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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Kim Yao: Our Most Important Project

This year's L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture will feature guest speaker Kim Yao, principal at Architecture Research Office. In advance of this annual New York City event, Yao shares a glimpse into her professional trajectory and the talk she has planned for September 25.


Monday, August 26, 2024

Get Ready, Get Set: Highlights of the Fall 2024 Semester Ahead

From inspiring lectures to thought-provoking exhibitions and much-anticipated renovations (plus the unveiling of the Dragon Annex), we're diving into a semester filled with opportunities not to be missed.


Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Digital Artist Dreams His Creations in Pixels and Neurons

During his summer residency at Cornell, 40 years after graduation, Daniel Ambrosi (B.Arch. '82, MS '85) reunites with his Cornell professor, Donald Greenberg, to collaborate on AI-enhanced digital art.


Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Hip Hop Has Already Transformed Culture. Now, It's Changing Architecture, Too

AAP alumn Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) is featured in an article that pulls back the curtain on some of the most original voices working in architecture today.


Friday, June 21, 2024

World-Renowned Architect, Theorist, and Educator

Learn more about the life and practice of prominent architect and educator Peter Eisenman (B.Arch. '54) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Thursday, June 13, 2024

New Trustees to Join Cornell Board in July

Douglas Eisenberg (B.S. URS '93), who also serves as cochair of the AAP Advisory Council, is among seven new trustees elected to four-year terms beginning July 1.


Friday, May 31, 2024

Empower the Next Generation of Creative Leaders

Hear from students first-hand as they share the life-changing impact scholarship funds can have on expanding access and supporting the creative capacities of each and every AAP student.


Thursday, April 25, 2024

Designing with an Eye Toward the Past, Present, and Future

Learn more about the long career, building designs, and master plans of award-winning architect and educator Alan Chimacoff ('63, B.Arch. '64) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, April 1, 2024

AAP Announces New Annual Strauch Early Career Fellow Appointment

Thanks to the generosity of decades-long alumni supporters Hans (B.Arch. '80) and Roger Strauch ('78), the college continues to increase the accessibility of academic careers to emerging scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of architecture, art, and planning.


Monday, March 25, 2024

Announcing: Playing Place — Board Games, Popular Culture, Space edited by Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky

A love of board games combined with an interest in exploring their larger cultural implications inspired this collection of insightful essays by contributors drawn from across Cornell's campus, alumni, and beyond.


Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Art of Seeing

Learn more about the work and career of award-winning artist Ellen Buselli (B.F.A. '74) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, February 12, 2024

Reshaping Steel and Public Perception

Learn more about the work and career of Mark Gibian (B.F.A./B.A. '79) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, January 22, 2024

Spring 2024: Your Essential Guide to the Semester Ahead

After a winter break to regroup and recharge, the 2024 spring semester begins with a flurry of activity that will introduce new classes and workshops, showcase exemplary creativity and research, and bring a roster of exciting guests to AAP campuses in Ithaca, Rome, and New York City.


Tuesday, January 2, 2024

For Two Cornellian Pals, Art Meets Life — Now in Book Form

Jonathan "JJ" Manford (B.F.A. '06) is the subject of Gordon Sander's ('72, B.A. '73) new book Rooms, set to be published by a small Latvian art press this month, according to Cornell Chronicle.


Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Embrace Lifelong Learning, Pollack Tells December Grads

The Cornell Chronicle showcases Roberto Amador (B.Arch. '24), who was among 600 graduates honored at a December recognition ceremony and who said his Cornell education inspired him to consider how people influence and are influenced by physical spaces.


Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Expanding Access, Supporting Education for All

Cornell AAP's recently launched fundraising initiative marks 150 years of academic and creative excellence and looks toward a more accessible, more affordable future for the college.


Monday, October 2, 2023

A Fearless Entrepreneur

Learn more about the work and career of Price Arana (B.F.A. '86) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Thursday, August 24, 2023

A Bold, Buoyant View of Color

Learn more about the work and career of Japanese American artist Amie Cunat (M.F.A. '12) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, August 21, 2023

Gaining Ground, Looking Forward: Fall 2023 Semester Highlights at AAP

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) kicks off the semester energized by the addition of new leadership and faculty, advances across the departments, and exciting opportunities presented by innovative courses, cross-disciplinary initiatives, and special events.


Thursday, August 17, 2023

Cornell Joins Nationwide Free-Expression Initiative

Cornell University is among 13 higher-education institutions nationwide that have joined the Citizens & Scholars Campus Call for Free Expression, a commitment by a diverse group of college presidents to spotlight the principles of critical inquiry and civic discourse on their campuses.


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