Urban Studies and Planning

• MAPP Spring 2013 Commencement Address

  John R. Griffin, Secretary, Maryland Department of Natural Resources gives MAPP Spring 2013 Commencement Address

  
  
  

• 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.
  

• 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!

• 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

• Reston: The Art of Community

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

• 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

• 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!

• 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

• 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. 

• 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.

• 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"
  

• 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"
  

• 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

• 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

• 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.
  

• 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.

• 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: 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"

• 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"

• 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
  

• 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"

• 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
  

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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
  

• 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"

• 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.

• 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.

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series

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

• 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

• Summer Study Abroad Opportunities

  Education around the globe

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

• 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
  

• 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.
  

• "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). 
  

• 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"
  

• 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
  

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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

• 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.
  

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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."

• 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.
  

• 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.

• 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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 2010 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

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

• 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
  

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.
  

• Smart Growth in Maryland

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

   

• 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

• 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.

• 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.
  
  

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• Alumni in the News

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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"

• 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.

• 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

• Rethink College Park

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

• 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.

• New Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning

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