Stories
Class of '28 Changemakers Are Ready To Start
Incoming students are motivated by empathy, social responsibility, and a passion for making a difference. One such student is Konny Ezeama (B.Arch. '28), joining the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, who engaged Black youth in Rhode Island to foster leadership and community.
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.
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.
Exhibition Highlights Overlooked Colonial Latin American Art
A new exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, guided by student curators like Emily Hernandez (B.F.A. '25), brings a nuanced view to a complicated and often overlooked period in Latin American art.
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.
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.
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.
From 'Scholarship Kid' to President, Kotlikoff Meets The Moment
Michael I. Kotlikoff assumes the role of Cornell's interim president following the retirement of Cornell’s 14th president, Martha E. Pollack. He will serve until 2026.
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.
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.
Study Finds Racial Bias in Traffic Stops by Chicago Police
CRP Assistant Professor Wenfei Xu coauthored "The Racial Composition of Road Users, Traffic Citations, and Police Stops," a study that maps the racial composition of roads using mobile phone GPS data.
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.
Jose Castillo Named Next Chair of AAP's Department of Architecture
A celebrated architect and urban planner with a deep investment in research and teaching, Castillo joins Cornell this summer, with an eye toward fostering new forms of practice, leadership, and engagement in the field to meet the challenges of a more connected and complex world.
Housing is a basic human need that many struggle to afford because of limited incomes and increasing costs. This semester at Cornell in Rome, students and instructors across several classes explored different approaches to addressing the issue on display in Italy.
Renovations to Revitalize Sibley Dome as Vital Hub for AAP
Featuring a 100-seat "hanging" auditorium, a collaborative commons area, and flexible studios and spaces for the Department of Design Tech and the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, the adaptive reuse project celebrates the 1902 building's historic elements while giving it new life within the college.
An Endless Conversation: The Art and Practice of Mendi + Keith Obadike
Cornell faculty and husband-and-wife creative team Mendi and Keith Obadike have worked for decades across music, text, and visual art to explore complex histories and social tensions. The resulting pieces invite the audience into a conversation with both the artists and their material.
Community Engagement Awards Honor Exceptional People, Projects
The second annual Community Engagement Awards, held at Cornell and hosted by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, celebrated partnerships like those between the Finger Lakes ReUse and the Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development (CR0WD) partner network, which includes the labs of AAP faculty Jennifer Minner and Felix Heisel. David Ni (B.Arch. '24) was one of three recipients of this year's Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards and among the 15 faculty and five students to receive awards at the event.
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.
Workbook Tackles Injustice – and Carbon – in Built Environment
CRP faculty Jocelyn Poe and Jennifer Minner, along with Architecture faculty Felix Heisel, are among several coauthors who recently published Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Circularity in Practice. The guide and workbook seek to help policymakers, practitioners, and communities center justice principles while implementing strategies related to materials resource management, new construction, and alternatives to demolition.
Architectural-Art Installation Takes Center Stage at Coachella
Architecture faculty Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic of HANNAH designed and built Monarchs: A House in Six Parts, a towering, 3D-printed, robotically fabricated architectural art installation for this year's Coachella music festival in the California desert.