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Dear Alumni,
As we welcome in a warm summer, a buzz remains from all we've accomplished so far this year. This spring we saw our largest graduation class graduate in a new venue, the opening of our new Linear Gallery, more than $25,000 donated to the Bennett-DuPuy Studio Fund, and began work on the first volume of our Dean's Legacy book series- Visions of Place, edited by Professor Emeritus William Bechhoefer.
This summer our students, faculty and staff are traveling the globe for study tours and study abroad courses. In addition to our impressive Turkey, Stabia and St. Petersburg trips, this year, a graduate student in the Architecture program is leading a study tour to his native Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana.
This summer, we are also saying farewell to Julia Jarvis Myers who, after 27 years of service, has decided to retire and take up a life of travel and adventure. Julie has been such an invaluable member of our family and the work she has accomplished during her tenure is no small feat.
In addition to Julie transitioning into retirement, Assistant Professor Deborah Oakley has accepted a position with the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Her expertise in the classroom and help with the School lecture series will be greatly missed.
Thank you, Julie and Deborah, for your hard work and dedication.
Sincerely,
Garth Rockcastle, FAIA
Professor and Dean
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| Alumni Association news + announcements + events |
Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, Publishes Article in Urban Land Magazine Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, MCP '06, has published a feature article in the May issue of Urban Land, entitled Lithuania's Capital City Goes Modern. Cathy, currently on a Fulbright fellowship, wrote the article in conjunction with her research on planning issues in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
Urban Studies and Planning Alumni and Faculty Updates
Want to know what your fellow planning alums and former professors have been up to? Check out all the latest updates including: promotions, marriages, baby announcements and research interests.
Alumni Updates
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Call for Exhibit Boards: Bennett - DuPuy Exhibit Continued
The call for submissions of alumni/ae work for the DuPuy/Bennett retirement event yielded 44 excellent boards - enough for a great exhibition in the Fall. But it would be even better if more graduates participated.
If you couldn't get organized to submit in May, try again in July. Here what you need to do:
- Click Here to download the template
- Design, print and mount your 24" square board
- Mail or drop-off your board with your best work to the School's front desk by 1 August.
- Architecture Building #145; College Park, MD 20742
There will be an exhibition and a reception in the Fall - if you get this, you'll get an invitation. But just in case, contact your friends and classmates to help make this the most complete alumnae/i show ever. |
Kristine D'Elisa, BS Arch '94, has received the LEED AP Homes accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council. She is a principal at R.S. Granoff Architects, P.C.
Jonathan McKearin, MArch '09, has received the LEED AP Homes accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Andrea Livi Smith, URPD '08, was recently named Director of the Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington. She will start the new responsibilities in August, after a year on the Mary Washington faculty. She hopes to guide the Center to more planning and transportation oriented projects in the future. Andrea graduated from UMD's PhD program under the guidance of Kelly Clifton in August of last year. To find out more about UMW's Center for Historic Preservation, visit: http://www.umw.edu/cas/chp/. |
| School news + announcements + events |
Students Partner with National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to Teach Visually Impaired During NFB Youth Slam
This summer, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will hold a one-week learning experience for two hundred blind and low-vision high school students from across the country. The event, hosted at the University of Maryland, will focus on engaging the students in science, technology, engineering and math, subjects often believed to be impossible for the blind. Read more... |
New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced
Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the 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. Read more... |
Professor Matt Bell on Transit-Oriented Development
CoStar Group interviewed Professor Matt Bell in April 2009 to get his take on why high-density projects with a mass transit component are still attracting a fair amount of interest. The article also looks at how much of a boost urban and transit-oriented development (TOD) projects will get from the $787 billion stimulus package, which contains $18 billion for the expansion of mass transit, high-speed rail and intercity passenger rail programs. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
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. The award winning work of Farzam Yazdanseta (M.Arch, 2008) is featured on the cover of the journal. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
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. This latest award adds to the long list of honors the LEAFHouse has received, including second place overall in the Solar Decathlon 2007, first or second place in half of the Solar Decathlon individual contests, the Solar Decathlon People's Choice Award, recognition from the Maryland State Legislature, and industry awards from ASHRAE, NAHB and IEEE. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
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. Read more... |
Two Planning Students Win APA's National Video CompetitionMaster 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.The APA announced the award in early April 2009. Read more...
Click here to watch Lancaster and Walsh's winning video.
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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. Read more... |
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 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 (Sunday, 12 July) with noted radio host Michael Buckley. Read more...
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  SPECIAL THANKSThis past year the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's Lecture Series was fortunate to host some of most impressive professionals in our represented disciplines including: Moshe Safdie, Frances Halsband, john powell and Leon Krier. As with all things, the success of the Lecture Series is the direct result of hardwork from dedicated individuals.
In the case of our Lecture Series, it is due to the dedication displayed by Assistant Professors Michael Ambrose and Deborah Oakley. Their commitment to the Lecture Series has helped increase both the quality speakers and quantity of attendees.
Thank you for all your hardwork Michael and Deborah! |
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Faculty Transitions
After several years with the School Deborah Oakley has accepted a position as Associate Professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Professor Oakley will be leading a rewriting the Technology Curriculum at the University.
Deborah has a rare dual background that includes education, professional practice and licensure in the fields of both civil/structural engineering and architecture. She has spent her professional career working to help bridge the gap which all too frequently exists between architects and engineers. This aspiration formed the core of her scholarly and creative work at the University of Maryland. She is a founding member of the Building Technology Educators' Society (BTES), president-elect for 2008-09 and will serve as president in 2009-10. The BTES is the first international non-profit organization of architectural technology educators dedicated to the promotion of the best pedagogic practices for topics related to construction materials and methods and structures.
Deborah, we will miss you more than you know. |
Staff Transition - A Personal Perspective
Julia Jarvis Myers has worked at the University of Maryland, School of Architecture for 27 years. On July 1, 2009, Julia retired, leaving a legacy that will be hard to fill. I met Julia when she was very young and her older sister Maryann and I attended the same high school. I didn't know that our paths would cross again until I came to work for the Dean at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in August 1990. That day renewed a friendship that will never end. Julia has worked for the founding Dean - John Hill, Dean John Steffian, Dean Steven Hurtt and the present Dean - Garth Rockcastle. Julia was, and still is, the person that I go to with any questions regarding students. She has helped guide new and veteran students alike on their path into the Architecture Program, through their graduation day, and onto additional graduate work.
Julie's love of flowers became twofold when the present Dean brought beautiful new foliage into the center courtyard of the school. Julie gave the courtyard tender loving care and now the courtyard is not just concrete, but an area to sit, study, meet and enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings. There is only one Julia - a very intelligent person who cares very deeply for the well-being of every student that has crossed her path in the last 27 years. Julie is the person that students know to come to when they have problems - knowing that she will resolve the situation. Julia will leave a footprint in this School forever and I will miss a dear friend that I have looked up to since the day I started here. If one would ask themselves, what have I done for the last 27 years of my life? Julie can certainly say that she gave her heart to every faculty member, staff member, and student that entered these doors and helped them to achieve their collegiate goals.
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Bennett - Du Puy Retirement Celebration Success
If you missed the Bennett-Du Puy Celebration you missed one good party! We laughed, we cried laughing and then we laughed some more... and we raised more than $25,000 for the Studio Fund. Click here and check out the pictures for yourself.
Didn't get to submit an exhibit board? It's not too late, scroll up to read the "Call for Submissions" under Alumni News. |
MRED Students Tour National Harbor for Site Visit
On April 24th, 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). Read more... |
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A note from Paris - Karl Du Puy
Can you imagine anything better -- to spend 5 weeks in Paris and 1 week on the road, sketching, reporting on, and discussing the great sites encountered. Well 18 School of Architecture students are living that dream. Led by Professor Emeritus Karl Du Puy and Adjunct Lecturer Nicolas Mansperger these graduate and undergraduate architecture students have signed on for intensive 10-hour days of studying French architecture, urbanism and landscape. For this they will receive 6 architecture elective credits and a host of new experiences.
In the Place Dauphine Stewart White, a well-known watercolor specialist, helped us all master new skills. As is the tradition the students assembled in front of the Odeon for the official class pictures. Stay tuned for more reports from Paris where the sites / sights are everything that one would expect from this great city -- its architecture, urbanism, and landscape can only be appreciated by being here!
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2009 Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture
Wednesday, November 11
Architecture Building, Auditorium
Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Mixed-Income Development: Building Housing or Building Community?
Promoting Impact and Sustainability
Dr. Joseph will also speak at a follow-up seminar on Thursday, November 12, at 10:30am in the Dean's Conference Room. | |
| From the Program Directors |
 Jim Cohen, PhD - Urban Studies and Planning
Jim is completing research, in collaboration with Marie Howland, on trends in industrially-zoned land use in Prince George's County (MD) and the economic impacts and policy implications of those trends. In related research, he and master's student, Becky Schaaf, are exploring principles and considerations that inform green local economic development strategies, and will create a template to facilitate discussion of what "green" means in the local economic development context.
Marie Howland's current research, conducted with Professor Jim Cohen, graduate students Scott Dempwolf and Laura Ainsman, and Ph.D. graduate Doan Nguyen examines the role of industrial activities in the post-industrial suburban economy of Prince George's County. Another PhD student, Maria Teresa Souza, successfully defended her thesis in March on: The Effect of Land Use Regulation on Housing Price and Informality: A Model Applied to Curitiba, Brazil. Teresa is the seventh graduate from our new School-wide Ph.D. program.
 The National Center for Smart Growth, in collaboration with the Environmental Finance Center, continues to make a significant impact in the communities in which we live, and this just got a little easier.. On May 7, 2009, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed new land use legislation which includes a specific role for the NCSG. Parts the legislation were drafted by a committee on which I served as chair. To learn more about this new legislation visit: http://www.mdp.state.md.us/green.htm.
Don continues to direct ongoing work at Bostwick House in Bladensburg; an archaeological survey has been finalized and work on the new access road is progressing. Bostwick hosted over 40 members of the Campus Club, including Mrs. Mote, for a tour and lunch in March. He's written a book, So Brilliant a Prospect: The Springfield Gas Machine and the Illumination of Industry and Leisure, to be published by the University of Tennessee Press, and is working to finalize another edited volume on Roland Robbins' excavations at Saugus Iron Works.
July is the month to retool and rejuvenate -- same is true for the MRED program. We are relooking at our finance and investment curriculum, retooling our introductory course, exploring the possibilities of offering a 3-course sequence in hospitality development and doing preparatory work for the Hillman Real Estate Development Competition that opens in September. This will be the first competition administered by the Colvin Institute and is sponsored and funded by David Hillman of Southern Management Corporation. We are looking for up to 6 teams of 5 students each to submit proposals for a 250 acre site located in Pennsylvania. Requirements are that the students come from at least three disciplines--design (architecture or landscape architecture, development (real estate or finance), planning (urban studies or civil engineering). The other 2 students may be from any of those disciplines or others. We will have public presentations with 3rd party judges right before Thanksgiving. Dates and details will be forthcoming. Do plan to come, or if you are interested in being an advisor to any of the teams, please contact Susanna Florance, Assistant Director, at srf@umd.edu.
There will be lots of energy in the studios later this month, with 60 high school students "Discovering Architecture" in the University of Maryland's Young Scholars Program. The National Federation for the Blind's Youth Slam will bring 15 additional high school students to the Architecture building for a week-long design experience. Summer is a time for me to catch up on research and writing. In late July, I will present a paper on building skins at the upcoming 2009 International Conference on the Arts and Society, to be held in conjunction with the Venice Biennale. |
| Career Opportunities |
Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - The University of Maryland, College Park, invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. A member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the flagship of the University System of Maryland, the University is located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor within nine miles of the nation's capital. The university ranks among the top 20 public universities, with nationally-ranked programs and innovative undergraduate programs. The Dean is expected to play a major leadership role in advancing the best standards of Architecture, Urban Planning, Preservation, and Real Estate. This includes serious engagement with regional, national and international organizations in each of those disciplines. Learn more...
Student Affairs Coordinator, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - Manage the School's recruitment system including working with the Program Directors to create and implement recruitment plans for graduate and undergraduate students. Represent the School as a whole at School, University, Region and Nation wide recruitment events. Manage the School's admissions systems and manage the information flow with students at all levels (undergraduate and graduate). Qualified applicants will have: A bachelor's degree or equivalent amount of experience and training. Comprehensive knowledge of university policies and procedures related to student academic interests. Successful candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, attention to detail and be a creative problem solver. Must be able to respond to various requests simultaneously and provide excellent customer service. Learn more... |
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