News/Events

• 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.

• PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN

  Wiebenson Lecture with Bryan Bell, Design Corps
  February 15, 2013 — 6:15pm Architecture Building Auditorium
  Public Interest Design Institute Training Program—February 15 &16, 2013

• STUDENTS BRING HYATTSVILLES HISTORY TO LIFE THROUGH STORIES OF BRICKS AND MORTAR

  Historic preservation graduate students researched the history of Hyattsville properties for HISP 611: Historic Research Methods.
  

• THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES WITH SPRING LECTURE SERIES

  We would like to announce the continuation of the Architecture Program's 2012-13 Lecture Series titled: Conversations on Architectural Education and the Future of the Profession.  Please join us for any and all of the dates below. Parking is available in the Mowatt Lane garage.  For more information about parking or navigating campus visit: http://www.umd.edu/parking_info.cfm.
  
  
  

• Sustainable Tuesdays Return!

  Sustainable Tuesdays, the immensely popular lecture series that examines sustainability issues facing the built and natural environments, returns this semester with an exciting roster of topics and speakers. Lectures run every Tuesday at 4:30 PM in first floor auditorium at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and are open to the public. The series is co-sponsored by the University's Office of Sustainability.

• A Conversation and Book Signing with Gary D. Rappaport - NEW DATE

  Rescheduled Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013
  Lecture    6:15 – 7:30 pm; Book Signing    7:30-8:30pm
  School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Auditorium

• Ronit Eisenbach is Highlighted Speaker at Virginia Commission for the Arts Annual Conference

  Associate Professor Ronit Eisenbach (School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation) and Assistant Professor Sharon Mansur (School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies)

• Sneak Preview: KIPLIN HALL, BIRTHPLACE OF MARYLAND, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

  Join us for a special sneak preview of the new documentary Kiplin Hall: Birthplace of Maryland, Wednesday, January 30th, 6:00pm in the Architecture Auditorium. The film explores the restoration and student work within the manor house known as “the birthplace of Maryland.” Admission is free.

• Casual Computing: work by Evan Roth

  On View January 23, 2013 – May 10, 2013
  Artist Lecture- April 5, 2013, 6:15 PM
  Kibel Gallery  

• MAPP ANNOUNCES SPRING 2013 EXHIBITION SERIES

  "Agency, Intervention & Public Realm" explores how art, design and community intersect

• Reston: The Art of Community

  Exhibit begins January 25, 2013
  Gallery Talk February 25, 12:00 PM- 1:45 PM
  Kibel Gallery
  
  

• MAPP STUDENTS WIN JURY PRIZE FOR PHILADELPHIA WATERFRONT DESIGN

  The Philadelphia Center for Architecture has awarded a team of graduate students from the University of Maryland’s architecture program the Jury Prize for Most Realistic Design in the 2013 Ed Bacon Student Design Competition.

• URSP Technology and Community Panel Sessions: February 19 and March 7, 2013

  URSP is sponsoring two Spring 2013 panel sessions on Technology and Community on February 19 and March 7 at 7:00pm as part of our Code for Community Challenge.  
  
  All are invited. Additional information can be found on the website: www.arch.umd.edu/Planning/cfc

• Public Interest Design: Training Program

  The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, in conjunction with DesignCorps, is pleased to announce a Public Interest Design Institute.

• Gerrit Knaap stresses the need for more transportation funding at Annapolis summit

  URBAN PLANNING PROFESSOR GERRIT KNAAP CALLS FOR “INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS” TO ADDRESS MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SHORTAGE

• Code for Community Challenge

  Make a Difference: Create a mobile / web based app that meets a community need.
  Information update available on website (www.arch.umd.edu/Planning/cfc). Registration Deadline: January 21, 2013
  
  

• RESCHEDULED LeFrak Rosenbloom Lecture: Is Perfect the Enemy of Good?

  RESCHEDULED
  Talk: Tuesday, Feb. 5th, 2013 8:00 pm
  Architecture Building, Auditorium 0204
  Seminar: Wednesday, Feb 6 9:00 am
  Architecture Building, Dean's Conference Room 1213

• UMD Alumna Rebecca Lewis Honored

  Congratulations to 2011 Ph.D. alumna and Smart Growth Center affiliate Rebecca Lewis for receiving the Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning!

• Craig Spangler, AIA - MAPP Lecture, November 7, 2012

  Scientific learning and discovery are rapidly changing, challenging the decades-old conventional wisdom of design for science and engineering facilities.

  
  
  

• Redevelopment Plan for the Gasholders Site Presentation in St. Petersburg, Russia

  St. Petersburg Russia | Summer Studio 2012
  Presentation, Auditorium
  October 24, 2012, 6:00 PM
  Reception to Follow 

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture - Ruth Adler Schnee

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture
  October 19th- 12:30-1:45 pm
  UMD KIbel Gallery- Lunchtime 
  Lecture by Ruth Adler Schnee
  "Courage: the key factor in every form of the creative and artistic process"

• GLOBAL MAPP - Study Abroad 2012

  Advancing opportunities for students to break out of the classroom and explore the world is a fundamental mission of the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 

• Play Art - Spring 2012

  In preparation for a kindergarten design project, students in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, ARCH4 405 design toys focused on creating a sense of surprise and visual engagement.

• Students Win In Regional Design Competition Charrette

  The annual charrette of the Inter-School Design Competition held at the National Building Museum recently took place. The charrette consisted of 47 students of architecture from the six Washington DC/Maryland/Virgina metro region. Three University of Maryland Architecture students were part of winning teams announced at the awards ceremony.

• CONFABULATORES NOCTURNI | the work of time[scape]lab

  Brian Ambroziak and Andrew McLellan
  Exhibition: September 19: January 15
  

• Film co-produced by Ronit Eisenbach at National Building Museum October 17th

  Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  Screening of film "The Radiant Sun: Designer Ruth Adler Schnee"  

• Michele Lamprakos Joins MAPP

  The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is pleased to announce Michele Lamprakos’ return to Maryland this fall as an Assistant Professor.

• Historic Structure Audit for National Park Service

  The National Park Service has awarded the University of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program a
  $25,000 contract extension to conduct historic structures fieldwork within the National Capital area. 

• UMD Recognized at 2012 AIA Maryland Design Awards

  Students, faculty and alumni from the University of Maryland’s Architecture Program made an
  impressive showing at this year’s AIA Maryland Design Awards, winning awards for projects
  in several categories. 

• The Bangkok Experience

  Under the direction of Gensler Managing Director and Principal Jordan Goldstein (UMD B.S.ARCH ‘94) and Magnolia Quality Development Corporation in Bangkok, 12 students from four Universities set out to design a sustainable, affordable housing prototype to replace the growing slum conditions found throughout Thailand.

• NCSG to Host International Planning Symposium in Ireland

  The National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) at the University of Maryland, in conjunction with the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at the University College Dublin and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, is hosting a symposium on planning for states and nation-states in Dublin, Ireland October 15-16, 2012.

• Fall 2012 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  You are invited to attend the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Real Estate Development’s Prospective Graduate Student Open House on Friday, October 5, 2012, at in the Architecture Building Auditorium.

• WaterShed wins AIA-DC Presidential Citation

  The DC chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|DC) has awarded WaterShed, the University of Maryland’s winning entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011, the Presidential Citation for Sustainable Design at this Year’s Washington Chapter Design Awards.

• Fall 2012 The Swiss Touch in Landscape Design

  Fall 2012 Linear Gallery Exhibit
  Sept 21, 2012 - October 3, 2012

  Exhibit on display on the Mezzanine above the Great Space.  Landscape architecture continually transforms the environment and the way we approach it. This modern discipline, which began around 1800, quickly evolved throughout the twentieth-century. 

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Gallery Lecture
  Friday, September 21, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Lukas Schweingruber Schweingruber Zulauf Landscape Architects, Zurich
  "The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture"
  

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture
  September 19, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Architecture Auditorium - Reception in the Kibel Gallery to follow
  Lecture by TIME[SCAPE]LAB: Brian Ambroziak & Andrew McLellan
  "Confabulatores Nocturni"
  

• Smart-Growth Research Article Leads Downloads in International Transportation Journal

  A University of Maryland-backed article proposing new methods for measuring transportation connectivity is currently the most downloaded article within the international journal, Transportation Research Part A

• Avanti, Tartarughe!

  Whether you birdie, par or bogey, an afternoon on the Maryland links is a great opportunity to connect with alumni and friends of Architecture, Planning, Historic Preservation and Real Estate Development. If you're not a golfer, you can still participate by joining us for dinner.

• Are Big Cities Missing the Bus?

  Smart Growth researcher Hiroyuki Iseki examines what cities can do to increase transit ridership

• ARCH Alums Talk Sustainable Design at AIAS White House Event

  M.ARCH 2011 graduates Leah Davies and Allison Wilson were the featured guest speakers last week at a special White House event celebrating the PBS documentary

• Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Donald Linebaugh, Wins Buchanan Award

  Donald Linebaugh, Director of MAPP's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, is the winner of this year's Buchanan Award

• Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation are Integrating Product Design

  Students from Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation are working with students from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania's Integrated Product Design program and two Thailand Universities on a special housing project in the Thai Yeepoon Community, located in the Huaykwang District of Bangkok, Thailand.

• New Book - Inspired Innovation: WaterShed at the University of Maryland

  Get your copy of the new book Inspired Innovation: WaterShed at the University of Maryland, which tells the story of the making of the winning entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011

• Economic Development, Short-Course Training Series

  The Maryland Economic Development Association and the University of Maryland present the Summer 2012 Economic Development short-course training series

• First Certification through "Sustainable Maryland Certified" Program received by Berlin, Maryland

  The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) has recognized the town of Berlin as the first municipality in Maryland to complete its certification through the “Sustainable Maryland Certified” program (SMC)

• Sustainable Tuesdays: University of Maryland Facilities Master Plan update

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, May 08, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Brenda Testa and Bill Mallari
  "University of Maryland Facilities Master Plan update"

• New Internship Prepares High School Students for Tomorrow's Work Force

  National Center for Smart Growth’s GIS internship expands possibilities for underserved youth
  

  The program is a GIS high school internship, an idea that sprouted from the center’s Sustainable and Equitable Economic Development—or SEED—initiative, which began last fall with funding from the Surdna Foundation.
  

• Architecture Program Completes its Fourth Year of "Architecture in Schools"

  Graduate and undergraduate students engage local high school students through design

  “It’s been a fun and challenging process from the start,” says Itzayana Osorio, a senior at Northwestern. “Not just learning how to actually draw and plan a section, but how to explain what we’re trying to do.”

• Bridges Across the Potomac River

  As a part of a new seminar in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, ARCH478Q/678Q Bridge Design, the students in the course designed an exhibition for the Linear Gallery:  Crossing the Potomac.  This exhibition explores the social, symbolic, and scientific aspects of the bridges crossing the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

• 40th Anniversary Celebration - October 12th and 13th, 2012

  Join Dean Cronrath, faculty, alumni, students and friends October 12-13th as we mark the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's 40th Anniversary.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: What the Neighbors are Doing...

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, May 01, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Mayor Andy Fellows and Council Member Len Carey
  "What the Neighbors are Doing..."

• Eisenbach and Mansur's "Out of Place" Debuts in Reston POSTPONED to May 6th due to weather

  New Reston Installation and Performance Continues Exploration of Space and Movement

  Out of Place, a site-situated installation and contemporary dance performance conceived by Associate Professor of Architecture Ronit Eisenbach and Assistant Professor of Dance Sharon Mansur will debut this month at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston, VA.
  

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Bobbie Kilberg

  ADVANCE Scholar Lecture:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 4:00pm
  Art /Sociology Building | Room 2203
  Lecture by Bobbie Kilberg
  "The Road Ahead: The Technology Industry and the Region's Economic Future"

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Alaa el-Habashi

  Marvin Breckenridge Patterson Lecture:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 6:00pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Alaa Elwi el-Habashi
  "Community Participation and Conservation:
  Selecting World Heritage Sites in the Arab Region"

• AIA Reception in the City of Washington

  Reception for Alumni of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
  Friday, May 18, 2012 | 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  Offices of Suzane Reatig Architecture
  

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Student Initiatives in Sustainability at College Park

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  "Student Initiatives in Sustainability at College Park"

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Dr. Jaafar Chalabi

  Lombardo Lecture:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Dr. Jaafar Chalabi
  "Move"

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Building Resilience to Climage Change: Planning, Policy & Practice

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Zoe Johnson and Students of Professor Vikki Chanse
  "Building Resilience to Climate Change: Planning, Policy & Practice"

• Gene Sun Named AIAS Chapter Leader of the Month for April

  Congratulations to architecture senior Gene Sun, who was named American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Chapter Leader of the Month for April

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Education Opportunities in Sustainability at College Park

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Professor Robert Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D.
  "Education Opportunities in Sustainability at College Park"

• International Night 2012

  International Night Sponsored by NOMAS
  Friday, April 13, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Great Space
  featuring student and faculty art | live music | international cuisine +
  linear gallery study abroad exhibition
  

• PhD Student Finds Many Treasures in Squished Pennies

  Christine Henry, a PhD candidate and assistant to the Director of the Historic Preservation program, has had a passion for the squished penny for over a decade.

• WATERSHED TAKES ROOT AT PEPCO'S ROCKVILLE FACILITY

  Bay-inspired solar house will continue to educate, innovate under new ownership

  “It’s fantastic to know that the house and its mission will live on, that Pepco will carry our torch and build upon what the team had started years ago. It couldn’t go to a better owner,” said Brian Grieb, WaterShed’s Project Manager and Faculty Advisor.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Smart Grown: What is it? Why is it important?

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Dr. James Cohen
  "Smart Growth: What is it? Why is it important?"

• 75th Anniversary Symposium: Sustaining Greenbelt's Legacy

  "Sustaining Greenbelt's Legacy" is a two-day symposium celebrating the 75th Anniversary of this New Deal community.  It is being held in the Greenbelt Community Center--the original Resettlement Administration elementary school--on April 27th & 28th, 2012.

• Changing Fields: Relics + Reliquaries

  The Linear Gallery features the work of the Senior Architecture Studio.

• Opportunities

• Admitted Graduate Students Open House - Friday, March 30, 2012

  Friday, March 30, 2012 | 1:30 pm
  Register outside the Architecture Auditorium
  

• Baltimore Communities Get a Sneak Peak of Cross Street Market Design Concepts

  Design concepts for the Cross Street Market in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood will be unveiled tomorrow, Thursday, March 29th in Baltimore.

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Robert Siegel

  Kibel Gallery Lecture:
  Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Robert Siegel
  "Movement: Robert Siegel Architects"

• Documentary Film Hopes to Preserve a Rich Part of Prince George's History

  A documentary film depicting the educational experiences of the African American community of Lakeland, entitled “Folk Made the School,” had its second showing this past month at the Lakeland Gala Event for Black History Month 2012.

• Iseki Featured in New York Times Article on Highway Financing

  Hiro Iseki, an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Research Associate for the National Center for Smart Growth lent his expertise to a recent article in the New York Times on public-private partnerships for highway financing.

• Historic Preservation Alumnae Named Town Historian

  Laura Mancuso, a 2005 graduate of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program has been named Town Historian of her hometown of Brookfield, CT, unanimously voted in by Brookfield’s Board of Selectmen last week.

• URSP student is co-winner of Joseph L. Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History

  Eric Daniel, a URSP student in the joint degree program in Law and Community Planning, was recently named the co-winner of the Joseph L. Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Food and Sustainability

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, March 13, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Colleen Wright-Riva and Greg Thompson
  "Food and Sustainability"
  

• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING PROGRAM RECEIVES $500,000 GRANT FROM U.S. EDA

  University  Center, spearheaded by Dr. Marie Howland and Doctoral candidate Scott Dempwolf, will leverage University assets to foster innovation, economic development

• Jack Kerxton Smith and Design Collective Scholarship/Internship Winners Announced

  Two graduate students in the Architecture program have been awarded prestigious summer internships with renowned firms in the Washington-Baltimore area.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Buying Energy for a Really Big User

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, March 06, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Joan Kowal + Hannah Polikov
  "Buying Energy for a Really Big User"

• Career & Internship Fair 2012

  Architecture, Planning, Preservation, and Real Estate Development
  Career & Internship Fair 2012
  Friday, March 9, 2012 | 1:00 - 5:00 pm
  Great Space in the Architecture Building
  

• Gallery Talk: Ronit Eisenbach + Sharon Mansur

  Gallery Talk:
  Monday, March 05, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Kibel Gallery
  Ronit Eisenbach + Sharon Mansur
  "Out of Place: Collaboration in Practice"

• Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture: Dan Solomon

  Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture:
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Dan Solomon, FAIA
  "Attack of the Slab Monsters"
  

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Global Warming Explained

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Ross Salawitch
  "Global Warming Explained"

• Gerrit Knaap, Mellon Visiting Scholar at Goucher College

  Mellon Visiting Scholar Lecture at Goucher College
  Monday, February 27, 2012 | 7pm
  Gerrit J. Knaap
  "From Smart Growth to Sustainable Communities: Politics, Policy, and Planning Technology"

• Universal Design Awareness Event

  The AIAS at the University of Maryland present:
  Universal Design Awareness Event
  Saturday, February 25, 2012 | 11am - 2pm
  Architecture Great Space
  Lecture_free |  lunch & wheelchair tour_$10
  

• Real Estate Development Spring Symposium

  Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development Spring Symposium
  Wednesday, May 2, 2012
  District Architecture Center
  

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Beth Weinstein

  Gallery Lecture:
  Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Beth Weinstein
  "Collaborations in Space and Time"

• Mark Elliot Receives David M. Schwarz Internship and Traveling Fellowship Award

  Mark Elliot, a graduate student in the architecture program, has been selected for the 2011-2012 David M. Schwarz Internship and Traveling Fellowship award.

• Ph.D. Spring 2012 Colloquium

  Urban and Regional Planning and Design doctoral candidates present their research in a series of informal presentations taking place this Spring 2012 semester.  Please join us and learn about their exciting research and help our candidates practice their presentation skills before a live audience. Lunch will be provided.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Global Sustainability: Old and New Stories

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Julie Gabrielli
  "Global Sustainability: Old and New Stories"

• HISP Graduate Student Featured in Washington Post Magazine's Education Issue

  A Washington Post article covering the uptick in professionals returning to graduate school will include a familiar face; Tom Hardej, HISP ’12, was interviewed for the piece, which appears in the Washington Post Magazine’s Education Issue this Sunday.

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Sustainability and the College Park Campus

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Robert Specter and Scott Lupin
  "Sustainability and the College Park Campus"
  

• MAPP Renovation

  “The goal is to provide our students with the tools they need to work creatively and successfully during their time at Maryland,” says Dean Cronrath.

• Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park

  Is Sustainability Sustainable?
  A Lecture by Dr. Marla McIntosh
  Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture:
  Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Ufuk Ersoy
  "To See Daydreams"

• Movement: Robert Siegel Architects

  Exhibit on View in the Kibel Gallery(January 25, 2012—May 7th, 2012 Exhibit Opening Lecture + Reception with Robert Siegel (Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 6:15pm(
  Architecture Building Auditorium + Kibel Gallery

• The Collaborative Legacy of Merce Cunningham

  The Collaborative Legacy of Merce Cunningham
  Exhibit on View in the Kibel Gallery 
  January 25, 2012—May 7th, 2012

• Colden Florance Lecture: Juhani Pallasmaa

  Colden Florance Lecture:
  Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Colden Florance Lecture by Juhani Pallasmaa
  "Space, Place, and Atmosphere"

• HISP Grad Creates WWI Poster Installation for Raleigh City Museum

  Jennifer Carpenter, a 2010 graduate of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program, unveiled an installation on WWI poster art this month at the Raleigh City Museum in Raleigh, NC.

• Maryland Places Third in 2011 AIAS "Crisis Ready" Design Competition

  The University of Maryland placed third in the 2011 Crisis Ready Stadium Student Design Competition, presented by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and Kawneer. Architecture seniors Rameez Munawar, Karl Sobel and David Ensor collaborated on the winning entry.

• Assistant Professor Hooman Koliji Presents Research Lecture in Istanbul

  During a recent visit to Turkey, Assistant Professor Hooman Koliji was invited to share his extensive knowledge and research of architectural theory with the students and faculty of the Istanbul Bilgi University.
  

• Summer Study Abroad Opportunities

  Education around the globe

  Five summer study abroad opportunities are available to students in 2012.

• The Lessons of Anatolian Towns: Turkish Embassy Lecture Series

  A lecture by Prof. William Bechhoefer and Prof. Kaya Arikoglu

  November 30, 2011 at 6:30 pm
  Turkish Embassy Chancery
  2525 Massachusetts Ave NW
  Washington, DC 20008
  

• The Changing Nature of Design: Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis and Simulation

  Complimentary Networking, Lunch and a Building Design Seminar
  

  Friday, November 18, 2011 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  

• Linear Gallery Show Opening and Reception

  Interdisciplinary Design and Development Case Competitions

  November 9, 2011 | 6 - 7 pm 
  Linear Gallery
  Ground Floor of Architecture Building
  

• UMD's WaterShed Team Receives Proclamation from Governor

  Martin O'Malley praises decathlon win and team's "imaginative talent" at MCEC Summit

  WaterShed team members attended last Friday's Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC) Summit were surprised with a proclamation from Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's office, commending their first place victory at this year's Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
  

• Real Estate Development Lecture: Davor Kapelina

  Real Estate Development Lecture:
  Wednesday, November 02, 2011 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Real Estate Development Lecture by Davor Kapelina
  "Sustainable Building Performance and Energy: Finance + Environment = Sustainability"

• National Center for Smart Growth Creates Collaborative Initiative for Economic & Sustainable Growth

  New initiative to pinpoint underserved communities throughout Maryland

  The National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) announces the launch of a Sustainable and Equitable Economic Development (SEED) Initiative for the State of Maryland.
  

• Fall 2011 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  You are invited to attend the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Real Estate Development’s Prospective Graduate Student Open House on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 1:30pm in the Architecture Building Auditorium.
  

• Real Estate Development Lecture: Fall 2011

  Real Estate Development Lecture:
  Wednesday, November 02, 2011 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Real Estate Development Lecture by Davor Kapelina
  "Sustainable Building Performance and Energy: Finance + Environment = Sustainablity"

• "Sustainable Maryland Certified" Off to a Solid Start

  EFC sustainability program gains popularity among communities looking to go green
  

  Municipalities throughout Maryland keen on improving their neighborhoods and environmental standing are making good headway through a free program offered by the University of Maryland’s Environmental Finance Center (EFC). 
  

• Maryland Students Place in 2011 Inter-School Design Competition

  Two Maryland students were a part of winning teams in this year's Inter-School Design Competition (ISDC), which was held Sunday, September 18th at the National Building Museum.

• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND #1

  University of Maryland WINS Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
  'WaterShed' Praised for Sustainability Message through Design

  The University of Maryland's innovative WaterShed House has taken first place at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.
  

• Fall 2011 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Michael Pyatok, FAIA
  "Design with Equity Affordable and Sustainable Communities"
  

• Collaborative Design Project for Baltimore's Cross Street Market Featured in the Baltimore Sun

  The Cross Street Market plan, a collaborative design project between MAPP’s ARCH 406 studio and the Architecture Program at Morgan State University was featured in Sunday’s Baltimore Sun.

• Harder Times Ahead: Can Cities Protect Us?

  Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  2011 Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture by Jeff Faux
  Open to the public with reception to follow
  

• WaterShed Makes its Move to the Mall!

  After a lengthy and careful trip from the Paint Branch construction site through the streets of Washington early Wednesday morning, Team Maryland has successfully completed its load in of WaterShed at Potomac Park for the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, now just a week away! Experience their journey through pictures on MAPP's Facebook page by clicking here!

• Anthony Ames Architect: Object-Type Landscapes Kibel Gallery exhibit debuts September 14th

  On view September 14- December 13: Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery

  A collection of work by Atlanta-based Architect Anthony Ames will be on display beginning September 14th at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation’s Kibel Gallery.  A lecture by Ames will open the gallery show on September 14th in Auditorium 0204 at 6:15 pm, followed by a reception.
  

• Leading Smart Growth Researcher, Gerrit Knaap, Visiting GPEP

  Our own Professor Gerrit Knaap, Associate Dean and Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, appears on the front page of the University College Dublin School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy's website.

• Terpvision Feature on MAPP Alumni and Professor

  Check out the new "Terpvision" show segment about the School without Walls High School in Washington, DC, featuring Professor Matt Bell, architecture graduate Abbie Cronin, and more.

• President Loh, Governor's Office Check Out WaterShed's Progress

  TEAM MARYLAND RECIEVES A VIP VISIT AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR MOVE TO THE MALL

  With less than 30 days until competition, WaterShed team members welcomed University President Wallace Loh and representatives from Governor Martin O'Malley's office to the construction site Wednesday for a quick house tour.

• Countdown to Competition: Solar Decathlon 2011

  With just under 30 days until the opening ceremonies at the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, we invite you to check in on team Maryland through their newly vamped website.

• UMD Solar Decathlon Teammates Persue Patent for "Green" Cooling System

  Desiccant Waterfall cuts humidity while adding a unique architectural element
  

  The indoor liquid desiccant waterfall (LDW), a prominent eco-feature in the LEAFHouse design and the second generation of which is debuting with the 2011 team and its design for WaterShed.
  

• Architecture Graduate Eric Faughnan Named Academic Advisor of the Year

  MAPP's Eric Faughnan has been awarded Academic Advisor of the Year at the University of Maryland's 16th annual Undergraduate Studies Advising Conference.

• Professor Garth Rockcastle appears on PBS

  How did the events of 9/11 change the way architects and engineers design today’s city skylines? A look into how new technologies address today’s concerns, as well as the past and future design of the tall building, is the subject of tonight’s hour-long NOVA special, “Engineering Ground Zero.”

• COMMUNITIES OUT OF CARDBOARD: Maryland Urban Studies program teaches kids with "box cities"

  Teaching kids about sustainability, teamwork and the built environment, the “box city” project is one of several educational outreach programs created by the Urban Studies Program for schools and youth organizations state-wide.

• The Young Scholars Program: Discovering the Architects of Tomorrow

  Each summer, a group of high school students get a taste of college life and the chance to immerse themselves in a university-level architecture program, through MAPP’S ARCH 150: “Discovering Architecture”, part of the University’s Young Scholars Program.
  

• EFC Rolls Out Sustainable Maryland Certified with the Launch of Website

  The University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (EFC) has officially launched the website for its sustainability certification program, Sustainable Maryland Certified (SMC). The website, which debuted at the Maryland League Convention in Ocean City, is now accepting registrations from municipalities across Maryland.

• Maryland Architecture Graduates, Faculty Win Big at the 2011 AIA UNBUILT Awards

  Two recent graduates of the Masters of Architecture program have been recognized for design excellence at this year. Hong Zhu and Jessica Pagan Aello, who both earned their Masters in Architecture in May, won awards for their final thesis projects. Professor of Architecture Matt Bell was also recognized for a DC project in development with his firm EE&K a Perkins Eastman Company.

• Dean Cronrath Receives NCARB President's Medal for Distinguished Service

  David Cronrath, Dean of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation has been awarded the President's Medal for Distinguished Service by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). The award recognizes his significant contributions to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare through his service to NCARB and to the practice of architecture. It is the highest honor bestowed by the organization.

• Study Abroad: Great Britain, Spring 2011

  For 16 glorious weeks (January through May 2011) ten Maryland architecture students traveled in and around England, Scotland and Wales, taking advantage of all that the United Kingdom had to offer. These students, fortunate enough to be selected as part of the School's spring semester study abroad program, spent their days studying, drawing, designing, visiting, and otherwise, thoroughly involving themselves in the culture of those places.

• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RONIT EISENBACH BRINGS "A PASSION FOR COLOR" TO VENICE

  Ruth Adler Schnee: a Passion for Color," co-curated by MAPP's Associate Professor Ronit Eisenbach and Italian architect, Caterina Frisone, opened a summer-long exhibition at the Venice Civic Museums Foundation June 4^th.

• Secretary Raymond A. Skinner makes Spring 2011 Commencement Address

  To Dean Cronrath ... to distinguished faculty, trustees and staff ... to alumni ... to loving parents and grandparents and family and friends ... and above all to the Class of 2011: Congratulations! You made it!

• Professors Bell and Williams awarded Committee of 100 Vision Award

  School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Professor Matthew Bell and Assistant Professor Isaac Williams, have been awarded a Committee of 100 on the Federal City 2011 Vision Award for their design work with EE&K Architects on the Deanwood Community Center in Washington, DC. Williams acted as senior designer on the project, while Bell led the design team. Their project was one of four recognized this year.
  

• From New Towns to Old Towns: The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today

  Presented by the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program and Cornell University's Clarence Stein Institute.
  From New Towns to Old Towns
  The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today

  Saturday, June 4, 2011, Greenbelt, Maryland 

• Smart Growth Symposium rethinks Sub-Urban design

  What will Montgomery County look like in twenty-five years?  

  This was one of many questions examined last week as the National Center for Smart Growth and Education, The University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Program and the Montgomery County Planning Department brought together some of the brightest minds...

• Michael Johnson to give lecture titled Advancing the Structure of Public-Private Partnerships

  Michael Johnson to give the Neomie Colvin Lecture titled "Advancing the Structure of Public-Private Partnership" on Friday, April 29, 2011 from 6:30-7:30pm in the Architecture Auditorium.  Reception to follow at 7:30pm.

• University of Maryland Facilities Master Plan Update

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, April 19, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Ronit Eisenbach Artist-in-Residence at Montgomery College

  April to August: artist-in-residence at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, MD.  Gallery hours: M to F, 8am to 10pm and Saturday from 8am to 5pm. 

  Opening Reception: Thursday, April 21, 5:30-7:30pm at Annex Gallery.

• 2011 AIA Silent Art Auction

  Friday, 15 April 2011 from 7:00PM - 9:30PM
  School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, in the Great Space

• Makeover Montgomery: Innovative Stategies for Rethinking America's Suburbs

  Thursday's "Makeover Montgomery: Innovative Strategies for Rethinking America's Suburbs." These two great events will be held in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, in the Auditorium/Lecture Hall 0204.

  Panel Discussion from 2:00 to 4:00pm
  Keynote Address from 7:00 to 8:30pm

• Bahram Khamjani to give lecture titled Invisible Infrastructures of Persian Bazaars

  Bahram Khamjani to give the Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Lecture titled "Invisible Infrastructures of Persian Bazaars" on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 6:15pm in the Architecture Auditorium.

• As Japan Recovers from Earthquake, One Maryland Professor Maps Out a Plan to Help

  Hours after last month's earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, as reports of the extensive damage and loss of life began to trickle in, the international community began looking for ways they could help. For Professor Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iseki, an assistant professor of urban planning who grew up in Hyogo, Japan, the desire to contribute in some way resonated close to home.
  

• What the Neighbors are Doing...

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, April 12, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Student Organization: SoRED

  The Society of Real Estate Development (SoRED), established by 3 MRED students in the Fall of 2008 is a student led group that provides social and real estate oriented activities for MRED students.

• Students Present Bladensburg Development Proposals to Mayor and Council

  Congratulations to MRED students Adam Stone, Patrick Bloomfield, Eric Walter, and Colin Wattleworth, along with their team collaborators from Landscape Architecture (Kameron Aroom, Zoe Clarkwest, Joyce Kelley) and Historic Preservation (Gilbert Mbeng, Rebecca Lueg, Margaret Prest, Lauren Schiszik) for successfully presenting their interdisciplinary Crossroads Market Square and the Heart of Bladensburg Redevelopment and Design Proposals to the Bladensburg Town Council on March 1st, 2011.

• Spring Career and Internship Fair

  The air was filled with excitement at the Career & Internship Fair held in the Great Space at the school on March 11, 2011.

• New Faculty Profile

  James Bryan King, AIA, LEED AP is the instructor for a new MRED Course being offered this term:  Corporate Real Estate.

• CANCELED Daniel Libeskind, Architect to give lecture titled Counterpoint

  Daniel Libeskind's, Architect, 
  lecture titled Counterpoint at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
  is canceled.
  

• Education Opportunities in Sustainability at College Park

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, April 5, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• The Neighborhood & the City 2011 Carl Ruskin Lecture

  May Louie will be giving a lecture titled "The Dudley Street Neighborhood Inititative: The Journey and the Promise" at the University of Maryland School of Social Work Auditorium in Baltimore on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:30pm.

• Historic Preservation Program's Annual Short-Course: "From New Towns to Old Towns"

  The University of Maryland's Historic Preservation Program and the Clarence Stein Institute at Cornell University presents this year's annual short-course, From New Towns to Old Towns: The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today. The symposium will take place June 4th at the Greenbelt Community Center.

• Making the Case for a Safe Walk to School

  Pam Eichenbaum, MCP, 2011 and Greg Vernon, MCP, 2010 presented their study on the "Safe Routes to School" Program (SRTS) at the 2010 Urban Affairs Association Conference in New Orleans this past March. The report, which focused on the safety and accessibility of schools for students traveling by foot or bicycle in Prince George's County, MD, identified schools most in need of SRTS funding.

• Buying Energy for a Really Big User

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, March 29, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• The Pieces Come Together for WaterShed's Next Phase of Construction

  Maryland's Solar Decathlon team kicks into high gear with the arrival of WaterShed's main house "modules" to the campus construction site. The modules arrived on carriers Friday afternoon from manufacturers in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, and were craned into place. Generously sponsored by Maryland Custom Builders Inc. and ProBuilt Homes, the module arrival marks an anticipated turning point in the construction of WaterShed

• PlanMaryland June 16 2011

  The Maryland Department of Planning, in partnership with the National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education and the University of Maryland  Urban Studies & Planning Program will be hosting an openhouse on Thursday June 16, 2011.

• Food and Sustainability

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, March 15, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Maryland Life Magazine Announces the 2011 "Endangered Maryland" Candidates

  This year, 11 sites make up "Endangered Maryland," an annual list of at-risk properties featured in Maryland Life Magazine. The list, found in the March/April issue, hits newsstands this week.
  

• Preservation Graduate Appointed to Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture

  Preservation graduate Najah Duvall-Gabriel was recently appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. She joins eight other appointees who hold extensive knowledge in African American history, tasked with documenting, preserving and promoting Maryland's African American heritage.

• Kim Tanzer to give lecture titled On Quantities and Qualities

  Kim Tanzer, Dean and Edward E. Elson Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture, University of Virginia will be giving a lecture titled "On Quantities and Qualities: Architecture in the Age of Synthesis" on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 6:15pm.

• Re-Envisioning The Heart and History of Bladensburg

  A walk-able town center, diverse restaurants, innovative housing options, and better access to parks, the Anacostia and downtown Washington are all visions of two proposed redevelopment projects for the Market Square area of Bladensburg, MD, created by an interdisciplinary team of students from the University of Maryland. The teams presented their proposals to the Bladensburg City Council and Mayor Tuesday night.

• Smart Growth: What is it? Why is it important?

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, March 8, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Terps Make "The Final Four"

  A team of Maryland graduate students have clinched one of four finalist slots in the 2011 Urban Land Institute/ Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, beating out over 160 teams from some of the finest and most prestigious graduate-level programs in the United States and Canada.

• Student Initiatives in Sustainability at College Park

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, March 1, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Graduate Student Joseph Ijjas Chosen as Semi-Finalist in the National Ideas Competition

  Architecture graduate student Joseph Ijjas has been selected as one of 24 semi-finalists in the National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds. Ijjas and nine classmates from Professor Steven Hurtt's ARCH 700 Architecture Studio, an upper level studio in the Master of Architecture program, were among over 500 entries from the US and around the world.

• Professor Marie Howland Named to the Inaugural Cohort of ADVANCE Professors

  Professor Marie Howland has been named to the inaugural cohort of ADVANCE Professors.  This program is supported by the National Science Foundation and has been established to facilitate positive change in the University of Maryland.  Marie was selected because of her leadership and long standing commitment to mentoring.

• Buildings: A Big Part of the Problem

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, February 22, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Rescheduled: Architect Daniel Libeskind to lecture Friday April 8, 2011 at 6:15 pm

  Daniel Libeskind, the world-renowned architect of projects like the master plan for the World Trade Center in New York and the Jewish Museum Berlin, will be giving a lecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation on Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 6:15 pm.

• The Natural Environment - Why It's Important

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

  Tuesday, February 15, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• MARYLAND'S SOLAR DECATHLON WATERSHED TEAM AWARDED $50,000 GRANT

  The University of Maryland's Solar Decathlon WaterShed team has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Constellation Energy, a Baltimore-based company specializing in energy products and services. Constellation's "E2: Energy to Educate" grants recognize environmental projects that inspire students to use science and technology to address growing energy challenges.

• Architecture, Planning and Preservation Career & Internship Fair

  This key event for students and alumni of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation consists of several opportunities to interact and network with organizations and alumni.

  
  Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:00PM - 05:00PM  Great Space, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

• Sustainability and the College Park Campus

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, February 8, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium
  

• Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, Lecture Hall, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

• Liz Petrella, a Historic Preservation alum, speaks on tax credits for barn preservation

  Liz Petrella 200 graduate of the Historic Preservation program in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation recently  gave a talk titled "Save the Tobacco Barns", a presentation on tax credits for barn preservation.

• The Global Importance of Sustainability

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, Lecture Hall, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

• Planning Program presents industrial land use findings

  An assessment of Prince George's County's industrial land use, conducted by the University of Maryland's Urban Studies and Planning Program, was presented last week to the Prince George's County Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, the first comprehensive examination of the county's industrial space in 20 years.

• Jeff Tiell a Ph.D. candidate has received an International Conference Student Support award

  Jeff Tiell, a Ph.D. student in Urban and Regional Planning and Design, has received an International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA) from the Graduate School at the University of Maryland towards his participation in the Just City Symposium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in February 2011.  

• Thomas Spiegelhalter lecture

  Thomas Spiegelhalter will be lecturing on the topic of "Globally Benchmarked Buildings versus Green Washed Buildings: Taking a Critical Look at the Design, Resource Use, and Performance of Sustainable Buildings and Cities."

• Current Ph.D. student Jeff Tiell publishes an article in Next American City

  Jeff's article sparked a lively discussion...

• Mathew Bell of the MAPP Architecture program faculty is honored by AIA

  Professor Matthew Bell is honored by American Institute of Architectes for School without walls project. The EE&K Architects team receives Presidential Citation for Sustainable Design

• Historic Preservation at the University of Maryland encourages diversity

  The Historic Preservation program at the University of Maryland is dedicated to diversity throughout its program of study. Housed in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, the program's strength lies in its multi-disciplinary approach to studying and preserving the built environment.

• Carl Elefante FAIA makes the Winter 2011 Commencement Address

  TV journalist Tom Brokaw popularized the term "The Greatest Generation" in his 1998 book to characterize those Americans who grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930's, defeated Fascism, Nazism and Imperial Japan in World War II, and afterwards shaped the modern world.  They created a world of unprecedented economic vitality and personal freedom. 

• Zubin Adrianvala Selected as Center for Teaching Excellence Fellow

  Adrianvala, a Ph.D. student in Urban and Regional Planning and Design, will serve as a CTE Fellow in the 2010-11 academic year.
  

• Ronit Eisenbach Awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship

  The MacDowell Colony is the prestigious art colony for writers, visual artists, architects and performance artists.  The mission of the MacDowell Colony is to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works of the imagination. 

• PhD Student Dempwolf to Join Thought Leaders on Regional Economic Development

  PhD Candidate Scott Dempwolf will participate in the Transformative Regional Engagement (TRE) Roundtable December 7-8, 2010, in Washington, DC.

• Maryland Students and Faculty Lead Re-visioning of Historic Sites in Italy

  Architecture and landscape architecture students from four American and three Italian universities converged last month for "Beyond Pompeii," a 10-day international seminar dedicated to enhancing the cultural, historic and archeological resources of Italy's Campania region.

• Stairways in the Air: Renaissance and Baroque Stereotomy

  Exhibit on view October 13–December 3, 2010
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery

• Lines of Inquiry: The Architectural Drawings of Brian Kelly

  Gallery Talks:
  November 12, time tba
  December 1, 6:15pm
  Exhibit on view October 13–December 3, 2010
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery

• Smart Growth Director Interviewed on Car-Free Commuting

  Gerrit Knaap, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education, was recently interviewed by WAMU for a report on car-free commuting in Washington, DC. Watch the video

• Maryland Architecture Students Take Top Honors in Inter-School Competition

  The 2010 Inter-School Design Competition, an invited competition for students at four architecture schools in the Washington, DC area, was held on Sunday, Sept. 19 at the National Building Museum.
  

• Lynette Boswell, Ph.D. Candidate in URPD, Selected for HUD University Partnership Grant

• Fall 2010 Symposium: [RE]PRESENTATION

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation hosts an evening symposium.

• New Exhibit Showcases Student Designs for Sailing Hall of Fame

  On View in the Linear Gallery
  September 24–December 20, 2010

• Planning Students Produce Research Both at Home and Abroad

  The Urban Studies & Planning program sponsored two planning studios in Summer 2010—giving students the opportunity to travel to Cape Town, South Africa or to learn more about their own community in Prince George's County.

• Portfolio Design Workshop with Harold Linton

  Lecture | Friday, October 8, 6:30pm
  Workshop | Saturday, October 9, 8:30am–4:30pm
  Sponsored by AIAS
  

• From Underclass to Entrepreneur: Reclaiming Poor People in America's Cities

  Lecture | Wednesday, October 13, 8pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

  Symposium | Thursday, October 14, 10:30am
  Architecture Building Room 1213

  Sponsored by The Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Foundation and the Urban Studies and Planning Program

• School Year Kicks Off with Interdisciplinary Annapolis Tour

  On August 25, 80 incoming graduate students in Architecture, Planning, Preservation and Real Estate took a daylong tour of historic Annapolis, MD.

• Governor O'Malley Appoints Knaap to the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission

  Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth Director, Gerrit Knaap, PhD, was named an ex officio member of the Commission.

• UM Students Win 2010 AIA Maryland Student Design Awards

  AIA Maryland has selected Zachary Klipstein, B.S. Arch. '10, for its 2010 Undergraduate Student Award. Graduate students Nick Aello and Daniel Ankri received special citations for design excellence.

• 2010 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  Friday, October 22, 2010
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  1:30pm

• Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture

  The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation proudly announces the publication of a new book on regionalism and architecture, edited by Professor Emeritus William Bechhoefer.
  

• Planning Student Stars in Public Television Classroom Video

  Urban Studies and Planning student Riane McWain and Professor Alex Chen underscore the importance of mathematics to the practicing planner in a new Math by Design | Math in Action educational video produced by Maryland Public Television for use in local middle schools. Watch the video
  

• School Collaborates on Joint 2010 Architectural Research + International Education Conferences

  The University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation collaborated with local universities and the American Institute of Architects to host the joint 2010 Architectural Research Conference Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) and the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE).

• Mahmoud Riad, Class of '09, Becomes a Published Author

  Riad's book, Al Masmaa': The Place for Listening (Architecture: Music, City, and Culture), is based on his spring 2009 thesis and looks at the relationship between music and architecture in a non-western setting. It is available now at Amazon.com. 

• Stephen T. Ayers, Class of '85, Sworn in as Architect of the Capitol

  On May 12, 2010, Stephen T. Ayers, AIA, LEED AP was sworn in before Congress as the 11th Architect of the Capitol (AOC). Ayers, who graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Maryland in 1985, has served as Acting Architect of the Capitol since 2007.

• Planning Students in the Community

  Planning students stay connected to the commuinty by participating in the War of 1812 Bicentennial Charette and volunteering at Watkins Elementary School in the District to introduce students to the principles and practices of planning.

• Cronrath Named New Dean of UM School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  David Cronrath has been named the next dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. He will begin his Maryland post on July 1.

• Professor Rockcastle Receives 2010 AIA Honor Award for Architecture

  Professor Garth Rockcastle, FAIA, and his architecture firm Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd., have received a coveted 2010 AIA Honor Award for Architecture for their design of the Urban Outfitters Campus in Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

• UM Finalist in Elite International Solar Decathlon

  A team of University of Maryland students, faculty and mentors has earned one of 20 coveted spots in the elite international U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 Competition.

• PhD Student Wins Metropolis Conference Award

  PhD student Joe Costanzo has won an award from from the Organizers of the 2010 Metropolis Conference in the Hague to present his research on cultural participation and the integration of immigrants in Belgium.

• New Real Estate Review Examines the Business of Sustainable Development

  REAL ESTATE REVIEW | Volume 39:1
  Available now in the Architecture Library
  Edited by Margaret McFarland, Director, Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development

• Senior Housing Design & Development Symposium

  Friday, May 7 – Sunday, May 9
  Architecture Building, Auditorium

• Maryland Finishes in Final Four at National ULI Competition

  Maryland's interdisciplinary student team reached the elite winner's circle in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.

• Maryland Architecture Faculty, Alumni Recognized With School Design Award

  EE&K Architects has won a 2010 Learning by Design Grand Prize for its renovation and expansion of The School Without Walls in Washington, DC. Maryland Architecture faculty and alumni played key roles in the project.

• Letarouilly Then and Now: Images of Rome

  Exhibit | On view March 12–May 10, 2010
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  

• DIGITAL conception(s)

  Exhibit | On view March 22 - September 3, 2010
  Architecture Building, Linear Gallery

• Planning Professor Howell S. Baum Publishes Book on Baltimore School Desegregation

  Baum gives talk at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore to discuss his new book. Listen to the Podcast. Baum is also a guest on WYPR Midday with Dan Rodricks. Listen to the interview (MP3).

• Meet the New Dean: David Cronrath, AIA

  David Cronrath, AIA has been named the next dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. He will begin his Maryland post on July 1.

• Christopher Shea to Deliver 2010 Ruskin Lecture

  Wednesday, April 29, 8:00pm | Ruskin Lecture
  Christopher Shea
  East Baltimore Development Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer
  University of Maryland, School of Social Work

• Spring 2010 Lecture Series

  Wednesday, May 5, 6:15pm
  Adam Gross
  University of Maryland | Spring 2010 Kea Distinguished Professor
  Ayers Saint Gross | Principal
  Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture

• Inaugural Student Advisory Board Open Dialogue

  Wednesday, May 12
  Harvey Molotch + Crispin Sartwell
  Opening Reception | 5:30pm
  Open Dialogue | 6:15pm

• Admitted Graduate Students Open House

  Friday, March 26, 2010
  Architecture Building, Auditorium

• WaterShed in the Spotlight

• 2010 Interdisciplinary Career Fair

  Friday, March 12, 2010 | 12pm - 5pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space

• AIAS Art Auction 2010

  Postponed Until Fall 2010 

• Symposium Celebrating Life and Career of
  Thomas L. Schumacher, FAAR

  Friday, April 9 - Saturday April 10, 2010
  Architecture Building, Auditorium

• Urban Design Studio Presents Visions for Silver Spring to Montgomery Planning Board

  Ever wonder what Silver Spring, MD might be like some time in the not-so-distant future? University of Maryland graduate students, under the direction of Professor Matthew Bell, did just that, spending the Fall 2009 semester imagining urban design strategies for selected sites in Silver Spring.

• Cheyenne Outbreak Memorial Fundraiser

  Friday, April 30, 2010, 7-9pm
  Architecture Building, outside Kibel Gallery

• Architecture Alum Featured in Chinese TV Documentary

  Yuval Zohar, a 2008 graduate of the B.S. in Architecture program at the University of Maryland, is featured on a Shanghai TV documentary titled "Young American Architect."

• Most Daring Dream: Photographs by Robert Houston

  Symposium | Wednesday, March 10, 6:15pm
  Architecture Building, Auditorium
  Exhibit | On view through Friday, March 12
  Architecture Building, Linear Gallery 

• UM Progresses in Solar Decathlon 2011 Competition

  The University of Maryland has been selected to continue in the second stage of the RFP process for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011. There is still time to get involved – read more to find out how!

• Architecture Students Participate in Interdisciplinary Memory House/Desire House Project

  Architecture students, together with students from Dance and College Park Art Scholars, constructed an installation inspired by Chinese desire houses during a three-week winter term course. A series of public events held the week of February 8 will celebrate this work.

• Knaap to Speak on Maryland Smart Growth at National Building Museum

  Maryland's Smart Growth Experience: Assessing the Impact
  Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm
  National Building Museum

• Installations by Architects: Building Questions, Building Dialogue

  On View in the Kibel Gallery
  January 28–February 24, 2010

  Gallery Talk + Book Signing
  with Ronit Eisenbach
  Wednesday, February 24 | 12:30–2pm

• Maryland Takes Top Three Places in Inter-School Competition

  Ten Architecture seniors compete and win in an Inter-School Competition sponsored by the National Building Museum. Each team was made up of one member from four local schools - University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, Catholic University and Howard University.

• PhD Student Wins Competitive NeighborWorks America Scholarship

  PhD student Lynette Boswell won a competitive scholarship to the week-long NeighborWorks Training Institute, held annually in Washington, DC and sponsored by NeighborWorks America.

• December Graduates and Award Winners Announced

  Please join us in congratulating our December graduates and award winners.

• PhD Students Continue to Make Their Mark

  Ph.D. students, Rebecca Lewis, Zubin Adrienval and  Joe Costanzo continue to make their mark in the academic community by publishing articles and winning fellowships.

• Preservation Alum Raises Awareness of Threatened American Legion Post in Virginia

  HISP graduate Sonja Ingram describes the history of this Legion Post, one of few to admit African-American soldiers in the segregation era, on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Nation blog. 

• Planning Student's Report on Pedestrian Safety Gets National Media Attention

  URSP student Lilly Shoup cowrote a report, "Dangerous by Design," that ranks metropolitan areas based on the relative danger of walking. The report has been discussed in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today and National Public Radio.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | 6:15pm
  Adèle Naudè Santos, FAIA
  MIT School of Architecture and Planning | Professor and Dean

• Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come

  A new article published in the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) by Rebecca Lewis, Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Jungyul Sohn examines the development, implementation and effects of Priority Funding Areas in Maryland--the key policy instrument in Maryland's pioneering approach to smart growth.

• Maryland Alums, Faculty Selected for 2009 AIA Potomac Valley Design Awards

  AIA Potomac Valley honored numerous Maryland faculty and alumni at its 2009 Awards Gala.

• NSHOF Comprehensive Design Studio Exhibit in Annapolis, MD

  October 13-30, 2009
  Annapolis Mayor's Office
  160 Duke of Gloucester Street
  8:30am - 4:30pm, weekdays

• URSP Alumni Produce and Star in New Planning Video

  Three recent graduates now employed as consultants to Montgomery Planning collaborated on a web video about zoning changes in the Maryland county.

• EFC Offers Maryland Seafood Fresh from the Web at Foodtrader.org

  Buying and selling Maryland seafood direct from watermen and aqua-farmers just got easier thanks to a collaboration between the UM Environmental Finance Center and the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Seafood is a new addition to already popular website, www.foodtrader.org.

• Tayler Simpson Wins Colvin Institute Capstone Prize

  Tayler Simpson won the $1,000 Colvin Capstone competition with his presentation, "The Meridian," a mixed-income, mixed-use development located on 14th Street in Washington, DC, between the revitalizing U Street and Columbia Heights neighborhoods. The Capstone was mentored by David Roodberg of Horning Brothers.

• Ruth Adler Schnee: A Passion for Color and Design

  Documentary Film Screenings
  Monday, October 5, 6:15pm and Friday, October 9, 11am and 2pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  
  Exhibit Opening Lecture + Reception with Ruth Adler Schnee
  Friday, October 9, Noon
  Architecture Building Auditorium + Kibel Gallery
  

• New Graduate Student Wins Minnesota Preservation Alliance Award

  Sarina Otaibi, a new graduate student in the preservation program, is recognized for her rescue and restoration of a historic house that was threatened by demolition.

• UM Student Drawings Submitted to Library of Congress

  As recipients of the Peterson Prize Measured Drawings Competition, twenty sheets of documentation drawings, begun by Maryland historic preservation students and completed by adjunct faculty Judith Capen, are now housed at and curated by the Library of Congress.

• Mahmoud Riad Wins AIA Maryland Student Design Competition

  Mahmoud Riad, a recent graduate of the Master of Architecture program, wins AIA Maryland Student Design Award for his project, Architecture: Music, City, and Culture. Riad also received the Thesis Prize for this work.
  

• Schumacher's Cattaneo Exhibit Headed for UVA

  Casa Cattaneo: A Jewel of Italian Rationalism
  November 9-27, 2009
  University of Virginia

• Historic Preservation Alum, Najah Duvall-Gabriel, featured in Washington Post

  Najah Duvall-Gabriel, alumnus of the historic preservation program and a member of the African American Heritage Preservation group, is featured in the Washington Post for her efforts to preserve Prince George's County's rich African American heritage.

• Architecture Graduate Student, Daniel Ankri, Wins at ACSA Competition

  Daniel Ankri, architecture graduate student, wins honorable mention at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Preservation as Provocation: Rethinking Kahn's Salk Institute, International Student Design Competition.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Wednesday, November 11, 6:30pm
  Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
  Case Western Reserve University
  Mixed-Income Development: Building Housing or Building Community?
  Promoting Impact and Sustainability
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture

• Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  Friday, October 23, 2009
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  1:30pm

• Interdisciplinary Hillman Design and Development Case Competition

  The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and Developer, David Hillman, are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary design and development competition and the winning team will walk away with $15,000.
  

• Solar Decathlon 2011: Learn More + Get Involved

  Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  1110 Kim Building Lecture Hall
  5:00 - 6:15pm

• Students Teach Visually Impaired During NFB Youth Slam

  July 26 - August 1
  Architecture Building, Great Space

• Thomas L. Schumacher, Architect and Educator, Dies at 67

  Thomas L. Schumacher, professor of architecture at the University of Maryland and fellow of the American Academy in Rome, died on July 15, 2009 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was 67.

• LEAFHouse Participants on Voices of the Chesapeake Bay Radio Show

  LEAFHouse Team Leader Brittany Williams, along with faculty advisers Dr. Kaye Brubaker, Julie Gabrielli and Amy Gardner will be featured on the radio program Voices of the Chesapeake Bay with noted radio host Michael Buckley.  

• New Graduate Student Orientation Tour

  Tuesday, August 25, 2009
  8:30am - 6:00pm
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery

• Smart Growth in Maryland

  Tuesday, September 22, 2009
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  4:30pm-6:30pm

• Preservation Alumnus, Zasha Guzman Torres, Gives Historic Monument New Life

  Preservation Alumnus, Zasha Guzman Torres, gives a Harriet Tubman Monument new life as part of New York City's Monuments Conservation Program.  Work on the project was recently featured in the New York Times.

• MRED New Student Orientation

  Thursday, August 27, 2009
  6:30 -9:00, ARC Room 1101

• New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced

  Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the new Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) was formed.  CUSP joins the National Center for Smart Growth as a sister center, in order to explore research, design, education and outreach activities related to sustainable practices at the scale of the building, the community, and the city. 

• Architecture Program Work Published in form-Z Joint Study Journal

  The work of several Architecture Program faculty and students was recently showcased in the 2009 publication of the form•Z Joint Study Journal - Partnerships in Learning 16 - Digital Media and the Creative Process.

• Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, Publishes Article in Urban Land Magazine

  Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, MCP '06, has published a feature article in the May issues of Urban Land, entitled Lithuania's Capital City Goes Modern.

• Associate Professor Amy Gardner Receives Award for the Gilmer Project

  Associate Professor Amy Gardner's firm, Gardner Mohr Architects, LLC, has been awarded a 2009 Remodeling Design Award for Merit, a national award honoring excellence in design - as well as functional value, cost-effectiveness and sensitivity to the existing structure and surroundings. 

• Architecture Program Well Represented at ASCAAD Conference in Bahrain

  Papers presented at the ASCAAD Conference in Bahrain include those authored by: Michael A. Ambrose, Carl Lostritto, Johnathan Healey and Lisa LaCharité-Lostritto. Papers by Marek Hnizda and Mahmoud Riad were published in the conference proceedings.

• Planning Student, Lily Shoup, Wins APA Best Student Paper Award

  Lily Shoup, a first year Masters of Community Planning student, recently won an award from the American Planning Association's Transportation Planning Division for the best student paper of 2009.

• Maryland Team in the Winner's Circle in AIAS/AARP Livable Communities Design Competition

  A team of seniors in the Architecture program has won second place in the national competition. Alice Chiang, Tony Maiolatesi, Dan Reed and Sandra Schwartz collaboratively designed a mixed-use development that incorporates housing, retail and community amenities.

• LEAFHouse Receives Washingtonian Residential Design Award

  LEAFHouse, Maryland's Solar Decathlon 2007 house, has received an Award for Distinctive Residential Architecture in the Washingtonian / American Institute of Architects 28th Annual Awards Program.

• Birx Honored with American Institute of Architects Fellowship

  Glenn W. Birx, FAIA, LEED AP, BS Arch '80, honored with AIA fellowship for his leadership and expertise in the profession of architecture, particularly in the design of colleges and universities worldwide.

• Architecture Faculty and M.Arch. Student Present at CAADRIA Conference in Taiwan

  Assistant Professor Michael A. Ambrose and graduate student Joseph Kunkel (M.Arch. 2009) are in Taiwan this week to present a paper co-authored with two former UMD graduate students in architecture.

• Two MCP Students Win APA's National Video Competition

  Master of Community Planning students Michael Lancaster and Catherine Walsh are the winners of the American Planning Association's "The Next 100 Years" student video competition.

• Sustainability Exhibit Designed and Built by Students

  Drawing the Line
  Gallery Talk and Reception—Monday, April 27, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building, Linear Gallery
  

• Places of Refuge: The Dresser Trunk Project

  Gallery Talk and Reception: Monday, April 20, 6:30pm
  Curator William Darryl Williams with Yolande Daniels and Gary Bowden

• Collaborative Faculty/Student Urban Design Work Exhibited in Brooklyn

  The work of the Maryland Urban Research Studio will be exhibited in Brooklyn, NY, April 11–May 9, 2009. The exhibition will feature Ground Work/s, a project created by the studio in 2008.

• ARGUS Summer Skills Course

  Mike Daugard will be teaching our summer ARGUS Class which will be held on six Saturdays  from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm beginning July 18 through August 22.
  

• MRED Students Tour National Harbor for Site Visit

  On April 24^th, the Planning Policy, Practice and Politics class took a long awaited site visit to National Harbor. The visit was arranged by Mary Konsoulis and Margaret McFarland and hosted by Leslie Hristov, Associate Property Manager (MRED ‘09).

• MRED Graduation Award Winners

  Seven graduating Master's of Real Estate Development students are recognized during the School's Spring commencement ceremony.

• Architecture in the Schools

  Student Presentations: Wednesday, April 16, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space

• MRED Spring Capstone Presentations are a Grand Success

  Eleven students presented a feasibility analysis based on a "real world" development proposal of their making. Three students made summary presentations of their research thesis of a single topic.

• UM in the Winner's Circle in National Real Estate Development Competition

  An interdisciplinary team of students sponsored by the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development has, for the second year in a row, placed Maryland in the top three in the national REIDO Case Competition.

• UM AIAS Chapter Hosts Spring Quad Conference

  April 3-5, 2009
  Highlights: Moshe Safdie keynote, Beaux Arts Ball, architecture tours of Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis.

• Interdisciplinary Team Reaches Finals in National Real Estate Development Competition

  For the second year in a row, a team of students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has been selected to advance to the finals of the annual Real Estate Investment and Development Organization (REIDO) Case Competition.

• 2009 Colvin Institute Symposium - Sustainable Development: Smart, Adaptive and Green

  Saturday, May 9, 9:00am
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Dennis Jankiewicz Receives 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award

  Dennis Jankiewicz, B.Arch '73, has been awarded the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award.

• Interdisciplinary Student Team Top 10 in National Urban Design Competition

  A team of five graduate students from the Planning, Architecture and Real Estate Development programs shares the winner's circle with MIT, Harvard and Columbia at the HINES Urban Design Competition.

• Adaptive Reuse Architecture Studio Participates in Rockville Community Charrette

  The studio spent a weekend in Rockville brainstorming strategies for saving, restoring and reinventing the "Pink Bank," a 1960s-era modernist building currently slated for destruction.

• Washington on the Move: The Architecture of Transportation

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation will host the Eighth Biennial Symposium on the Historic Development of Metropolitan Washington, DC on Saturday, March 7, 2009.

• Robert C. Embry to Deliver Annual Carl M. Ruskin Lecture

  The Challenge of Urban Public Education: Robert C. Embry
  March 25, 2009, 8 pm
  Sponsored by the Urban Studies and Planning Program
  

• PhD Student Wins Transportation Scholarship

  Carolina Burnier is the winner of an annual graduate scholarship from the Women's Transportation Seminar.

• PhD Program Contributes to New Book on Smart Growth in China

  Two faculty members and a student in the PhD program in Urban and Regional Planning and Design are key contributors to a new book on smart growth in China

• Students and Alums Publish New Research in Leading Journals

  Several recent graduates and a student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design program contribute articles to several leading planning and development journals.

• Spring 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Friday, May 8, 7:00pm
  Greg Pasquarelli: SHoP Architects
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  

• Pompeii/Stabiae Study Abroad Program Featured on CBS News

  Pompeii/Stabiae study-abroad program in Italy's Vesuvian region was recently featured on the CBS Evening News. Coverage includes interviews with architecture alums Leonardo Varone, M. Arch. '06 and Nandor Mitrocsak, B.S. Arch. '06, M. Arch. '08.

• Real Estate Development Program Featured on ICSC Website

  The International Conference of Shopping Centers highlights the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development on its student homepage.

• MRED Student-Athlete Named to 2008 Allstate-AFCA Good Works Team

  Jordan Steffy, a student in the Master of Real Estate Development program, was recently named to the 2008 Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team (Division I).

• Dickson and Yazdanseta Win Architecture Thesis Award

  Beret Dickson and Farzam Yazdanseta, Fall '08 graduates of the M. Arch. program, are the winners of the Architecture Thesis Award.

• Spring 2009 Kea Distinguished Professor Announced

  Frances Halsband, FAIA will serve as the Spring 2009 Kea Distinguished Professor in the Architecture program.

• LEAFHouse Published in AIAS Journal

  The University of Maryland's award-winning LEAFHouse was published in the Fall 2008 issue of Crit, the journal of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

• SUBSEQUENT ACTION: Creative Work on Neglected Ground

  Friday, December 5, 2008
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  6:30-8:30pm

• Spring Commencement 2009

  Thursday, May, 21, 7:00pm - Comcast Center (University)
  Friday, May 22, 9:30am - Samuel Riggs Alumni Center (School)

• Maryland Students and Faculty Attend 2008 Maryland-Delaware APA Regional Conference

  This year's conference focused on green urban design and planning for the Mid-Atlantic region.

• PhD Student Presents Paper at Immigration Research Conference in College Park

  Joe Costanzo, Ph.D. candidate, presents a paper entitled "Planning to Integrate: Immigrant Participation in Urban Projects," at a University of Maryland-sponsored Conference on Immigration Research in College Park, MD.

• Interdisciplinary Career Fair

  Friday, March 6, 2009, 1:00pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space
  

• UM Alumni Recognized with Four Design Awards for New MSU Library

  A collaborative team led by three University of Maryland Architecture Program alumni has received four awards for the new Morgan State University Library in Baltimore.

• Planning Alumna Receives 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award

  Anne Corbett, M.C.P. '97, has received the 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award for visionary nonprofit leadership in the Washington, DC area, which includes a $100,000 award for her organization, the Cultural Development Corporation.

• Comprehensive Design Studio Reviews

  Monday, December 15, 2008
  Architecture Building
  10:30am-2:30pm

• First Friday: Thesis Exhibition + AIAS Social

  Friday, December 5, 2008
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  6:30–8:30pm
  

• M. Arch. Student Published in White House Redux Competition Book

  Ritsaart Marcelis, M. Arch. '09, was recently published in a book documenting the White House Redux Competition, judged by Elizabeth Diller, Mark Wigley, John Maeda and others.

• UM Alum Leads Design Team for New Green NOAA Building

  Roger Schwabacher, M. Arch '99, Senior Associate, HOK, is the lead designer for the new 280,000SF NOAA National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.

• Fall Lecture Series: Living on the Edge with Bing Thom

  Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30pm
  Guy Lombardo Memorial Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• M. Arch. Thesis Presentations

  Monday, November 17, 9am–6:30pm
  Architecture Building
  

• Kea Professor Filippo Caprioglio Speaks at the Italian Embassy

  Friday, November 14, 6:30pm
  Italian Embassy, Washington, DC
  Free Admission - RSVP Required

• M. Arch. Student Wins International Digital Modeling Competition

  Competing in a field of students from more than 150 universities in 27 countries, Farzam Yazdanseta, M. Arch. 2008, has won the top prize for architecture in the 2007–08 form•Z Joint Study Program Competition.

• Fall Lecture Series: In-Site with Patricia Patkau

  Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6:30pm
  Colden “Coke” Florance Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• LEAFHouse Returns to Campus

  LEAFHouse, the University of Maryland's award-winning 2007 Solar Decathlon entry, is back on campus!

• Assistant Professors Oakley and Ambrose Awarded 2008-2009 CTE-Lilly Fellowships

  The Architecture Program is proud to announce that Assistant Professors Deborah Oakley and Michael A. Ambrose have been awarded the prestigious University of Maryland CTE-Lilly Fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year.

• Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches

  Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:00pm
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  

• Maryland Students Sweep 2008 AIA Maryland Design Awards

  For the second year in a row, Maryland Architecture students have won the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards in the AIA Maryland Design Awards Competition.

• Planning Grad Featured in Real Estate Review

  Elana Messner, a 2007 graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been published in the spring 2008 edition of Real Estate Review.

• Stereotomy Lecture: Stone Vaults for the Modern World

  Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Fall Lecture Series: The Archaeology of Tomorrow

  Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Planning Alumna, Cathy Brown, Receives Fulbright Scholarship

  Cathy Brown, a 2006 alumna of the Urban Studies and Planning program, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Lithuania.

• High School Students Receive Scholarships to Young Scholars Program

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has awarded scholarships to six high school students for the 2008 Discovering Architecture - Young Scholars Program.

• New Book by John Frece Details Political History of Maryland's Smart Growth

  A new book by John W. Frece, Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth, details the politics and back-room maneuvering that in 1997 led to the creation of Maryland's well known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative.

• Gary Bowden, Professor of the Practice, Interviewed on NPR

  Gary Bowden, Professor of the Practice at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, is featured today on Baltimore's NPR station (88.1FM) during Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast.

• Graduate Orientation 2008

  Orientation Week is August 24-30, 2008. This week will include a series of information sessions and social activities.

• Fall 2008 Lecture Series

  Join the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland this fall for a series of lectures with leading architects, planners and urbanists.

• Fall Kea Lecture: Questions! Answers?

  Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• AIAS Featured in Washington Post Transforming Space Into Universal Design

  A group of American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is featured in The Washington Post real estate section for their contributions toward transforming a DC home into a model of universal design.

• Potomac Valley AIA Announces
  2008 Art + Architecture Contest Winners

  The Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA PV) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2nd annual Art+Architecture Contest. The competition was organized and coordinated by Peter Noonan, AIA, Professor of the Practice at University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• UM and NASA Join Forces: Architecture Students Conceptualize Proposed Center

  Aided by a research grant from NASA, eight architecture graduate students have designed concepts for the proposed Science Education and Exploration Center (SEEC).

• Real Estate Development Grads Get Nod in The Washington Post

  The inaugural class of Master of Real Estate Development graduates are featured in the Washington Post article, Grads' Next Assignment: Forge a Path of Service. 

• Discovering Architecture Program Open for Summer 2008

  Once again this year, the Architecture Program will offer Discovering Architecture for high school students as part of the Young Scholars Program from July 14 - August 1.

• Unique Maryland Ag Exchange Network Creates Free, User-Friendly, Online Marketplace to Help Farmers

  The Maryland Agricultural Exchange, created by the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland, will help farmers in Maryland and throughout the Chesapeake Bay region exchange products such as manure, compost, hay, fodder crops, fruits and vegetables, organics, equipment, livestock, and much more.

• Dean Rockcastle Interviewed in The New York Times

  Garth Rockcastle, Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, is featured in today's New York Times in the Real Estate section.

• PhD Student Successfully Defends Thesis

  Rodney Harrell, a student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design PhD Program, successfully defended his thesis, Understanding Modern Segregation: Suburbanization and the Black Middle Class.

• Architecture Students Offer Design Solutions for Proposed Hall of Fame

  Monday, May 12, 2008, 2 p.m.
  You are invited to Architecture in Sailing, a studio presentation of student designs for the proposed National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis, Maryland.

• Ph.D. Student Wins Summer Fellowship and Travel Grant

  Ph.D. student Joe Costanzo has been awarded the 2008 Summer Graduate Research Fellowship and the Goldhaber Travel Grant to attend and present at a conference in Rome, by the University's Graduate School.

• LEAFHouse Featured in New York Times Magazine's Green Issue

  The New York Times Magazine featured the University of Maryland's award-winning LEAFHouse in its April 20 issue.

• Maryland Faculty and Alumna Contribute to Spring 2008 Real Estate Review

  The Spring 2008 issue of Real Estate Review includes several articles authored by affiliates of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.

• M.Arch. Thesis Reviews April 22-24

  Spring 2008 Master of Architecture thesis reviews will be held at the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation April 22-24.

• Special Presentation: Architecture in Education

  Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  You are invited to attend Architecture in Education, a studio presentation of student designs for a new Amidon Elementary School in Washington, DC.  The studio benefits from a collaboration with the UM College of Education.

• Special Colloquium - Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture

  Friday, May 9, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  You are invited to attend Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture, a colloquium celebrating the teaching career of Professor Emeritus William Bechhoefer on the occasion of his retirement from the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• PhD Students Present Papers at Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID)

  PhD students Lynette Boswell, Joe Costanzo, Jung Ho Shin, and Maria Teresa Souza presented their research at the Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID).

• Spring 2008 Lecture Series

  Next lecture: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.
  Doing More: Eric Naslund, Studio E Architects
  2008 Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture

• Architecture Students to Present at Graduate Research Interaction Day

  Three students from the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation will present research-based design at the University of Maryland's Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID) on April 17th in the Stamp Student Union. 

• Real Estate Development Team Wins $15,000 First Prize

  A team of Masters of Real Estate Development (MRED) students win first place and $15,000 at the Second Annual REIDO Real Estate Development Case Competition.

• Prof. Ambrose and Three M.Arch. Students to Present Papers at CAADRIA Conference

  The Computer-Aided Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on April 9-12, 2008. 

• Affordable Housing Exhibit Highlights Innovative Development and Design

  On view in the Kibel Gallery April 2–May 14, 2008

• 1746 Mansion Serves as Historic Preservation Laboratory for Learning

  The School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation's Historic Preservation program has secured Bostwick, one of only four remaining pre-Revolutionary War structures in Bladensburg, MD, as a laboratory for hands-on learning and community enrichment.

• Baltimore Developer John Colvin Donates $3M to Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development Endowment

  John Colvin, Principal of Questar, Inc., a Baltimore real estate development company, and his wife Karen have provided a $3 million gift that will endow the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development.

• AIAS Art Auction - April 11th

  Don't miss the AIAS Art Auction, with artworks donated by Cesar Pelli, Mark McInturff, Roger Lewis, Michael Graves, and many more!

• New Student Exhibit Showcases Study Abroad Experiences

  Invitation to a new exhibition "Out of Bounds" featuring a collection of sketches and photographs, which highlight the variety of venues visited in 2007 by the students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• New Study: Inclusionary Zoning's Impact on Housing Production, Cost, Size

  A new National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education study shows that policies aimed at increasing the stock of affordable housing can stimulate construction of multi-family housing, but may also push up the price and reduce the size of single family houses that are built within the cities that adopted the policy.

• Smart Growth and the Maryland Department of Transportation Collaborate on Policy Research

  The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and the Maryland Department of Transportation are announce the establishment of a joint Transportation Policy Research Group on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park.

• Urban Studies & Planning and University of Baltimore Co-host Lecture on Racial Politics in Baltimore

  The 2008 Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lecture, "Roots: A Genealogy of Racial Politics in Baltimore", will be given by Dr. Matthew Crenson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, at 8pm on March 26, 2008 at the University of Baltimore, Thumel Business Center Auditorium.

• Historic Preservation Program Secures 1746 Mansion for Educational Use

  The Historic Preservation Program secures Bostwick, a pre-Revolutionary War structure, outbuildings, and approximately 7 acres of grounds owned by the Town of Bladensburg, for educational use.

• Student Project Named Top Ten Urban Planning Website of 2008

  Rethink College Park, an interactive community website launched by two University of Maryland students in 2006, has been named one of the web's top ten planning, development, and design websites in 2008.

• URSP Alumnus Sarah Franklin wins APA 2007 New Planner of the Year award

  Sarah, who earned her Master of Community Planning degree in 2006, received the 2007 award on the basis of her high quality work at Jakubiak & Associaties, a town planning and economic consulting firm based in Annapolis, MD.

   

• School Experts from Zurich and Washington to Convene for Urban School Design Symposium

  "Defining the Urban School in the 21st Century," an international symposium, will be held at the University of Maryland on February 16.

• New Gallery Show to Feature 31 International Examples of Innovative School Buildings

  “School Buildings—The State of Affairs,” a traveling exhibit organized by Professor Isaac Williams with partners from AIA DC and the Embassy of Switzerland, will be on display in the Kibel Gallery February 15–March 14, 2008.

• Mark your calendar! URSP Alumni Career Panel - February 22, 2008

  Annual URSP Alumni Career Panel sponsored by Student Planning Association (SPA) - Friday, February 22, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

• Professors Schumacher and Ambrose Publish Essays in New Monograph

  Architecture Professors Thomas L. Schumacher and Michael A. Ambrose contributed to a new monograph on the work of Giovanni Caprioglio.

• Maryland Team Envisions the "City of the Future"

  A faculty/student team from the University of Maryland competed in "City of the Future," a design competition staged by the History Channel.

• New Architecture Graduates Share Their LEAFHouse Experience

  Three architecture students graduating this month are profiled by the UM Newsdesk. Learn more about their involvement in LEAFHouse.

• PhD Graduate's Article Published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research

  Our second Ph.D. graduate, Vikas Mehta, has just published an article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

• URSP ranked as a top 10 planning program in new national study

  The Urban Studies and Planning Program (URSP) ranks #10 among all U.S. urban and regional planning programs, according to a new study from Academic Analytics.
  

• Tiffany Williams, 2nd year URSP student, wins 2007 APA Outstanding Student Leadership Award

  Tiffany won the award on the basis of her Student Planning Association work and her pivotal role in a highly successful partnership between the University of Maryland and Norwood High School in Montgomery County.

• Ph.D. Student Wins a Research and Seminar Grant from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

  Maria Teresa Souza received a US$10,000 grant from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to develop a research paper and to participate in a seminar focusing on the impact of public regulations on the process of urbanization in Latin America with her research proposal titled "Informality, Land Use Regulation, and Housing Price: a Model Applied to Curitiba, Brazil,"

• M. Arch. Thesis Reviews December 12-13

  Fall 2007 Master of Architecture thesis reviews will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• New Book Shows How Changes in Land Development Can Help Mitigate Climate Change

  A new book co-authored by URSP faculty member Reid Ewing concludes that urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it.
  
  

• Maryland is #1 Solar Decathlon Team in America

  In a field of 20 U.S. and European universities, the University of Maryland placed 2nd overall in the Solar Decathlon and won the People's Choice Award.

• New Gallery Show Features the Work of Grimshaw Architects

  “Macro to Micro” is now open at the Kibel Gallery.

• Maryland Students Sweep AIA Maryland Design Competition

  Florence Ho and Brian Essig, graduate students in the Architecture Program, were honored for design excellence by the AIA Maryland Society.

• URSP Student Wins Distinguished Leadership Award

  Tiffany Williams, a 2nd year masters student in the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been named as the 2007 winner of the "Sherwin Greene Distinguished Leadership Award for a Student Planner" by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association.

• Maryland Students Sweep Storm Housing Design Competition

  Students in the Fall 2007 graduate-level Advanced Technology course took the top three places in Storm Housing 2007, an international design competition sponsored by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association. Maryland students also received four honorable mentions in a field of nearly 60 entries.
  

• LEAFHouse Wins at Solar Decathlon 2007

  University of Maryland's LEAFHouse wins the BP Solar People's Choice Award and places 2nd overall in the Solar Decathlon 2007.  Click here to see the final scores.

• URSP Recently Visited by Richard Sennett for Lecture and Seminar

  World-renowned social science scholar Richard Sennett recently gave a lecture entitled "The Architecture of Justice" on Monday, Nov. 19 in the auditorium of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Sennett also led a seminar further exploring the subject on Tuesday, Nov. 20 in the School's conference room.

• US-India Conference a Success

  This event, held on Nov. 16-17, was sponsored by the University of Maryland Office of International Programs and hosted by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation

• Fall Lecture Series: Planning for Opportunity, Equity and Change

  Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:00pm
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• LEAFHouse Featured on Voice of America

  LEAFHouse, the University of Maryland's entry in the Solar Decathlon 2007 competition, was recently featured on Voice of America. Read more and download the video at Voice of America.

• "Community Heritage Preservation Project" Receives Mayor's 2007 Award

  Dr. Angel David Nieves, Assistant Professor, Historic Preservation was a founding committee member of the Washington DC “Community Heritage Preservation Project,” along with Joy Ford Austin of the DC Humanities Council, Patsy Fletcher of the DC Office of Planning, and Marya McQuirter, Ph.D., an independent scholar.

• Gallery Talk

  The Kibel Gallery will host a panel discussion, Architectural Design and Structural Innovation, on Monday, September 24, at noon. Come for lunch and an illuminating conversation! Free and open to the public. Event Details

• New Exhibit Features Innovative Structures of Waclaw Zalewski

  The new exhibit at the Kibel Gallery examines the work of Waclaw Zalewski, one of the most innovative and influential structural designers practicing today. The show includes an ingenious folding pavilion for a world's fair in Seville, a roof of steel that floats on a halo of light in a Korean arena, and a soaring supermarket roof in Poland.

• Fall 2007 Lecture Series

  The School will host eight lectures and a gallery talk this fall. Materiality, structure, and tectonics create the framework for the architectural lectures this fall, reinforced by technologically-rich exhibitions and events in the Kibel Gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

• Ph.D. Students Win Graduate Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration

  Two URPD students, Andi Livi Smith and Carolina Burnier received Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration.
  

• Ph.D. Student Wins Dissertation Fellowship Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Andi Livi Smith was the recipient of dissertation fellowship plus travel funds to attend the Active Living Research conference in San Diego in 2007.
  

• Alumni in the News

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• Assistant Professor Isaac Williams awarded Henry C. Welcome Fellowship

  Isaac Williams, Assistant Professor of Architecture, at the School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation is a recipient of this year's Henry C. Welcome Fellowship, issued by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The Welcome Fellowship is a state-wide competitive grant program that supports the research, creative work, publications, and speaking engagements of accomplished and promising new full time faculty of diverse backgrounds.

• April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell

• Michael Vergason, FAAR Named the Spring 2007 Visiting KEA Professor

  Michael Vergason, FAAR of Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. (MVLA) Named the Spring 2007 Visiting KEA Professor

• LEAFHouse in the News

  The project, called Leading Everyone to an Abundant Future House or "LEAFHouse," boasts of 48 solar panels powering 52 batteries and floors heated by rain water. It is the brainchild of architecture, engineering and even some communication students at the University of Maryland.

• Dr. Gerrit-jan Knaap Receives 2006 Outstanding Planner Award

  Dr. Gerrit-Jan Knaap, executive director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, has been awarded the “2006 Outstanding Planner Award” by the Maryland chapter of the American Planning Association.

• April 25th at 7pm: Diversity and Planning - Challenges and Prospects.

  Panelist Anne Baum, Joseph Chang, Deborah Crain and Dr. Iraya Ruiz and moderator, Dr. Angel David Nieves talk about the challenges and prospects of planning in today's diverse society.

• Willow Lung Amam & Professor Shenglin Chang Present Article at Asian-American Studies Association Conference

  April 2007: Master's student, Willow Lung Amam, along with UMD Landscape Architecture faculy member, Shenglin Chang, co-authored the article "At Home, Away from Home: Suburban Landscape Encounters and Taiwanese Immigrant Identity Transformation"

• Rodney Harrell co-authors article

  April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell, co-authored the article "From Renting to Homeownership: Using Tax Incentives to Encourage Homeownership among Renters" in the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

• School Wins Two Congress for the New Urbanism Awards in 2007

  College Park – Thursday, March 22, 2007 -- Alejandra Hernandez, who received her Master of Architecture degree in December 2006, has won the coveted 2007 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism. 

• Amy Hofstra and Professor Reid Ewing Co-Author Article in Planning Magazine

  February 2007: Master's student, Amy Hofstra, along with faculy member, Reid Ewing co-authored the article "Traffic Calming Initiatives - Approaching the Tipping Point" in this month's Planning Magazine.

• URSP Students Rodney Harrell and Willow Lung Amam Place at PROMISE Research Symposium

  January 2007: Two URSP students, Ph.D. student Rodney Harrell and MCP student, Willow Lung Amam, placed at this year's PROMISE Research Symposium held at College Park on January 22nd for their oral presentations in the area of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, Education, and Humanities.

• Alumni in the News: Colleen Mitchell & Adrianne Aul

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• New Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning

  For more information, visit http://professionalstudies.umd.edu/transportation/
  

• Rethink College Park

  Check out this blog site about College Park development news and events!