It is a privilege to address you as the
••NEW DEAN Architecture, Art, and Planning.
of Cornell’s College of
Many of you have already been most gracious in welcoming me to the College and to Ithaca, and I look forward to meeting and working with the faculty, students, staff, and alumni. I have come to AAP at a remarkable moment; the forward momentum is palpable. Milstein Hall is, of course, the most visible and public of the works on the College’s docket, but a host of parallel changes are underway that will also have long-term consequences for the intellectual, pedagogical, and creative life of AAP. The Department of Architecture has launched an international search for a new chair, and I want to take this opportunity to solicit nominations and recommendations for this important position. Very recently the Department of City and Regional Planning chair, William Goldsmith, stepped down, and I am most pleased to announce that Professor Kieran Donaghy has agreed to serve as the new CRP chair. The College has a new associate dean with the appointment of Professor Barry Perlus from the art department. Barry and I will work closely with the faculty to advance college-wide initiatives that take advantage of the synergies between art, planning, and architecture as well as engaging cognate disciplines throughout the university. The nascent New York program (AAP NYC) is expanding and will be home to students from all three departments this academic year for the first time. The fall lecture series is stellar, as is the upcoming Preston Thomas Memorial Lecture Series. In short, my predecessors have left the College in extraordinary shape. I especially want to thank Professor Stan Taft for serving as interim dean and managing the affairs of the College with such diplomacy and insight for the past semester. My intention is to continue this newsletter in its current form as a semi-annual publication. But events are moving quickly at AAP, and I invite you to stay in touch with us by whatever analog or digital means suits your style.
KENT KLEINMAN Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Architecture, Art, and Planning
AAP NEWS
is published twice yearly by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University, through the Office of the Dean. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Cornell University 129 East Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 T 607 255.5317 aap_newsletter@cornell.edu Editor Aaron Goldweber Design Paul Soulellis (B.Arch. ’90), Soulellis Studio Copyeditor Laura Glenn Contributing writers Dan Aloi, Margherita Fabrizio, Aaron Goldweber, Ann Ju, Timothy Liddell, George Lowry, Mark Morris, Linda Myers, Judith Pratt, Krishna Ramanujan, and Steve Rokitka. © October 2008 Cornell University
Rendering of Paul Milstein Hall elevator. Credit: OMA.
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