In the Media
Biden Pledges U.S. Will Cut Climate-Changing Pollution At Least In Half By 2030
HuffPost: CRP's Linda Shi quoted in the HuffPost says the Biden administration "will get more done by changing systemic rules that they control at the federal level," such as through carbon taxes, gas prices, and negotiating building standards.
Pete Buttigieg Is Right: Racism Shaped Some Urban Highways | PolitiFact
Tampa Bay Times: In the Tampa Bay Times, associate professor and planning historian Thomas J. Campanella is quoted on how low bridges on a New York parkway give credence to the allegation of racism. The story was reported by Politifact.
Cornell Students Eye Hillsdale Collaboration
Hudson Valley 360: Students in a fall studio taught by Professor George Frantz may work with the town of Hillsdale, NY, to help the natural resources committee identify key open space areas in the town. In Hudson Valley 360.
Gonser, Hedge Picked to Lead the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency
City of Honolulu: CRP alum Matthew Gonser '06 (M.R.P. '11) is named director of City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency. Gonser also serves as the city's chief resilience officer.
siLive.com: Newly admitted Kaythari Maw will pursue a master's degree in regional science. "I was immediately drawn to Cornell because I would have the ability to learn two things that I am passionate about, regional science, and Burmese language."
What the U.S. Can Learn From China's Infatuation With Infrastructure
Wall Street Journal: Associate professor and historian of city planning Thomas J. Campanella lends his perspective to a Wall Street Journal article on Beijing's building boom and the U.S.'s "China envy."
Ban on U.S. Water Shutoffs Could Have Prevented Thousands of COVID Deaths – Study
The Guardian: In The Guardian, research from Food & Water Watch and CRP's Professor Mildred Warner shows how states which suspended shut-offs significantly reduced their growth rates of Covid infections and deaths, compared to states without restrictions.
White House Faces New Pleas to Avert 'Tidal Wave' of Water Shut-Offs as State Bans Continue to Lapse
The Washington Post: Based on new research by Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, and Xue Zhang (Ph.D. RS '19) produced by Food & Water Watch, The Washington Post reports a national moratorium on water shut-offs might have saved lives and prevented COVID cases.
Victoria Beard on Water Equity: Interview on CGTN TV News
CGTN News World Today: On World Water Day, CGTN News interviewed Professor Victoria Beard, CRP, who said her research shows a massive amount of political will and investment are needed to address the inequities of water infrastructure and access at a global scale.
Hot Housing Market: Are Tampa Bay Homebuyers Competing with Public and Private Corporations on Bids?
WFLA.com: "As you're out on the market looking for a house, you may very well be competing with an institutional investor," says Suzanne Lanyi Charles, assistant professor in CRP and the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate, in a WFLA 8 On Your Side story.
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Cole Norgaarden (B.S. URS '17), an organizer with Debt Collective in South Philadelphia, says full debt cancellation is the only equitable solution in this article from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board Gains Formal Recognition
Queens Daily Eagle : Wylie Goodman (M.R.P. '17), founder and chair of the New York City borough advisory board's organizing committee, says formal recognition of the board opens the door to more community participation. Reported by Queens Daily Eagle.
Envisioning Climate Resilience
Land Lines: In the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Land Lines, Assistant Professor Linda Shi, CRP, and other experts weigh in on promising land and water policy solutions.
AP Photos: NYC Parks Have Become 'People's Everything'
Associated Press: CRP's Thomas Campanella, NYC Parks historian-in-residence, tells the AP, "The 19th-century urban park was created largely as a public health measure."
Art Center Proposed for Waterloo's Moore's Furniture Building
Finger Lakes Times: A fall 2020 student team's proposal for a disused building along the historic Erie Canal in Waterloo, NY, is featured in a news story from Finger Lakes Times.
America Needs a Climate Adaptation Strategy
The Hill: In an OpEd for The Hill, CRP's Linda Shi and coauthor Sierra Woodruff say adaptation planning is about more than readying the built environment.
Zoom Town: Could Ithaca Become the Place Remote Workers Abandon Cities For?
The Ithaca Times: Research by regional planning student Robyn Wardell (M.R.P. '21) on remote work trends in Ithaca is covered in an Ithaca Times story.
Vermont's BIPOC Drivers Are Most Likely to Have a Run-in with Police, Study Shows
PhysOrg News: Visiting Associate Professor Nancy Brooks, CRP, contributed to a new University of Vermont study reviewing racial bias during traffic stops in Vermont.
Cornell AAP's New York City Program Receives $10 Million Gift from Gensler Family
The Architect's Newspaper: Arch Paper announces the Gensler family's substantial gift that will enable AAP to sustain its New York City program, AAP NYC.
The U.S. General Who Steered China Right
The Wall Street Journal: CRP faculty Thomas J. Campanella pens a Wall Street Journal OpEd about the U.S. general who got China to change from driving on the left to the right.
