MAPP News
Fulbright Scholar Looks to U.S. Preservation Efforts for Inspiration in Ukraine
When Kateryna Goncharova presented the University of Maryland’s Historic Preservation program’s Marvin Breckenridge Patterson Lecture at the Ukrainian embassy in 2012, she emphasized significant differences between the U.S. preservation industry and the system of preservation in her home country of ...View Article Details for Fulbright Scholar Looks to U.S. Preservation Efforts for Inspiration in Ukraine 
Inspiring the Profession through Experience – The Thomas L. Schumacher Memorial Endowment
Towards the end of a difficult spring semester in 1985, Chris McCabe (B.S. Architecture ’85, M.ARCH ’87) was at a crossroads. Having studied architecture at UMD for four years, she was uncertain as to whether she had the talent and confidence needed to tackle the Master’s program in architecture. Fo...View Article Details for Inspiring the Profession through Experience – The Thomas L. Schumacher Memorial Endowment 
Alumni Profile: Meet Abraham Murrell
Before MAPP alum Abraham (Abe) Murrell (B.S. Architecture ’13) starts his master’s degree in architecture this fall, he has a small to-do list. It’s an ambitious list to squeeze into six months: Abe wants to travel, volunteer and also get some hands-on experience in construction. Even more ambitious...View Article Details for Alumni Profile: Meet Abraham Murrell HISP Alum Co-Authors Genealogy Article with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for The Root
Alumna Kristin Britanik (MHP ‘09) co-authored an article for The Root this past July with literary critic and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The article, entitled “Did Africans Immigrate to Jim Crow America?” addresses a reader question about tracing the roots of her great-great-grandfather, who will...View Article Details for HISP Alum Co-Authors Genealogy Article with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for The Root 
William Bonstra Endowment to Provide Need-based Student Support through New Terpstart Program
Bill Bonstra, FAIA (B.ARCH ’83) has spent his career as an architect seeking to enrich people’s lives through thoughtful design, a philosophy he has extended to his relationship with the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation for over 30 years. This past month, Bonstra, who has supported ...View Article Details for William Bonstra Endowment to Provide Need-based Student Support through New Terpstart Program 
Vikas Mehta (PhD 06)
He has just accepted The Terence M. Fruth/Gemini Chair of Signage Design and Community Planning and Eminent Scholar of Urban/Environmental Design position at the University of Cincinnati. The chair professorship will develop a new initiative focused on communication in the urban environment (CUE) by...View Article Details for Vikas Mehta (PhD 06)