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Explore Michael Brown's (M.R.P. '80, Ph.D. '84) critical environmental action and advocacy work in the AAP Alumni Archive.
This September 27–28, "Critical Conversations for Urban Transformation" brings urban leaders and expert design practitioners, scholars, artists, and activists together around some of the most pressing challenges facing cities today.
Three Projects Awarded Belonging at Cornell Innovation Grants
The Cornell Chronicle reports that B@C (Belonging at Cornell) 360, a collaboration between the university library and multiple Cornell colleges including AAP, has been awarded support for 2022 programming.
Fall 2022 at AAP: Inclusion and Innovation through Collaboration
As the college welcomes students, faculty, and staff back this fall, the semester ahead includes new courses that invite interdisciplinary participation and innovative partnerships that draw new connections and build community.
Cornell AAP announces the appointment of eight new faculty members and two fellows who will bring social justice and radical collaboration to the forefront of the college's efforts to build a more sustainable, just, and thriving world for all.
CRP's Richard Booth Retires after Decades Devoted to Public Service and Teaching
Professor Booth offers a backward glance at a career dedicated to education and the environment and offers his incoming colleagues a few words of advice.
Warner Wins Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award
The Cornell Chronicle reports that CRP Professor Mildred Warner has won the award, given by Cornell's David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, for her work to promote age-friendly communities and public health in Tompkins County.
Study of Unions, Local Government Earns Prize
CRP Professor Mildred Warner's study with co-author Amir Hefetz exploring how the unionization of local governments impacts contracting for services earned the top research article award from the journal Local Government Studies.
Sustainable Preservation Certificate Launches to Address Climate Concerns
Launched by CRP Visiting Lecturer Katelin Olson, the online certificate program offered through eCornell demonstrates how sustainability, energy efficiency, and historic preservation can work collaboratively, reports the Cornell Chronicle.
Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.4 Million to New Sustainability Projects
The 2022 round of Academic Venture Fund seed grants will support nine collaborative projects, including work involving Architecture Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Practitioner by Heart, Academic in Spirit
View the work of equitable government policy advocate Kirk Harris (Ph.D. CRP '92) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
$30M gift to establish Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
Paul Rubacha's '72, MBA '73 gift creates a multicollege department of real estate jointly led by AAP and the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell.
Alumni Group Advocates to Advance Equity Work at AAP
Alumni group helps create channels of philanthropy intended to directly support the experience and growth of students of underrepresented backgrounds and strengthen the work of AAP's Office of Diversity + Inclusion.
Tear Down Academic Silos: Take an 'Undisciplinary' Approach
The Cornell Chronicle highlights "Undisciplining the University Through Shared Purpose, Practice, and Place," a paper coauthored by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass that identifies drivers that bring different disciplines together in joint research.
Einhorn Center Partners with AAP to Support College-Wide Community-Engaged Learning
With the support of this partnership, AAP plans to further advance community-engaged learning and scholarship.
National Zoning Atlas Launched to Make America's Patchwork of Codes Accessible and Comprehensible
Professor of City and Regional Planning Sara Bronin's zoning atlas initiative is a first-of-its-kind effort to translate and standardize zoning codes across the U.S. into a single, accessible online resource.
Privatization, Poverty Threaten Water Affordability
CRP Professor Mildred Warner speaks with the Cornell Chronicle about the problem of rising water rates in the U.S., especially for low-income communities and communities of color.
Building Pathways: Lessons in Collaborative Instruction and Community Engaged Design
This semester, a compelling conversation across architecture, landscape architecture, and planning has been made possible through the collaborative strategies of three AAP studios focused around work in Salamanca, New York.
Major Gift Endows Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities in AAP
Mui Ho's (B.Arch. '66) major gift of $25M endows and names the center, advancing research, teaching, and partnerships for more sustainable and just cities.
Intersections: Jeffrey Chusid on Exchange, Evolution, and Conflict in Planning
From Cornell in Rome, Professor of City and Regional Planning Jeffrey Chusid shares thoughts on his work as a preservation planner and critical concerns for the discipline today.
