Stories
Dragon Day "Moving Mural" Hides a Secret
The Cornell Chronicle previews plans for this year's dragon, designed and built by first-year architecture students and paraded around the Arts Quad the day before spring break.
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.
Dragon! Dragon! Dragon! Joyful Jamboree Is a Big Red Rite of Spring
Cornellians reviews the history of this rite of passage for first-year architecture students in advance of this year's March festivities.
Panel Explores Architectural Innovations in Rural China
An article shared via the Cornell Chronicle highlights Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium opening events hosted by the Cornell China Center in Beijing earlier this March.
Following a Thread Toward Joy: Spring 2023 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Wells Chandler
In advance of his March 23 lecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Art Department faculty member Wells Chandler shares insights into his studio practice and approach to pedagogy, both of which seek to offer liberating safety and intense delight.
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.
Curators Q&A | Constantinos Doxiadis's Informational Modernism: The Machine at the Heart of Man
Cocurated and designed by Architecture Assistant Professor Farzin Lotfi-Jam, take a short, behind-the-scenes virtual tour of the exhibition.
Cornell Art Students Transform Gallery Into "Cave Painting"
Over the span of five days, artists Tim Green and Oliver Stern (both B.F.A. '24) spent "as much time drawing as humanly possible," transforming a Tjaden gallery into a performance space as well as creating an art installation.
Campus Rallies to Support Syria, Turkey Earthquake Survivors
The Cornell Chronicle covers support and relief efforts organized on campus, including Architecture Prof. Esra Akcan's planned remarks at a vigil to be held on February 20.
Innovation at the Fringe: The Transformative Design and Architecture of the Rural-Urban
The first of two Preston Thomas Memorial Symposia this spring brings leading architects, designers, urban theorists, and researchers together across continents to discuss innovations generated at the intersection of the urban and the rural.
The anticipated renovation of The Foundry is underway with changes meant to create an expanded new Jack Squier Sculpture Studio and comfortable, accessible, state-of-the-art spaces for M.F.A. students.
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.
The AAP Alumni Archive features video artist and filmmaker Shelly Silver (B.F.A. '80) reflecting on her time at Cornell.
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.
AAP Department of Art Announces Unique New Image Text M.F.A.
A new interdisciplinary, low-residency graduate program welcomes new faculty integrating critical engagement and creative practices across image and text.
New Multicollege Department to Bridge Design and Technology
Design Tech, AAP's newest multicollege department, connects fields and faculty across five colleges to expand design education at Cornell. Architecture Associate Professor Jenny Sabin will serve as the department's inaugural chair.
Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate Names Inaugural Faculty
A partnership between the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, the new Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate draws faculty from both schools to provide innovative instruction that will advance the field.
AAP Professor and Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas to Create Work for the National Mall
The new public art initiative Beyond Granite invites artists to explore what it means to imagine, build, live, and grow with monuments.
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).
Fictional Civilization Leaves Behind Lasting Legacy
The Cornell Chronicle profiles longtime Art Professor Norman Daly and his fictive installation from 1972 detailing the "lost" civilization of Llhuros. Archival materials documenting its creation are now held by Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
