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.
High schoolers from Ithaca and Brooklyn produced the artworks depicting Morrison and a local student, a collaboration that promises to introduce Morrison's work to new generations of New Yorkers.
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.
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.
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.
The exhibit celebrates a century of applying science and design to the study of the home, the result of a collaboration between the museum and the College of Human Ecology as part of its centennial year.
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.