Part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, Cornell students explored creative ways to understand urban landscapes during two cross-disciplinary courses this year.
More than a dozen students are taking part in the 2022 Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell and bring artists from around the world to campus.
An interdisciplinary seminar in the fall semester took students from Ithaca to New York City to explore African American heritage sites and the people whose work keeps this history alive.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a grant of $1.2 million to extend the Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities (AUH) interdisciplinary seminar series at Cornell University for three years with a focus on social justice. The grant supports innovative, cross-disciplinary coursework on one of the most pressing problems of this generation: equity and justice in the U.S. built environment, said Meejin Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), which shares planning and administration of the seminars with the Society for the Humanities, in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S).
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Mellon grant boosts collaborative projects for equity, social justice
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a grant of $1.2 million to extend the Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities (AUH) interdisciplinary seminar series at Cornell for three years with a focus on social justice.
“The grant supports innovative, cross-disciplinary coursework on one of the most pressing problems of this generation: equity and justice in the U.S. built environment,” said Meejin Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), which shares planning and administration of the seminars with the Society for the Humanities, in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S).