# Alumni and Friends
**Source**: https://aap.cornell.edu/alumni-and-friends/
**Parent**: https://aap.cornell.edu/undergraduate-admissions/undergraduate-admissions-architecture/
**At Cornell AAP, our powerful alumni community of leaders and change agents in our fields and industries advances a better world. With every opportunity and challenge — from advancing climate adaptation and emerging technologies to expanding access and affordability — our alumni continue to find ways to design a future together, empowering the next generation of architects, artists, designers, and planners.**
Alumni engagement and philanthropy enable the college to build our capacity and expertise to respond to today’s urgencies. We invite Cornell AAP alumni, parents, and friends to join us in building a more sustainable, just, and resilient world.
## Get Involved
As a member of our AAP community, there are many opportunities for you to connect and engage with the college.
- [Learn more about our key priorities](https://aap.cornell.edu/alumni-friends/support/)
- [Make a Gift](https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1717/giving/interior.aspx?sid=1717&gid=2&pgid=16421&cid=27217&dids=9.5270.5276.10.11.1093.495.496.5524.77.&bledit=1&sort=1)
- [Alumni Directory](https://cornellconnect.cornell.edu/)
- [Update Your Contact Information](https://alumni.cornell.edu/services/update-info/)
## Join Us at an AAP Event Near You
- Feb 9–Mar 9
### [Open Houses: City Visionaries Summer Program for High School Students](https://aap.cornell.edu/events/admissions/open-houses-city-visionaries-summer-program-for-high-school-students/)
Join us for an open house, where we’ll share information and answer questions about City Visionaries, a new summer program for high school students in New York City.
Admissions
- Feb 25–Apr 9
### [Island Editions Conversation Series at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center Spring 2026](https://aap.cornell.edu/events/lecture/island-editions-conversation-series-at-the-gensler-family-aap-nyc-center-spring-2026/)
Join us for the semester’s second conversation featuring Toshiko Mori and Cynthia Davidson on March 9 at 7 p.m. Registration is required.
Lecture
- Mar 5
### [Spotlight on Design: Höweler + Yoon](https://nbm.org/event/spotlight-on-design-howeler-yoon/)
This National Building Museum lecture series in Washington, DC will feature AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. ’95) and Eric Höweler (B.Arch. ’94, M.Arch. ’96).
Beyond AAP
- Mar 5
### [Gensler Visiting Critic Lecture: Kim Yao — Curiosity with a Method](https://aap.cornell.edu/events/lecture/gensler-visiting-critic-lecture-kim-yao-curiosity-with-a-method/)
This Gensler Visiting Critic lecture will address the importance of collaboration and engagement in creating transformative architecture and will explore Architecture Research Office’s diverse past and present work and design methodology.
Lecture
- Mar 24
### [John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Jeffrey Gibson — Never Let Your Spirit Bend](https://aap.cornell.edu/events/lecture/john-a-cooper-visiting-artist-lecture-series-jeffrey-gibson-never-let-your-spirit-bend/)
Gibson will reflect on the power of materials and on how he distills complex ideas of belonging and collectivity through layered media and diverse reference points.
Lecture
## Explore Alumni Stories and News
## Explore Alumni Stories and News
### In the Media [The Shakers’ Utopian World Sees a Surge of Modern Interest](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/arts/design/shakers-ica-philadelphia.html)
The New York Times — Art alumna Amie Cunat’s (M.F.A. ’12) meeting house is included in *A World in the Making: The Shakers*, a group exhibition that will be on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania through August 9.
### Stories [Third Cornell Alum to Lead Toll Brothers to Speak on Campus](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/02/third-cornell-alum-lead-toll-brothers-speak-campus)
Karl Mistry (M.P.S. RE ’04) will discuss the company’s history, share industry insights, and reflect on how the Baker Program positioned him for success, the *Cornell Chronicle* reports.
### Stories [‘I Hadn’t Come for the Oddness of the Art World’](https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/lipsky-artist/)
Painter Pat Sutton Lipsky (B.F.A. ’63) speaks with *Cornellians* about her six-decade career. Her recent memoir, *Brightening Glance*, reflects on life, work, and the power of color.
### Stories
### [Jeffrey Gibson: Materials of Invention](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/jeffrey-gibson-materials-of-invention/)
Artist Jeffrey Gibson’s work powerfully transmits a vibrating energy and joy, even when his message is complex. In advance of his visit to the Department of Art in late March, he shares insights into his practice and career path.
### Stories [Alum Leads Urban Design Collective that Preserves Black Community](https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/osore-blackspace/)
*Cornellians* profiles Emma Osore (B.S. URS ’09) cofounder and executive director of BlackSpace, a collective of planners, architects, artists, and designers who work to protect, elevate, and create Black spaces.
### Stories [Cornell AAP to Launch First New York City-based High School Summer Program](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/cornell-aap-to-launch-first-new-york-city-based-high-school-summer-program/)
Cornell AAP recently announced an opportunity for rising high school juniors and seniors to join City Visionaries, the newest addition to the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center’s (AAP NYC) immersive slate of New York City-based programs.
### In the Media [Eric Höweler’s Design for Construction Tours Readers Through Major Themes that Shape Architectural Knowledge Today](https://www.archpaper.com/2026/01/eric-howeler-design-for-construction/)
The Architect’s Newspaper — Höweler (B.Arch. ’94, M.Arch. ’96) discusses the concepts, experiences, and approach that went into his new book.
### In the Media [The Strange Menagerie of Sculptor Joan Danziger](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2026/02/06/washington-artist-joan-danziger/)
The Washington Post — Art alumna Joan Danziger (B.F.A. ’54) will unveil new sculptures for *Ravens: Spirits of the Sky* in parallel with *The Magical World of Joan Danziger*, a concurrent retrospective at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center.
## How Cornell AAP is Shaping the Future
Drawing from the depth of our five departments and the breadth of collaborations with experts across the university, Cornell AAP continues to change the world we share for the better. Explore how our faculty and students are shaping the future and creating new possibilities.
## Explore Faculty Work
- [### US Communities Are Getting Older — And More Livable](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/us-communities-are-getting-older-and-more-livable)
CRP Professor Mildred Warner and Xue Zhang (M.S. RS ’16, Ph.D. RS ’19) lead a national analysis showing that US communities are becoming more age-friendly, with AARP-network localities achieving the greatest improvements in livability, transportation, and civic engagement as the nation’s population grows older.
- [### Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/announcing-architecture-and-the-right-to-heal-resettler-nationalism-in-the-aftermath-of-conflict-and-disaster/)
Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book examining architecture’s dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.
- [### Groundwork: Cultivation Rooted in Art and Action](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/groundwork-cultivation-rooted-in-art-and-action/)
At the intersection of art, ecology, and community, students enrolled in a course led by Associate Professor Jen de los Reyes explore research and practice that moves beyond the studio and into Ithaca’s local ecologies.
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## Student Work
- Ting Wei Fan\
B.Arch. '21
[Willard Dwelling](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/willard-dwelling/)
- Layla Zubi\
M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts '22
[They Cannot Represent Themselves; They Must Be Represented](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/they-cannot-represent-themselves-they-must-be-represented/)
- Group Work
[The 2025 Cornell Real Estate Review](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/the-cornell-real-estate-review/)
- Maurice Bradford\
B.S. URS '20
[Work by Maurice Bradford](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/work-by-maurice-bradford/)
- Cornelius Tulloch\
B.Arch. '21
[Work by Cornelius Tulloch](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/work-by-cornelius-tulloch/)
- Christina McDonald\
M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts '22
[Work by Christine McDonald](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/work-by-christine-mcdonald/)
- Jennifer Cao\
M.R.P. '20
[Work by Jennifer Cao](https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/work-by-jennifer-cao/)