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IthacaArchitecture Associate Professor Lily Chi in collaboration with architect and educator Sarosh Anklesaria (M.Arch. II ’08) coedited this collection of essays examining the cultural center’s ambitious beginning, present precarity, and possible futures.
CRP Associate Professor Linda Shi discusses the importance of planning careers and preparing students to work with communities to address common challenges, including climate change, aging populations, and growing inequity.
Architectural Record — An in-depth review of Architecture Professor Esra Akcan’s recent book on conflict, disaster, and the role of architecture in formerly Ottoman-held places.
Gauri Nagpal (Ph.D. CRP ’31) is among the forty students awarded funding by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability for their 2026 grant cycle.
B.Arch. students in the Engaged Practices Design Studio course submitted dozens of ideas for renovating Camp Owahta’s 128-acre site after spending a semester getting to know its uses and potential.
Associate Professor Jolene Rickard (Art, History of Art and Visual Studies, AIIS–American Indian and Indigenous Studies) was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) for her work as “an artist, curator, scholar, and cultural leader.”
Anna Warfield (B.S. ’17, B.F.A. ’18) speaks with Cornellians about their art installations that combine soft sculpture and poetry to challenge how viewers understand identity and communication.
Architect Magazine — Architecture Visiting Critic Catherine Chen was awarded the 2026 Steedman Fellowship to pursue research for her proposal Solar Communities, which reflects a growing shift in architecture away from the spectacle and toward climate systems, public infrastructure, and civic participation.
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers and Design Tech faculty François Guimbretière is among the team of researchers who developed a new tool that aims to address a major gap in hardware maintenance.
Manoel Pereira Neto and Gauri Nagpal (both Ph.D. CRP ’31) have been selected for this fellowship which provides funding for doctoral students pursuing innovative approaches to dissertation research.
Two Cornell faculty have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this year, including Assistant Professor of Art Leeza Meksin, who shares details on her site-specific installations and future plans with the Cornell Chronicle.
May 8–31
The 2026 M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts cohort presents a group exhibition in Brooklyn, New York, bringing together distinct practices in dynamic conversation as the seven artists explore questions of identity, collectivity, visibility, repair, queer construction, memory, and the horizon of what might still be made possible.
May 21
Join Henning Larsen, Metropolis, and the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center on Roosevelt Island for an interactive lecture and workshop exploring healthier material choices in the built environment, featuring the Head of Materials at Henning Larsen Martha Lewis and Associate Professor in Architecture Billie Faircloth.
May 24
Join us as we celebrate the AAP class of 2026!
Jun 6
Mark your calendars and celebrate with old and new friends at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning during Cornell Reunion Weekend.
Jun 6–Sep 4
Visit AAP this summer for a cross-departmental exhibition featuring student work from the 2025–26 academic year that showcases the college’s creative and critical practices.
Group Work
Blanche Shao
B.S. URS '19
Chasing the Urban Dream: Land Politics, Citizenship, and State Identity in Contemporary China
Alp Demiroglu
B.Arch. '21
Sabrina Haertig Gonzalez
B.F.A. '22
Ami Maria Hernandez
B.F.A. '27
Group Work
Group Work
Natalia Gulick
B.Arch. '21
Group Work
Adam Shulman
B.A./B.F.A. '23