March 5, 2021
Cornell’s J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, and composer Roberto Sierra have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States in their respective fields, the academy announced March 5.
Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, will join the academy’s field of architecture. Her designs examine intersections between urbanism, technology and the public realm, both in the U.S. and internationally. Martien Mulder/Provided
Architect J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
TMRW: What s the biggest lesson each of you has learned over the past four years?
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TMRW: What s the biggest lesson each of you has learned over the past four years?
Wang: I ve learned leadership and activism are exercised differently by different people. I never saw myself as a natural leader or activist, based on the definitions and examples I saw in the world around me growing up. I’m naturally reserved, introverted and peace-loving. But this podcast, both co-hosting and building the business, has shown me that I am both a leader and an activist in my own way. I ve also learned how to be focused but flexible set middle-term goals with a big picture mission and execute small tasks that turn into large projects.