.P. '71) life's work that uses design to "translate community ideas" in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Monday, January 24, 2022
Following two years of extraordinary effort and resolve, flexibility, imagination, and creativity fuel the upcoming semester.
Friday, January 14, 2022
Students Engage with Black 'Memory Workers' in NYC
Students travel to Brownsville, Brooklyn to explore African American heritage sites and meet the people whose work keeps this history alive. In the Cornell Chronicle.
