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Friday, August 18, 2023
"Trashbots" Help Brooklynites Clean Up, Connect
Cornell Tech faculty Wendy Ju's lab is experimenting to see how people interact with, and make sense of, service robots, writes the Cornell Chronicle.
Friday, August 18, 2023
National Mall Installation Invites Public to "Let Freedom Ring"
Featured in the Cornell Chronicle, the exhibition includes an interactive bell tower by Art Chair and Professor Paul Ramírez Jonas, one of six featured projects which aim to create a more inclusive commemorative landscape on the mall.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Cornell Joins Nationwide Free-Expression Initiative
Cornell University is among 13 higher-education institutions nationwide that have joined the Citizens & Scholars Campus Call for Free Expression, a commitment by a diverse group of college presidents to spotlight the principles of critical inquiry and civic discourse on their campuses.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Artist Preview — Paul Ramírez Jonas
In a video for the Beyond Granite exhibition on the National Mall, Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas discusses his installation Let Freedom Ring ahead of the opening on August 18.
Monday, August 14, 2023
Throwing Shade: Model Maps NYC Street Trees' Cooling Benefits
Under the project direction of Associate Director Alexander Kobald, Tree Folio NYC: Equitable and Effective Urban Shade models the city's trees and simulates how local conditions influence their shading benefits, the Cornell Chronicle reports. The project was developed with students and funding from the Design Across Scales Lab, led by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95), and the Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
"Design Tech" Exemplifies Cornell's Ethos of Creativity and Collaboration
In a Cornellians post by President Martha E. Pollack, she outlines the ways the new department and master's program will explore cutting-edge ways to meet human needs and more.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
New Leadership and Faculty Join AAP
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning announces new leadership and faculty ahead of the fall 2023 semester.
Friday, July 14, 2023
Preserving Progressive Planning
Learn more about AAP Professor Emeritus Pierre Clavel's (CRP Ph.D. '66) career and dedication to progressive planning in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Friday, July 7, 2023
Hankering for a High-End Chair? Two Recent Grads Have the Goods
Cornellians profiles David Rosenwasser and Jeremy Bilotti (both B.Arch. '18), who together run Rarify—an online high-end furniture business with a growing presence on social media.
Friday, July 7, 2023
Is Converting Empty Office Space to Housing Viable?
Suzanne Lanyi Charles, associate professor of city and regional planning and of real estate, addresses the feasibility of adaptive reuse.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Park Brings Zero-Waste Fashion Expertise to Korea
Heeju Park, associate professor of apparel design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and an inaugural faculty member in the new multicollege Department of Design Tech, has received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research and teach in South Korea for the 2023–24 academic year.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
What Do Empty Office Buildings Mean for the Economy?
Professors in Cornell's Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate, which is jointly managed between the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, discuss the financial impacts and implications of the phenomenon.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Exploring themes of decolonization and decarbonization, the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by architect and scholar Lesley Lokko, centers the work of Africa and the African diaspora.
Monday, May 15, 2023
Multi-College Scholars Think Deeply About Cities
The College of Arts & Sciences reports on two cross-disciplinary graduate courses taught this year as part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities program.
Monday, May 15, 2023
Real Estate Education at a Ground Level in London and Miami
Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate graduate students and faculty trekked far beyond the Ithaca campus for firsthand looks at current and shifting trends in urban development and the real estate industry in London, England, and Miami, Florida.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Einaudi Seed Grants Finding Fertile Soil
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced new awards and recaps the accomplishments of previous recipients, including support to Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities Director Victoria Beard to launch the first-ever Global Survey of City Leaders.
Monday, May 1, 2023
Embodied Power at the River's Edge: Reimagining Indian Point
How do you solve a problem like a massive decommissioned nuclear power plant only 35 miles north of New York City with no clear future use? This semester, an architecture option studio at the Cornell Gensler Family AAP NYC Center is tackling this very question, imagining an evolution for the facility rather than a demolition.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Reinventing and Reconnecting Waterfront Communities
Read about architect Jay Valgora (B.Arch. '85) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Read about Constance W. Ramirez's (Ph.D. CRP '75) distinguished career in historic preservation, urban planning and design, education, and public service in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Planning and Policies that Strengthen the Black Community
Explore Sigmund Shipp's (Ph.D. CRP '92) work to understand and improve Black communities in the AAP Alumni Archive.
