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• Official Unveiling at the Long Branch Super Block Party on Saturday, May 11, 2013, 2 - 5 pm

  College Park, Md.-- A sidewalk exhibition of ten interactive installations—including a glowing cocoon of recycled plastic bottles and a 45’ long canopy of intricately placed colored strings— will debut May 6, 2013 in Montgomery County’s Long Branch Neighborhood as part of a unique cultural collaboration between community groups and the University of Maryland.

• UMD-Designed Public Art Engages the Senses in Long Branch

  College Park, Md.-- A sidewalk exhibition of ten interactive installations—including a glowing cocoon of recycled plastic bottles and a 45’ long canopy of intricately placed colored strings— will debut May 6, 2013 in Montgomery County’s Long Branch Neighborhood as part of a unique cultural collaboration between community groups and the University of Maryland.
  

• MAPP Ph.D. Candidate Awarded United States Institute of Peace Fellowship

  The United States Institute of Peace has selected University of Maryland Ph.D. candidate Zubin Adrienvala for a 2013-2014 Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Fellowship.
  

• NCSG's Brown Bag Webinar Series Builds a Following on the Web

  A technology upgrade last year to the National Center for Smart Growth’s (NCSG) conference room created an unexpected opportunity for the Center’s research faculty: to share exciting lectures and cutting-edge research, previously only afforded to the University community, with a global audience.

• Sites to be Seen (and Saved) in 2013: Maryland Life Magazine Unveils "Endangered Maryland"

  Each year, historic preservation director Dr. Donald Linebaugh joins a group of his colleagues to pore over possible contenders for “Endangered Maryland,” Preservation Maryland and Maryland Life Magazine’s annual list of at-risk historic properties.
  

• UMD Alum & Art World Hacktivist Evan Roth Returns for Campus Lecture: Friday, April 5th at 6:15pm

  Artist and UMD alum Evan Roth (B.S. Architecture ’00) returns to campus this Friday to discuss how hacker philosophies can be applied to making art online, in the gallery and in the city. Roth’s lecture, “Public Space, White Walls and the Internet,” takes place Friday, April 5, 2013, at 6:15 pm in the Architecture Building Auditorium.

• MAPP March 2013 e-Newsletter

  The latest issue of the The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation monthly e-newsletter should be in your mailbox now! If you have not received it, check it out here!

• Global Competitions Tap WaterShed Team Members for Expertise in Winning Sustainable Design

  Nearly two years after their win in Washington, DC at the U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, several team members from WaterShed, UMD’s first place winning entry, are getting the opportunity to lend their talent and design expertise to competitive forums around the world.

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