Virtual CRP Graduate Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2022
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Overview
Virtual Open House
Congratulations on your admission to Cornell University! We are thrilled at the prospect of seeing you here in Ithaca as a student in City and Regional Planning in August and look forward to helping you decide on this next important step in your educational career. Please join us for this year's virtual open house on Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26 to learn more about us. This is your chance to find out more about the unique opportunities available to our students, meet our faculty, and ask questions of current students. Please RSVP to Austin Ford (amf366@cornell.edu). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact crpinfo@cornell.edu.
CRP Facilities
Schedule
Friday, March 25 Programming
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Faculty Introductions
9:30 a.m. Department Overview with Sophie Oldfield, Department Chair
10:00 a.m. Academic Programs Introduction
Students will join break-out rooms by their degree. M.R.P. will meet with Nancy Brooks, CRP Ph.D. will meet with Mildred Warner, HPP with Jeffrey Chusid and Michael Tomlan, and Regional Science with John Carruthers.
10:45 a.m. The CRP Experience
Students will highlight their diverse experiences including workshops, internships, and exit projects. Finalists from the 4th annual CRP Poster Competition will present their posters.
—Break—
12:15 p.m. Colloquium Lecture with Joe Muturi: Community Centered Slum Upgrading: Lessons from Mukuru Special Planning Area Project, Nairobi
2:00–4:00 p.m. Office Hours with Faculty
Students can meet with faculty to discuss opportunities and courses within CRP and AAP
5:00 p.m. Breaking Ice with Current CRP Students
Saturday, March 26 Programming
9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:30 a.m. Student Organization and Club Introductions
10:30 a.m. Student Life Panel and Breakout Sessions
11:30 a.m. CRP Virtual Game Time
Faculty Introductions
Faculty Videos
Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning, Professor Sophie Oldfield
Assistant Professor Linda Shi: Why Choose Cornell and City and Regional Planning?
Professor; Associated Member, Cornell Law School Sara Bronin
Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt: The M.R.P. Curriculum
Associate Professor Jennifer Minner: The HPP Curriculum
Professor Victoria Beard: International Studies in Planning
Assistant Professor Suzanne Lanyi Charles: The Future of Metropolitan Areas
Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein: The Future of Transportation Planning
Student & Alumni Perspectives
Current Student Videos
Paula Camila Díaz Torres (M.R.P. '22): Why I Chose Cornell
Natane Deruytter (M.R.P. '22): Why I Chose Cornell (AAP NYC)
Ziyu Zhao (M.R.P. '22): Why I Chose Cornell
Nicole Nomura (M.R.P./M.L.A. '22): Why I Chose Cornell
Austin Ford (M.R.P. '22): Why I Chose Cornell (Real Estate Minor)
Jieyi Jin (M.R.P. '22): Why I Chose Cornell
Chasidy Miles (M.R.P./M.P.S. RE '22): Why I Chose Cornell
Michael O'Key (M.R.P. '21): Why I Chose Cornell
Sanjana Sidhra (M.R.P. '20) and Alekhya Mukkavilli (M.R.P. '21)
Alumni Videos
Alumni Perspective: Josh Rotbert (M.R.P. '20)
Alumni Perspective: Audrey Wachs (M.R.P.'20)
Alumni Perspective: Andrew Arnold (M.R.P.'19)
Alumni Perspective: Annie Pease (M.R.P. '16) and Isaac Robb (M.R.P. '15)
Alumni Perspective: Max Taffet (M.R.P. '14)
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