New working group on disasters launches with March 14 talk

A new cross-college working group on disasters kicks off with a public presentation by anthropologist Anthony Oliver-Smith March 14.

Einaudi Center to provide research help to doctoral students

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has selected 12 Cornell graduate students for the 2018 Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program.

Bumper crop of Seley sculptures installed near Sibley

The Jason and Clara Seley Sculpture Court features three works crafted from chrome automobile bumpers by Jason Seley '40, a former art professor and AAP dean.

Design Connect projects come to fruition in two upstate towns

Students in Design Connect collaborated with stakeholders in two upstate New York towns to provide design and planning resources.

Faculty team wins NYC sustainable design competition

A collaborative exhibition project created by four faculty members featuring reused grain silos will be installed on Governors Island in New York City this summer.

Students clear mud, debris from storm-ravaged homes in Puerto Rico

Over winter break in January, 14 Cornell Tradition undergraduates traded creature comforts for work gloves to help clean up homes in Puerto Rico, which is still reeling nearly five months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

New grad housing is living lab for heat pump study

At the Maplewood Apartments project, now under construction, Cornell engineering students will deploy heat-pump monitors to study the system viability in a severe winter climate.

Richard Meier '56 endows architecture chair in AAP

The chair of the Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has been endowed by renowned architect Richard Meier, B.Arch. '56.

Rand to house luminous, voluminous fine arts library

Rand Hall will be transformed over the next 18 months as the home of the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, a state-of-the-art facility on the building's top two floors.