Announcements
Hou de Sousa, the firm of Josh de Sousa (B.Arch. '05) and Nancy Hou (B.Arch. '05), honored in Architectural Record's annual list of 10 emerging practices advancing issues of form, construction, sustainability, and community engagement.
Merrill Scholars Thank Educators Who Shaped Cornell Journeys
Merrill Presidential Scholar Xin Yue Wang (B.Arch. '21) was among 37 honored during a virtual ceremony on May 24. Wang named Tafel Visiting Critic in Architecture Peter Ballman for contributing to her Cornell experience.
SLL Celebrate the Lighting Community at Annual Awards
Timur Dogan, Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Daniel Park (B.Arch. '20), Junior Environmental Specialist at KPF, received the Leon Gaster Award for best lighting adaptations at the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) AGM Awards.
Corning Museum of Glass: Residencies at the Studio
May 31–June 19, David Nasca (M.F.A. '22) will be the David Whitehouse Research Resident Artist at the Corning Museum of Glass. Nasca will research the glass models of marine invertebrates made by artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.
KPF Announces Winners of the 2021 Kohn Pedersen Fox Traveling Fellowship
Molly Meng Ma (M.Arch. '21) has won a 2021 Kohn Pedersen Fox Traveling Fellowship for her project Mining the Land. Shown is Ma's drawing of an aviary over Beebe Lake created for the M.Arch. Core Studio De Ovis et Avibus.
2021 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awardees
Tina Nelson, Academic Programs Coordinator for the Department of City and Regional Planning is named an "Unsung Hero" for exemplary service in support of students in the Cornell University Graduate School program.
Atelier Cory Henry Joins Others in 'On Olive' Housing Redevelopment
Cory Henry (M.Arch.'12) won the National Black Emerging Architect Competition and will have his work built and showcased at the "On Olive" development in Grand Center.
Introducing the 2021 Bush Fellows
Nathan Johnson (B.Arch. '98) has won a $100k fellowship from the Bush Foundation, which offers grants and opportunities to people addressing equitable change in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and shared Indigenous lands.
HANNAH's Project Wins NYSCA 2021 Grant
Assistant professors in architecture Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic's project proposal On Ashes: Design Strategies for Infested Tree Populations has been awarded the NYSCA 2021 Grant in the Architecture + Design Independent Projects category.
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.
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.
