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Architect Jenny Sabin: Nature is an Incredible Teacher | Louisiana Channel
In this short documentary, Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin explores the boundaries and interconnectedness of her field, embracing nature as an influence and collaborator.
A Q&A with Design Tech Department Chair Jenny Sabin
Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin shares how the department blends design and emerging tech, preparing students to tackle challenges like sustainability and space exploration through robotics, AI, and more.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Vishaan Chakrabarti on Urbanity, Social Uplift, and the Power of Design
Chakrabarti joined Cornell AAP this semester as the Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic to share his vast knowledge and practical experience improving cities and communities with NYC-based Advanced Urban Design students.
Found in Translation: (Re)Connecting with Roman Archaeological Sites in the Heart of the City
After winning an international design competition, Architecture Visiting Critics Francesco Isidori and Maria Claudia Clemente brought that brief to their Cornell in Rome architectural design studio this semester, offering their students the opportunity to engage with major Roman sites both ancient and contemporary.
Exhibit Highlights Art/Tech Intersections in Student Work
Six AAP students won prizes at the inaugural Art+Tech exhibit hosted by Cornell's Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity: Thomas Knoepffler, Cheng Peng, Sissy Tian (all M.S. DT '26), Kanika Bhagat (B.Arch. '26), Willem Schreiber (B.F.A. '25), and Hendrik Stoops Lugo (B.F.A. '27).
Cornell Opens Doors to the World: First-gen Artist David Legrand (B.F.A. '23)
AAP Art alumnus David Legrand (B.F.A. '23) shares his story about his home in Haiti, discovering and passionately pursuing art, and coming to Cornell to push his critical thinking and develop his creative practice.
Micromachines Autonomously Coordinate Using Electronic Pulses
Itai Cohen, Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty, along with Alyssa Apsel and other Cornell researchers, has demonstrated the first synchronization in microscopic machines with CMOS oscillators.
Historic Marker Celebrates Pearl S. Buck's Stop in Ithaca
City and Regional Planning Professor Thomas J. Campanella spearheaded the initiative to recognize Buck's first Ithaca home (1924–25) on Forest Home Drive. The new marker was unveiled during an on-site ceremony on Sunday, December 8, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
AAP Architecture Faculty's Obelisk, Pyramidion, Towers at The Met
The installation designed by Architecture faculty Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers is one of nearly 200 artworks featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now exhibition, open through Feb. 17.
Employee Excellence Awards Honor Nearly 250 Employees
Interim Director of Undergraduate Admissions Meghan Reiser was awarded the Mission-Possible Award at this year's Employee Excellence Awards ceremony for supporting the university's core mission to learning, discovery, and engagement.
Capturing the Missing Pieces: Connection and Understanding Through Research
With research interests crossing international development and planning, capital-labor relations, and South-South migration, CRP Assistant Professor Ding Fei brings to light the on-the-ground experiences and challenges faced by those working outside the spotlight of media headlines.
Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements
Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen is among the Cornell researchers who have created what may be the world's smallest walking robot.
Pantry Collaboration Expands Mission to Fight Food Insecurity
Architecture Lecturer Hanna Tulis is part of a multidisciplinary Cornell team supporting Enfield Food Distribution to create a resource hub to meet growing community needs.
B.F.A. Student Featured in Cornell Daily Sun's Artist Spotlight
Alexa Miller (B.F.A. '25) speaks with the Cornell Daily Sun about her catalyst for creativity and her process.
In Practice with Maxwell Harvey-Sampson (M.F.A. in Image Text '25)
Through the interplay of image, text, and collage, Maxwell Harvey-Sampson's work explores queer narratives, personal identity, memory, trauma, and healing.
Cornell AAP Establishes Ratan N. Tata Distinguished Alumni Award
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning has established a new award for AAP alumni in honor of Ratan Tata's ('59, B.Arch. '62) decades-long commitment to philanthropy that improved lives in his home country of India and made a deep and lasting impact at Cornell and around the world.
Town-Gown Awardees Foster Business, Community, Sustainability
CR0WD receives 14th annual Town-Gown Award; congratulations Circular Construction Lab, Felix Heisel (AAP); Just Places Lab, Jenni Minner (AAP); Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning, Gretchen Worth (M.A. HPP '20); Preservation Association of Central New York, Andrew Roblee (M.A. HPP '17); Finger Lakes ReUse; and Historic Ithaca.
How Zoning Can Reshape Communities — This Time for Better
City and Regional Planning and Real Estate Professor Sara Bronin discusses her new book Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World with the Cornell Chronicle.
Engaged Faculty Network Grows with 28 New Fellows
AAP faculty George R. Frantz, CRP; Emma Silverblatt and Hanna Tulis, Architecture; are among 28 educators from 10 Cornell schools and colleges named 2024–25 Engaged Faculty Fellows.
Nicole Eisenman: Painting the Story
In a wide-ranging discussion that covered the role of narrative in the artistic process, the frustration of being pigeonholed by labels, and what they are listening to in their studios, Art Professor and Department Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas spoke with Nicole Eisenman in advance of Eisenman's talk at AAP on October 29.
