Announcements
Janetta Rebold Benton (B.F.A. '67), professor of art history at Pace University, has published her tenth book, a survey of Western art from prehistory to the present day.
Giselle Hobbs Awarded 2023–2024 Fulbright Open Study/Research Award
Hobbs (M.F.A. '23) will complete a full academic year of research and art residency in Paris with the endorsement of Alexia Fabre, the Director of the École des Beaux-Arts.
New Faculty Award Celebrates Community Engagement Across Cornell
The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has awarded 13 faculty members, one from each college and school, including Architecture Assistant Professor María González Pendás for her work with students to conceive of public humanities projects together with partner organizations in Queens and Ithaca and in collaboration with Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas.
Biddy Martin Graduate Prize Awarded
Jeff Iovannone (M.A. HPP '23) received the 2023 award for his exhibit Leslie Feinberg's Buffalo: Historic Sites in Stone Butch Blues.
Russell Sage Foundation Grant to Support Housing Policy Research
CRP Assistant Professor Wenfei Xu together with NYU Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service Jacob William Faber will use the funding to examine the impact of the federal government's redlining practices on contemporary racial inequality.
ACHP Chair Convenes Experts Advisory Committee
CRP Associate Professor Jennifer Minner will join the committee, which will provide academic and legal perspectives to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Robinson-Appel Awards Honor Student Service Projects with Local Youth
Najeh Abduljalil (B.S. URS '25) and Alisha Robbins (B.S. URS '26) were recognized for their work with a new student organization at Cornell called Research for Change South Central New York.
Mark Gibian Sculpture Included in After "The Wild" at the Jewish Museum
Drawn from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, the exhibition highlights work by 47 artists made between 1963–2023, including Corona by Mark Gibian (B.A./B.F.A. '79).
Strong Momentum Marks 2030 Project's Early Fundraising Results
Highlighted transdisciplinary climate research includes coverage of the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, particularly their production of the first-ever Global Survey of City Leaders.
We Love We Self Up Here Receives 2023 SAH Award for Film and Video
The documentary short, coproduced by Architecture Assistant Professor Tao DuFour and Cornell A&S Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Natalie Melas, explores urban, agricultural, and industrial landscapes tied to colonial and postcolonial legacies of sugar production and hydrocarbon extraction in Trinidad and Tobago.
Archiol's Sustainable Architecture Essay Competition Winners Announced
Po-Yu Chung (M.S. AAD '21) was recognized with first prize for "Design With and Against Carbon Form — Architecture Forms as Sites for New Energy Paradigms in the Era of Sustainability."
Ten Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
New members include CRP Strauch Fellow Zakhary Mallett. Learn more and read a profile detailing his academic journey and research interests.
Threads of History: Textiles at Cornell — Looking In
In this Olin Library display (adjacent to the map collection), learn more about the two large curtains, designed by the Amsterdam-based firm Inside Outside, that are integral to Milstein Hall.
Stanford Invites Architects to Campus to Consider Materiality in Context
AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) will speak as part of this annual spring lecture series on May 10.
Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to 171 Scientists, Writers, Scholars, and Artists
Granted on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, recipients include photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess (M.F.A. '18).
Estonian architect Karl Pops (B.Arch. '16) was recognized with first prize for his project "Parallel Worlds."
Merkurhuset in Gothenburg Wins the Kasper Salin Prize
Per Bornstein (M.Arch. '99) and colleagues received the award for their Merkur office building in Gothenburg from the Swedish League of Architects.
Society of Architectural Historians Announces the 2023 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellows
Annie Schentag (M.A. HAUD '12, Ph.D. HAUD '17) plans to use the award to visit Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay, countries that are currently reframing their interpretations of the historic built environment through preservation, planning, and heritage practices.
CCA Announces Spring 2023 Grantees
A special mid-year grant competition exclusively for spring 2023 projects on campus supports work by students and faculty in the art and architecture departments.
Funding will support research by CRP Professor Sara Bronin's National Zoning Atlas project in collaboration with Professor Alexander Rush and his lab at Cornell Tech as they seek ways to automate the collection and analysis of zoning information.