Cities in the “global south” – densely populated urban areas that are part of low-income countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America – should phase out pit latrines, septic tanks and other on-site methods of human waste management, according to a Cornell researcher.
Watertown native E. Hartley Bonisteel Schweitzer ’09 was named the latest recipient of the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award for her “steadfast, proactive engagement in Jefferson County.”
Urbano, a free software recently launched by Cornell researchers, employs data and metrics to help urban planners add walkability features to their designs.
Harvard University historian Lizabeth Cohen will examine the role of government and private enterprise in renewing urban areas in a University Lecture, Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.
Designers and scholars will discuss contemporary environmental concerns related to the legacy of the landmark 1969 Earth Art exhibition at Cornell at a symposium Nov. 7-8.
The Cornell student chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects was recently awarded second place in the annual student design competition.
Dean of Architecture, Art and Planning J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, delivered a keynote address on the possibilities, applications and impacts of design Oct. 18 during Cornell’s Trustee-Council Annual Meeting.
“SOS – Save Our Souls,” an installation by architecture student Achilleas Souras ’23, is on display at Traversèes, a French art fair with the theme of the border, displacement and exile.
This past summer, Cornell landscape architecture students examined complicated redevelopment questions regarding post-industrial sites in New York City and designed their own projects.
