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From bed sheets to denim jeans, woven materials surround us. To explore the dynamic interplay of warp and weft in woven fabrics, students in Larissa Shepherd’s Structural Fabric Design (FSAD 2370) course practice stitch patterns ranging from basic to complex using pocket looms, the dobby loom and the TC2 electronic jacquard loom.

“I believe the best learning happens through doing,” said Shepherd, assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design (HCD). “In my class

Alumni brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Alpha chapter, founded at Cornell in 1906, unveiled a new leadership institute and student residence, inspired by the fraternity’s founding principles.