Stories
Historical Marker To Honor Ithaca Birthplace of Tuskegee Airman Verdelle Louis Payne
A chance connection led CRP's Professor Thomas J. Campanella to tell the story of Verdelle Louis Payne, Ithaca-born and among the first Black pilots from Upstate New York as well as a military pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Columbus Art Explores The World's Entrenched Colonialism
Columbus Columbia Colombo Colón, designed and built by Architecture faculty Assistant Professor Jennifer Newsom and Assistant Professor of the Practice Tom Carruthers for Exhibit Columbus, is featured by the Cornell Chronicle.
States That Prioritized Access to Water at Height of Pandemic Saved Lives
Featured by the Cornell Chronicle, a paper by lead author and public policy expert Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, says states that implemented moratoria on water shutoffs to protect vulnerable citizens reported better public health outcomes.
Depth of Field: Tao DuFour on We Love We Self Up Here
Assistant Professor Tao DuFour, architecture, discusses his transdisciplinary, collaborative film that captures people, labor, migration, and landscape in Trinidad and Tobago.
Miatta Kawinzi Illuminates Spaces of Connection and Possibility Across Place, Space, and Time
Lineage, cultural hybridity and multiplicity, the liberatory and regenerative potential of softness, and the deep and steady yearning for the reparative are fundamental to the fall 2021 Teiger Mentor in the Arts.
The AAP Alumni archive features artist Stephen Ellis (B.F.A. '73), recalling his time as an art student at Cornell and getting started as an artist in New York City.
Every Street Has Stories To Tell
A Cornell Research profile of historian and Professor of Planning Thomas Campanella describes his varied research interests and a signature writing style driven by enthusiasm, curiosity, and finding meaning in unexpected places.
Long Commutes, Home Crowding Tied to COVID Transmission
The Cornell Chronicle details a study coauthored by architecture's Timur Dogan on how the built environment influences coronavirus propagation in urban settings by identifying predictors and sustainable mitigations for virus spread.
AAP Welcomes New Staff Who Stepped In as Challenges Stepped Up
The college recognizes nine new and recent staff members who stepped into a wide variety of roles since the beginning of the pandemic, a time of extraordinary circumstances and adjustments.
New and Renewed: AAP's Fall 2021 Semester
The fall semester at AAP brings renewed energy with a host of new students, faculty, classes, and a welcome return of exhibitions, lectures, teaching, learning, and making at the Ithaca, New York City, and Rome campuses.
In Memoriam: Branden Hookway (1971–2021)
Branden Hookway, a long-term visiting assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, among other departments at Cornell passed Saturday, August 14, after a long battle with cancer.
Do Robots Need Clothes? Yes, For Form and Function
Jenny Sabin, Associate Professor and Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture, is a coauthor of a paper by Cornell and NYU researchers on why, when, and how we should dress robots. In the Cornell Chronicle.
Stan Bowman (1934–2021), An Artist on the Leading Creative Edge
Photographer, sculptor, painter, and Professor Emeritus Stan Bowman immersed his teaching and creative practice in the digital revolution, bringing a spirit of experimentation and curiosity to his work.
Sophie Oldfield, incoming faculty and chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning shares experiences and thoughts on global differences, commonalities, and the complexity of urban life across layered geographies.
Anderson Named Faculty Director of Cornell AAP's Bachelor of Architecture Program
Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. HAUD '96) joins the Department of Architecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning as Associate Professor and incoming Director of the B.Arch. Program.
Sara Bronin, Newly Appointed Chair in Biden Administration, to Join Cornell AAP, Law School
The Cornell Daily Sun predicts Planning and Law students will learn from new CRP faculty Professor Sara Bronin's real-world experiences and expertise. This fall, Bronin will teach a course on historic preservation law.
Software Tool Breathes Life into Post-COVID Office Airflow
The Cornell Chronicle details Assistant Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan's and the AAP Environmental Systems Lab's new indoor module for their existing Eddy3D software, an airflow and microclimate simulator to aid architects, designers.
Caroline O'Donnell, architecture's incoming chair, on the discipline's unique ability to shape-shift as design interfaces with environmental conditions, performance, and modes of communication.
Cornell AAP Welcomes New Faculty
Cornell AAP announces incoming faculty in the departments of Architecture, Art, and Planning, including the new department chair in art, and the incoming department chair in city and regional planning.
Internationally recognized social practice artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, incoming faculty and chair of the Department of Art, on art practice, public exchange, and pedagogy.
