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Collaborative research and education for a sustainable future is our mantra as we move forward to realize the full potential of our multidisciplinary School for leadership in planning, design, development and preservation of our environment. Strong relationships with the professional community of the Baltimore-Washington area support the interdisciplinary thrust of the School. With our four academic disciplines and the Center for Smart Growth, we are uniquely positioned to inform the rebuilding of the nation's infrastructure, to contribute expertise to the greening of the building industry, to educate students for an increasingly knowledge-based, performance-oriented, collaborative practice, and to mentor the next generation of architectural educators.

The current economic crisis has hit our professional community hard; created a harsh new reality for our soon-to-be graduates; and challenges us to do more with less. Our opportunity is to create the knowledge and educate the students that will be poised to implement change as resources begin to flow.

Madlen Simon, AIA
Associate Professor and Architecture Program Director

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