Announcements
Grants Advance Social Sciences Research, Collaboration
A CCSS grant will help Suzanne Lanyi Charles, Assistant Professor in CRP, study whether the pandemic could lead to "The Next Wall Street Housing Grab" by publicly traded real estate investment trusts specializing in single-family rental housing.
New Study to Explore Rural Communities and Inequality in the United States
CRP's Professor Mildred Warner received a $500k grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a comprehensive analysis of the role state and local government policies play in the economic growth and well-being of America's rural communities.
ESL's Urbano Building Design and Performance Tool Wins Award
Urbano, a tool for urban design, mobility, and public health from AAP's Environmental Systems Lab led by Assistant Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan, has won a $150K award from Cornell CTECH and U.S. DOT.
Petluck Wins Agile Mile Scholarship
Urban and regional science student Thomas Petluck (B.S. URS '23) has received a competitive annual scholarship from Agile Mile, a program supporting students of color studying urban planning and computer science.
Future100: Design Students Rethink the Commons
Yueer Niu (B.Arch. '21) is among the winning architecture and design students envisioning more permeable urban futures. Nominated by Naomi Frangos, spring 2020 visiting associate professor, Metropolis called Niu's work "clear-eyed."
Suzanne Lanyi Charles Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Belgium
As a Fulbright scholar, Charles will collaborate with the Real Estate Financial Complex research group at KU Leuven on "Financialization 3.0: Real Estate Investment Trusts and the Post-crisis Financialization of Housing in the U.S. and the E.U."
USC Price School of Public Policy says CRP's Kieran Donaghy joins a team using a $972k DOD/Minerva grant to establish a new paradigm for analyzing complex logistical systems in economies damaged by war, technological accidents, and neglect.
Warner Awarded Cornell Atkinson Grant
Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, and Xue Zhang (M.S. RS '17) are awarded a Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability grant for their project titled Water Equity and Government Policy During COVID-19.
Fussell to Fill New Director of Diversity and Inclusion Position
Latesha Fussell will join the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning as Director of Diversity and Inclusion on March 22, focusing on student support and success from entry to graduation.
100 Women to Watch in Architecture
Architizer's list of 100 Women to Watch in Architecture include Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06); visiting critics Dasha Khapalova and Stella Betts among others.
Dean Yoon, Professor Sierra elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
The academy announced Dean Meejin Yoon's (B.Arch. '95) election in the field of architecture on March 5. Cornell faculty Roberto Sierra, music, was also elected.
2021 ULI Hines Student Competition Honorable Mention: The Junction
A group of CRP students, led by Visiting Lecturer Mitch Glass, received an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Urban Land Institute Hines Student Competition for their development project focusing on public art, accessibility, and food.
Johnson Museum of Art Façade Projection: Paul Pfeiffer: Morning after the Deluge
Missing the sun? Don't miss the video projection of work by Paul Pfeiffer, fall 2018 Teiger Mentor in the Arts, on the museum's facade now through Feb. 25.
John Reps to Posthumously Receive 2021 Henry Hope Reed Award
Notre Dame School of Architecture honors the late John Reps, professor of CRP, for work integral to the understanding and practice of architecture and urbanism.
United States Artists Announces 2021 USA Fellows
ArtForum reports that the Chicago–based arts nonprofit has named Olalekan Jeyifous (B.Arch. '00) as a 2021 Architecture & Design Fellow.
Transportation planner Nick Klein, CRP, will benefit from the time and resources for high-quality social scientific scholarship that is provided by the program.
25 Creative Revolutionaries Lead the Way for Positive Change
CODAworx named Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and alumna Meredith Winner (B.F.A. '08) among a community of creative designers who inspire positive change.
Fourteen Honored with Iceland's Order of the Falcon
Congratulations to M.Arch. alum Pétur Ármannsson, recipient of the Knight's Cross for his scholarly work on the history of architecture in Iceland.
Nominations for the 2020 Icelandic Literary Prize
Pétur Ármannsson's (M.Arch. '91) book Guðjón Samúelson carpenter was nominated for a nonfiction 2020 Icelandic Literary Prize.
Amie Cunat: "Checkerbloom" at Peep Gallery, Jan. 13–Feb. 17
Amie Cunat's (M.F.A. '12) show is on view at Peep Gallery in Philadelphia, an exhibition and project space created by fellow art alum Libby Rosa (M.F.A. '19).