Alumna Lynn Ross details career path to housing policymaker

Lynn Ross, MRP '01, detailed her journey as a planner, from her earliest interest in the field to her current position in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, during a talk April 22.

Nine projects receive undergrad engaged research funding

Nine faculty-led teams conducting research with undergraduate students have received Undergraduate Engaged Research Programs grants, administered by Engaged Cornell.

ISS supports 15 research projects, three conferences

The Institute for the Social Sciences is supporting 15 projects and three conferences through its biannual small grant program: $12,000 to investigators for research and $5,000 for conferences.

Planning student helps Historic Ithaca celebrate 50 years

Historic preservation planning student Ana Huckfeldt, M.A. ’16, helped bring local history to life during an internship with Historic Ithaca, with a project for the organization's 50th anniversary.

Business competitions highlight student ideas

Would-be student entrepreneurs from across campus are spending some of their spring break polishing their pitches for the Big Idea Competition.

What drives cities to pursue sustainability policies?

Examining survey results of local governments, half of U.S. cities and towns had specific environmental goals but only one-third had concrete sustainability plans, in a new report, published March 2016.

Urban studies field trip tours Brooklyn's changing landscape

Urban and regional studies undergraduates went to Brooklyn on a recent field trip with associate professor Thomas Campanella, taking in the borough's history and recent wave of development on a tour of key sites.

Architects shroud this year's Dragon in mystery

First-year architecture students bond through teamwork and celebrate in costume every March at their annual Dragon Day Parade. The century-old Cornell tradition continues Friday, March 25 at 1 p.m.

Costume, photo collections inspire first-year seminars

Students drew from Cornell's photography and textile collections to curate exhibitions as they developed research, critical thinking and writing skills in a pair of first-year writing seminars.