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Read about Constance W. Ramirez's (Ph.D. CRP '75) distinguished career in historic preservation, urban planning and design, education, and public service in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Planning and Policies that Strengthen the Black Community
Explore Sigmund Shipp's (Ph.D. CRP '92) work to understand and improve Black communities in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Making Sense of the Parisian Scooter Ban
CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein shares insights into public perceptions of improper scooter parking concerning accessibility and aesthetic tidiness with recommendations for cities with scooters to create community-driven policies to address the issue.
Research In Action: Planning With, Not For, Informal Settlement Communities
Urban sustainability expert Charity Mumbi Mwangi is a programs officer at Slum Dwellers International–Kenya, part of a community-led international network focused on improving the lives of people living in informal settlements. This semester, Mwangi is in residence with the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities as a Visiting Scholar, sharing knowledge and building on a growing partnership between the two organizations working toward urban change.
Service-Learning Helps Students Help Communities
In a Cornell Chronicle interview about a new book covering the topic, Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner cites a project with CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi that examined equity in floodplain buyback programs.
Sustainable Action Lectures Address Flooding, Environmental Justice
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability posts information to the Cornell Chronicle about their new collaborative lecture series, which includes CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi exploring how cooperative-owned housing in New York City can adapt to and mitigate flood risks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Cornell, Global Partners Discuss the Next "Grand Challenge"
The Cornell Chronicle reports on the two-day "Global Grand Challenges Symposium: Frontiers and the Future," which brought together more than 300 faculty, staff, and students — including CRP Professor Victoria Beard for a panel on water.
Yoon Reappointed Dean of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Dean J. Meejin Yoon has been appointed to a second five-year term as Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
In the final post in this SC Johnson College BusinessFeed series, Acting Chair of the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate Suzanne Lanyi Charles notes that the department has a mission to educate transformational real estate practitioners.
Projects to Support NYS Economy, Farms, Communities
The Cornell Chronicle reports that new USDA grants will fund dozens of research projects across Cornell, including one led by CRP Professor Mildred Warner focused on rural planning.
Local Floodplain Home Buyouts Can Inform Federal Plans
Cornell researchers, including CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi, and students examined five different jurisdictions which offer insight into how buyouts can be more effectively implemented, the Cornell Chronicle notes.
Redressing the Balance: Equitable Approaches to Sustainable Real Estate
In part three of the BusinessFeed series on climate change and real estate, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi says that environmental justice for communities requires decision-makers to look at a far broader picture than just energy efficiency.
In a post for Cornell SC Johnson's BusinessFeed, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi points out what climate change means for future planning and building. New educational opportunities at the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate are also discussed.
Students participating in this year's City and Regional Planning fall field trip to sites across New York City considered the many ways climate change impacts urban environments — as well as disparities in resources dedicated to adaptation.
A Force for Good in Ithaca's Neighborhoods
Read about Paul Mazzarella's (M.R.P. '79) life's work and public service in the AAP Alumni Archive.
