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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

An Open Invitation: AAP's Spring 2025 Semester Highlights

With the start of a new semester comes a fresh opportunity to engage with AAP colleagues and guests, explore concepts on campus and in the field, and find inspiration in the work and ideas on display at every turn.


Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Architect Jenny Sabin: Nature is an Incredible Teacher | Louisiana Channel

In this short documentary, Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin explores the boundaries and interconnectedness of her field, embracing nature as an influence and collaborator.


Friday, December 20, 2024

A Q&A with Design Tech Department Chair Jenny Sabin

Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin shares how the department blends design and emerging tech, preparing students to tackle challenges like sustainability and space exploration through robotics, AI, and more.


Monday, December 16, 2024

Exhibit Highlights Art/Tech Intersections in Student Work

Six AAP students won prizes at the inaugural Art+Tech exhibit hosted by Cornell's Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity: Thomas Knoepffler, Cheng Peng, Sissy Tian (all M.S. DT '26), Kanika Bhagat (B.Arch. '26), Willem Schreiber (B.F.A. '25), and Hendrik Stoops Lugo (B.F.A. '27).


Friday, December 6, 2024

Micromachines Autonomously Coordinate Using Electronic Pulses

Itai Cohen, Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty, along with Alyssa Apsel and other Cornell researchers, has demonstrated the first synchronization in microscopic machines with CMOS oscillators.


Monday, December 2, 2024

Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements

Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen is among the Cornell researchers who have created what may be the world's smallest walking robot.


Monday, September 23, 2024

From Nature's Structures, Professor Weaves Architectural Creations

Architecture Professor and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin creates dramatic, immersive installations that merge design with fields ranging from biology to engineering, botany to data science.


Monday, September 16, 2024

Mixing Physical, Virtual Worlds to Drive Home Climate Urgency

A research group led by Wendy Ju, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, created an extended reality system designed to engage communities in new ways.


Monday, September 16, 2024

Microscale Kirigami Robot Folds Into 3D Shapes and Crawls

The project, led by A&S Professor of Physics and inaugural Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen, produced the robot, which is less than 1 millimeter in size and can morph into preprogrammed shapes.


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.


Tuesday, August 20, 2024

AAP Welcomes New Faculty and Endowed Fellows This Fall

Cornell AAP announces new hires who will help advance the college's priorities and strengthen ties across Ithaca and New York City campuses.


Monday, July 15, 2024

SPROUT Awards Support 6 Novel Research Collaborations

SPROUT Awards enable collaborators like Assistant Professor of Architecture Sasa Zivkovic and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and inaugural Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen to pursue innovative and impactful research at the intersections of multiple fields.


Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Virtual, Mixed Realities Converge in New Driving Simulator

Portobello, a new driving simulator developed by a research team led by Design Tech Associate Professor Wendy Ju, blends virtual and mixed realities, enabling drivers and passengers to see virtual objects overlaid in the real world.


Thursday, April 11, 2024

AI-Powered "Sonar" on Smartglasses Tracks Gaze and Facial Expressions 

François Guimbretière, professor of information science in Cornell Bowers CIS and faculty in the multicollege Department of Design Tech, coauthored research on two technologies — GazeTrak and EyeEcho — covered by the Cornell Chronicle.


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, November 28, 2023

Oral Delivery a Possibility for Silica-Based C'Dots

The Cornell Chronicle covers the work of Uli Wiesner, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell Engineering and inaugural Design Tech faculty member, who is a senior author of research exploring this alternative to injections for cancer treatment and other therapies.


Monday, November 6, 2023

Robot Stand-In Mimics Your Movements in VR

The Cornell Chronicle showcases research co-authored by François Guimbretière, Professor of Information Science in Cornell Bowers CIS and inaugural Design Tech faculty member, that explores the collaborative potential of using a VR-driven robotic proxy,


Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Introducing the Department of Design Tech at Cornell University

The new Department of Design Tech at Cornell University is a multicollege, transdisciplinary initiative pioneering innovation, research, and teaching on topics at the intersection of design and emerging technology that most greatly impact research, industry, and practice in a changing world.


Friday, October 13, 2023

Researchers Have Designs on Better Women's Hockey Protective Gear

Members of the Performance Apparel Design Lab, directed by Associate Professor of Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and inaugural Design Tech faculty Heeju Park, are researching and designing improvements in equipment considering the differences in anatomy, the Cornell Chronicle reports.


Tuesday, October 3, 2023

$13.5M Gift to Human Ecology Supports Design Across Disciplines

The College of Human Ecology has received a $13.5 million gift commitment that will benefit design tech faculty and students across campus.


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