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Wed, 11/05/2025 - 12:00

Written by Katherine ShaverAs construction on the light-rail Purple Line continues between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, University of Maryland researchers are helping to ensure that lower-income renters can continue living close enough to share in its benefits.

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 12:00

How did a seashell bankroll an ancient civilization? Why does Spain’s most famous Catholic cathedral contain an Islamic mihrab? Did renderings of a 16th century Italian palace overlook an intentional optical illusion? Answers to some of history’s perplexing questions will be the subject of a TED-talk style event November 14 at the University of Maryland, highlighting breakthrough research from UMD faculty and students on the mysteries of the ancient world. 

Fri, 10/10/2025 - 12:00

The University of Maryland and statewide nonprofit Preservation Maryland are partnering to repurpose the historic Ellicott City Jail, a looming landmark in Howard County, Md. that has stood for more than 170 years. Preservation Maryland anticipates breaking ground on this project in Spring 2026.

Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00

In the summer of 2006, University of Maryland Professor Emeritus Lindley Vann and 19 architecture students traveled to the Bay of Naples to explore an ancient city, lost in ash. Over the next 20 years, factions of students returned each summer to participate in a global effort to excavate and document one of the last surviving Italian villas that once catered to the Roman elite. 

Fri, 09/12/2025 - 12:00

Around the U.S., an estimated 40 children are hit by cars every day walking to school—a statistic Karen Kali’s son became part of earlier this year. The Silver Spring, Md., middle schooler was hit and injured by a car in a crosswalk not far from his home on a bright afternoon in February. 

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 12:00

Dr. Juan Luis Burke has been promoted with tenure to Associate Professor of Architecture by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.