Stories
In Memoriam: Architecture Professor Emeritus George E. Hascup (1942–2025)
George Hascup passed away after dedicating over five decades of his life to teaching architecture and design at Cornell AAP, contributing to the built environment of the Finger Lakes region, and building a home, family, and dance community in Ithaca.
The Politics of Climate Resilience: What Do Mayors Have to Say?
The Mayors' Panel at the symposium on climate resilience in New York City explored the challenges and opportunities mayors face in their cities when it comes to climate action, and how they are balancing the urgent need for timely interventions with long-term planning.
Cornell Atkinson Awards Catalyze Solutions in Food, Climate, Clean Energy
Architecture faculty Felix Heisel, director of the Circular Construction Lab and Faculty Fellow with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, was recently announced as a 2025 recipient of the Academic Venture Fund at Cornell Atkinson.
From Knowledge to Climate Action in New York City
A symposium hosted by the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities brought together experts from across fields to address the hazards facing the city and consider actions to mitigate risks to people, buildings, and infrastructure.
The international exhibition, curated by Carlo Ratti and featuring more than 750 participants drawn from a wide range of expertise, invites cross-disciplinary conversation and experimentation.
In NYC's Central Park, AAP Alum Leads a Stunning Transformation
Architecture alum Susan Rodriguez ('81, B.Arch. '82) spearheaded the design of a recreation center on the Harlem Meer, enhancing accessibility and reconnecting the park's north-end landscape and water features to the neighborhood.
Cornell Student Entrepreneurs Take First Place at Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition
An interdisciplinary architecture and real estate graduate student team took home Cornell's first-ever top prize in the competition's history this spring.
Finding Purpose and Beauty, Contribution Project Expands Its Reach
Featured in the Cornell Chronicle, Oscar Llodra (B.Arch. '25) used funds from this year's Contribution Project to design a new way of approaching mobile, affordable housing through a DIY camper. The Contribution Project is a collaboration between Cornell University's Purpose Science and innovation Exchange (PSiX) and Purpose Commons.
'Robotability Score' Ranks NYC Streets for Future Robot Deployment
Design Tech Associate Professor Wendy Ju and a team of Ph.D. candidates developed a novel metric that quantifies how suitable urban environments are for autonomous robot navigation.
Cornell AAP Receives Gift to Endow Judith Kinnard Early Career Design Fellow in Architecture
With a gift from two AAP alumni, the college has established a position meant to be a "powerful running start" for emerging design educators.
Ratan N. Tata Posthumously Honored with Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award
Milstein Hall's auditorium was at capacity for the April ceremony, during which speakers shared personal reflections on Tata's wide-ranging impact and legacy.
Autodesk Gives Jointly to Cornell's Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, Art, and Planning
To advance teaching, research, student experience, and post-graduate success in Cornell Engineering and Cornell AAP, Autodesk gifts $4.3M to be shared by the two colleges.
Nice Flex: AI-Powered Smart Clothing Logs Posture, Exercises
Cornell Bowers CIS and Design Tech Professor François Guimbretière coauthored a paper that studies a new technology using flexible conductive threads sewn into a short-sleeved t-shirt and AI to track workouts.
Robinson-Appel Award Recipients Create Community-Engaged Solutions to Social Challenges
Keishaun Wade (B.S. URS '25) received a Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award to honor his significant involvement in community engagement. The $2,500 award goes toward innovative, community-engaged learning projects dedicated to tackling social challenges.
Speculative Thinking: AAP NYC Spring Studio Explorations
This semester's architecture studios at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center encourage students to investigate alternative possibilities for addressing contemporary urban challenges.
Colors of the Wind: Dragon Day Beast Gets an Artistic Twist
For Dragon Day 2025, the first-year architecture student tradition resulted in a blank canvas beast that marched to the Arts Quad to be met with a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues.
New Mui Ho Center for Cities Podcast Explores "Wicked" Urban Problems and Actions Across Scales
The Good City connects people with a passion for urban issues, both within and outside academia, through engaging conversations and shared knowledge.
Admitted Class of 2029 Channels Passions into Knowledge
Through volunteer work, research, and advocacy, the 5,824 students admitted to the Class of 2029 reflect Cornell's commitment to changing lives through public engagement, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Architecture Students Set to Show "How to Build Your Dragon"
The Cornell Chronicle previews the annual Dragon Day parade, which is expected to feature an 80-foot dragon designed by first-year architecture students that will glide through campus aided by sail-like wings.
AI Ring Tracks Spelled Words in American Sign Language
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers CIS and Design Tech Faculty François Guimbretière is among the coauthors of SpellRing, a paper presenting an AI-powered ring with micro-sonar technology that continuously and in real time tracks fingerspelling in American Sign Language.
