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Stories Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster
Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.
In the Media Yale Divinity School’s New Housing, by Bruner/Cott and Höweler + Yoon, Reflects the Values of Eco-Theology
AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) and Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96) of Höweler + Yoon Architecture collaborated on Yale Divinity School's Living Village, a graduate residence designed around eco-theology and regenerative sustainability.
Stories New Cohorts of Engaged Fellows Contribute to Campus Community-Engaged Learning Network
Cornell AAP faculty Caitlin Blanchfield, John Ponstingel, and Hanna Tulis, and postdoctoral fellow Julian Hartman, were selected for the 2025–26 Engaged Faculty Fellows cohort, contributing to Cornell's campuswide network advancing community-engaged learning and scholarship.
In the Media Cities Made a Bet on Millennials — But Forgot One Key Thing
Vox — CRP Professor Mildred Warner argues that exclusionary zoning and political resistance have prevented cities from building family-friendly housing, driving millennials with children away and undermining urban stability.
Stories Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure
Cornell AAP alumnus Alvaro Alvarez (B.Arch. '15) is profiled for transforming discarded materials from the US-Mexico border region into sculptural artworks that reframe waste, abandonment, and environmental neglect as sources of beauty, memory, and renewal.
In the Media Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
Scientific American — CRP Associate Professor Linda Shi comments on the political motivations behind relocating Iran's capital, noting that Tehran's severe water shortages stem not only from drought but also from decades of mismanagement and land subsidence, which the government is now using to justify moving the capital to the Makran coast.
Stories Tribute to Europe’s Lost Synagogues Is an Artist’s Labor of Love
Cornell AAP alumna Andrea Strongwater (B.F.A. '70) is profiled for her 15-year artistic and historical effort to document 77 destroyed European synagogues as an act of cultural memory and architectural preservation.
In the Media Ulysses Unveils First Community Park Draft Designs Following Public Survey
Tompkins Weekly — The Town of Ulysses unveiled two draft designs for a new 15-acre community park, developed with resident input and a Cornell Design Connect team featuring AAP students Reiley Cahill-Steeg (B.S. URS '28), Maple Shang (B.S. URS '29), Jonah Yarbrough (B.S. URS '28), Upasana Patgiri (M.R.P. '27), and Brandon Chen (B.Arch. '28).