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An open invitation: AAP's spring 2025 semester highlights

With the start of a new semester comes a fresh opportunity to engage with AAP colleagues and guests, explore concepts on campus and in the field, and find inspiration in the work and ideas on display at every turn.

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Cornell faculty honored for community-engaged innovation

Thirteen faculty members from across Cornell are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards. 

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Exhibit highlights art/tech intersections in student work

The Milstein Program invited students from all disciplines to submit work for the A.D. White House exhibit.

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Students can attend hackathons on AI, health, animals and digital ag

Students can apply to take part in one of four hackathons this semester — two on campus and two in New York City.

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Vishaan Chakrabarti on urbanity, social uplift, and the power of design

Chakrabarti joined Cornell AAP this semester as the Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic to share his vast knowledge and practical experience improving cities and communities with NYC-based Advanced Urban Design students.

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Solar solutions: Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is developing HelioSkin, an aesthetically appealing solar-collection fabric that is inspired by the biological mechanisms that enable plants to bend toward the sun.

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Art + tech exhibit looking for student work

Students can win up to $1,500 for projects that combine art and technology in the inaugural Art + Tech exhibit hosted by The Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity.

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Collaboration blends fashion, film studies and spark of fun

Mia Bachrack ’25 and Sophia Peck ’26 are working on an independent study focused on costume designer Edith Head with the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection and Cornell Cinema.

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Fifth Ave. redesign plays off pandemic-era experimentation

October 17, 2024

Stephan Schmidt, an associate professor at Cornell University, studies the design and use of urban public space and has previously written about the rise and fall of the American pedestrian mall. He says this plan would benefit pedestrians, but a lack of alleyways could complicate things.

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AAP welcomes new faculty and endowed fellows this fall

AAP is pleased to welcome new long-term faculty, and endowed visiting critics and fellows to Ithaca and New York City. Their experience and expertise will further enrich the college's commitment to academic and creative excellence.

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