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AAP Welcomes New Staff Who Stepped In as Challenges Stepped Up
The college recognizes nine new and recent staff members who stepped into a wide variety of roles since the beginning of the pandemic, a time of extraordinary circumstances and adjustments.
New and Renewed: AAP's Fall 2021 Semester
The fall semester at AAP brings renewed energy with a host of new students, faculty, classes, and a welcome return of exhibitions, lectures, teaching, learning, and making at the Ithaca, New York City, and Rome campuses.
In Memoriam: Branden Hookway (1971–2021)
Branden Hookway, a long-term visiting assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, among other departments at Cornell passed Saturday, August 14, after a long battle with cancer.
Do Robots Need Clothes? Yes, For Form and Function
Jenny Sabin, Associate Professor and Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture, is a coauthor of a paper by Cornell and NYU researchers on why, when, and how we should dress robots. In the Cornell Chronicle.
Stan Bowman (1934–2021), An Artist on the Leading Creative Edge
Photographer, sculptor, painter, and Professor Emeritus Stan Bowman immersed his teaching and creative practice in the digital revolution, bringing a spirit of experimentation and curiosity to his work.
Sophie Oldfield, incoming faculty and chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning shares experiences and thoughts on global differences, commonalities, and the complexity of urban life across layered geographies.
Anderson Named Faculty Director of Cornell AAP's Bachelor of Architecture Program
Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. HAUD '96) joins the Department of Architecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning as Associate Professor and incoming Director of the B.Arch. Program.
Sara Bronin, Newly Appointed Chair in Biden Administration, to Join Cornell AAP, Law School
The Cornell Daily Sun predicts Planning and Law students will learn from new CRP faculty Professor Sara Bronin's real-world experiences and expertise. This fall, Bronin will teach a course on historic preservation law.
Software Tool Breathes Life into Post-COVID Office Airflow
The Cornell Chronicle details Assistant Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan's and the AAP Environmental Systems Lab's new indoor module for their existing Eddy3D software, an airflow and microclimate simulator to aid architects, designers.
Caroline O'Donnell, architecture's incoming chair, on the discipline's unique ability to shape-shift as design interfaces with environmental conditions, performance, and modes of communication.
Cornell AAP Welcomes New Faculty
Cornell AAP announces incoming faculty in the departments of Architecture, Art, and Planning, including the new department chair in art, and the incoming department chair in city and regional planning.
Internationally recognized social practice artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, incoming faculty and chair of the Department of Art, on art practice, public exchange, and pedagogy.
Biden Administration Nominates Bronin for Historic Preservation Advisory Council Chair
Sara Bronin, new Cornell faculty with appointments in the Department of City and Regional Planning at AAP and the Cornell Law School, tapped by President Biden to advise historic preservation policy.
Urbanization and The Challenge of Water Access
During Cornell's June 11 Virtual Reunion, an expert panel that included Professor Victoria Beard, CRP, discussed challenges of the next three decades in The Future of Cities, moderated by NPR's David Folkenflik '91.
Merrill Scholars Thank Educators Who Shaped Cornell Journeys
Merrill Presidential Scholar Xin Yue Wang (B.Arch. '21) was among 37 honored during a virtual ceremony on May 24. Wang named Tafel Visiting Critic in Architecture Peter Ballman for contributing to her Cornell experience.
NYC Urban Design Course Technology Recaptures Humanity
Students in a new pilot course on Urban Design Strategies aim to improve livability of four NYC locations with the help of augmented- and virtual-reality.
Faculty Profiles: From Circular Construction to Academic Law Ambition
Assistant Professor of Architecture Felix Heisel discusses a building's start and end of life in the Ezra series that highlights recently hired Cornell faculty who embody the university's creative and collaborative vitality.
AAP Faculty, Students, and Alumni at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture
AAP faculty, alumni, and students explore "How Will We Live Together?", the question proposed by the 17th International Venice Biennale of Architecture. Postponed one year by the pandemic, the comprehensive international exhibition opens on May 22.
PolyForm Celebrates Mission, Spirit of Human Ecology
PolyForm is a new public art pavilion commissioned by the College of Human Ecology and designed by Jenny Sabin and her practice, Jenny Sabin Studio.
Break it Down: CR0WD Task Force Forges Zero Waste Goals
CR0WD, a Cornell-powered, community-led task force works with New York State communities to promote thoughtful building deconstruction and highlight the environmental, cultural, and, economic value of salvage, reuse, and closed material flows.
