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Thu, 03/27/2025 - 12:00

This article was originally published in Maryland Today. The packet of unfamiliar sheet music was a signal that I might be in over my head as a rookie guitar player. (And by unfamiliar, I mean the actual symbols on the page—is that a parenthesis on its side?)I looked warily at my colleague, Ken Fill...

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 12:00

The biggest obstacle Giuseppe Gordillo-Terreros faced going to college wasn’t the apprehension of move-in or the first day of classes: It was the application process. As the first person in his family to go to a four-year university, he found it very challenging to navigate the lengthy paperwork, in...

Thu, 09/05/2024 - 12:00

The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation announced the promotions of five faculty members in the Architecture and Historic Preservation Programs, effective Fall 2024. Architecture Program:Ken Filler, Assistant Clinical ProfessorKen Filler (B.S. Architecture ‘1...

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 12:00

If there was ever a group of students more deserving—and ready—to walk across a commencement stage, it was the class of 2024. Freshly pressed gowns and decorated caps could not detract from the smiles beaming off the parade of undergraduates as they weaved through a standing-room-only Clarice Smith ...

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 12:00

For Associate Clinical Professor Mike Binder (M.Arch ‘06), teaching architecture wasn’t rocket science. He knows, because he did that—in a former life at NASA before scratching an itch to leverage his science mind to propel sustainable, regenerative design. Teaching architecture for UMD’s School of ...

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:00

The story originally appeared in Maryland Today.Anyone who’s experienced the off-ramp from the Beltway to Baltimore Avenue on a typical Wednesday morning (and the tangle of roadwork that follows en route to campus) has earned their stripes in the battle to get to work on time.But road warriors, cons...