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News & Events

Department News

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News

Let the grass grow
Cornell urban grassland and landscape experts provide tips on how to mow less and save you money, fuel and time while yielding multiple environmental benefits -- including reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Landscape
Students in the Climate-adaptive Design studio, a class in the Department of Landscape Architecture, take a break from their research survey last fall at Tarrytown, New York in front of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge – which spans the Hudson River.

News

Cornell students help Tarrytown envision waterfront future

As sea levels rise over the next decades for low-lying Hudson River towns, Cornell landscape architecture students offered ideas for coping with climate change and embracing the water.

  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
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News

Local floodplain home buyouts can inform federal plans

Cornell researchers compared federal floodplain home buyout policies with regional programs, showing that local strategies may make these acquisitions more equitable and effective.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
Susan Riley and Caroline Williams pictured in front of a large red banner with the Cornell seal, holding the plaque for the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award.

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Oneida County native receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award

The 10th recipient of the Hometown Alumni Award, Caroline Williams '01 has spent the last 15 years working to improve living conditions in Utica, New York, and her nearby hometown of Remsen.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Landscape Architecture

Department Lectures

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Lecture

Azzurra Cox: Landscapes of Belonging: Grounding Memory, Sowing Futures
The Department of Landscape Architecture is proud to welcome Azzurra Cox to present at the department's Landscape Lecture Series. Speaker Bio: Azzurra Cox comes to landscape architecture by way of her love of cities and her commitment to public...
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Lecture

Sergio Lopez-Pineiro: Along with Strangers
The Department of Landscape Architecture is proud to welcome Sergio Lopez-Pineiro to present at the department's Landscape Lecture Series. Speaker Bio: Sergio Lopez-Pineiro is an interdisciplinary architect whose work explores voids as socio...
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Lecture

Ifeoma Ebo: Landscapes of Contested Power
The Department of Landscape Architecture is proud to welcome Ifeoma Ebo to present at the department's Landscape Lecture Series. Speaker Bio: Ifeoma is an experienced Urban Designer & Strategist with a proven track record in transforming urban...
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Lecture

Gonzalo Cruz: Landscape as Infrastructure [...and other imaginary tales]
The Department of Landscape Architecture is proud to welcome Gonzalo Cruz to present at the department's Landscape Lecture Series. Speaker Bio: Gonzalo Cruz's diverse professional accomplishments are rooted in his interdisciplinary background...