Mitch Glass
Lecturer, Landscape Architecture

Mitch Glass is a Lecturer in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and City and Regional Planning at Cornell. He teaches graduate and undergraduate studios and workshops that focus on the regeneration of urban neighborhoods in Rust Belt cities through community-based planning, social, racial, and environmental justice, green infrastructure strategies, and neighborhood visioning. His other endeavors include collaborations with Cornell research teams on soil development and bionutrient recycling and teaching studios related to the pre-colonial, indigenous landscapes of upstate New York (Haudenosaunee territory). Glass is the Faculty Advisor for the ULI Hines Student Urban Design Competition, a Faculty Fellow with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, an Engaged Cornell Faculty Fellow, and has been a member of the City of Ithaca's Planning and Development Board since 2018. Before his appointments at Cornell in 2017, Glass worked in the public and private sectors in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston as a landscape architect and urban designer.
Awards & Honors
- ASLA National Student Honor Award, Kingsbury Run Cleveland, General Design, 2021 (Role: Instructor)
- ASLA National Student Honor Award, Kingsbury Run Cleveland, Analysis + Planning, 2021 (Role: Instructor)
- ULI Hines Student Competition, Kansas City, Honorable Mention, 2021 (Role: Faculty Advisor)
- APA-NY Upstate Chapter, Best Student Project Award, MidTown Cleveland, 2021 (Role: Instructor)
- ULI Hines Student Competition, Cincinnati, Honorable Mention, 2019 (Role: Secondary Advisor)
- ULI Hines Student Competition, Toronto, First Prize, 2018 (Role: Secondary Advisor)
Courses Taught
- LA 3010/6010 Studio, Integrating Theory & Practice I; “Old Brooklyn, Cleveland Landscape + Urbanism” (Fall 2021)
- LA 6020 Studio, Integrating Theory & Practice II; “Kingsbury Run Nature Reserve, Cleveland” (Spring 2021)
- LA 3010 Studio, Integrating Theory & Practice I; “Revealing Indigenous Topographies in Ithaca” (Fall 2020)
- CRP 5850 Urban Design Workshop; “MidTown Cleveland”, collaborative with LA6020 (Spring 2020)
Contact Information
440 Kennedy Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
mglass [at] cornell.edu
Education:
Master of Landscape Architecture
University of Virginia
School of Architecture
Bachelor of Arts
University of Connecticut
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