MAPP News
MAPP Students Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
Town centers, skyscrapers and construction sites became classrooms for 30 MAPP students during a three-day trip to New York City earlier this month.Storymap photos (link below) by Jelena DjakovicView Article Details for MAPP Students Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple 
Beaux Arts Restart
Alums of a certain age look back on the Architecture Building’s Great Space as the setting for countless studio hours, lectures, thesis and even graduations—but also for its wild transformation each spring to a 1920s speakeasy, the streets of New York City or a star-studded Hawaiian luau. Beaux Arts...View Article Details for Beaux Arts Restart 
Healthy Places Seed Grant Hosts Mid-Year Roundtable
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP), the School of Public Health (SPH), UMD faculty, staff and students attended the mid-year meeting for the Healthy Places Seed Grant program on Thursday, Nov. 30. The in-person, two-hour meeting, hosted by Dawn Jourdan, dean of MAPP and Bor...View Article Details for Healthy Places Seed Grant Hosts Mid-Year Roundtable 
PALS Projects Focus On Community Impact For the Fall 2023 Semester
This fall, the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability program (PALS) has continued its efforts to solve Maryland’s toughest issues with the help of the university’s brightest students and faculty. Administered by MAPP’s National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG), PALS works to connect studen...View Article Details for PALS Projects Focus On Community Impact For the Fall 2023 Semester 
Professor David Cronrath Retires
Written by Christine Cestello HinojosaDean (2010-2016)David Cronrath, who served as dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation from 2010 to 2016, has begun his retirement. After arriving here from Louisiana State, he served six years as dean, transitioned to the office of the prov...View Article Details for Professor David Cronrath Retires 
Five MAPP Faculty Awarded University Funding to Tackle “Grand Challenges” of Our Time
Efforts to address global water issues, combat urban inequity, respond to environmental contamination and close the digital divide will receive new funding as part of the largest comprehensive grant program in University of Maryland’s history. The Grand Challenges Grants Program, an unprecedented $3...View Article Details for Five MAPP Faculty Awarded University Funding to Tackle “Grand Challenges” of Our Time