MAPP News
A Prescription for Healthier Communities
A new grant initiative launched by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) and the School of Public Health (SPH) hopes to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable communities.View Article Details for A Prescription for Healthier Communities 
Students a City's Narrative Through a Camera Lens
As University of Maryland architecture student Elena Poll walked through Havana, Cuba’s, stately capitol building, what struck her wasn’t the marble halls or its majestic dome, but what she saw in its shadow: faded, pastel facades of once glorious Spanish-style buildings, now crumbling in ruin.View Article Details for Students a City's Narrative Through a Camera Lens 
Bringing Justice—and a New Chapter—to a College Park Community
The intersection of Rhode Island Avenue, Lakeland Road and Navahoe Street in the College Park neighborhood of Lakeland holds two pasts: One is of streetcars and Saturday night socials, corner stores and community parades; the other, of bulldozers, displacement and the erasure of a once-vibrant community.View Article Details for Bringing Justice—and a New Chapter—to a College Park Community 
Planning Students, PLCC Earn Accolades at Maryland Sustainable Growth Awards
A Fall 2021 urban planning studio that used scenario planning to chart a thriving, sustainable future for one Montgomery County community and a UMD-led initiative to bring sustainable, equitable growth along the Purple Line light rail corridor have been honored by the Maryland Department of Planning in this year’s Sustainable Growth Awards.View Article Details for Planning Students, PLCC Earn Accolades at Maryland Sustainable Growth Awards 
National Conference on Small Business Anti-Displacement Finds Strength in Numbers
When James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Grace Young was asked to reflect on the best meal she ate last week, her mind gravitated to Hop Lee, a longstanding Cantonese restaurant in the heart of New York’s Chinatown. On any given weekday, its pastel dining room bustles with teachers, postal workers and residents who commune over plates of stir-fry and noodles.“It’s a feeling of warmth to just be there; I call it the ‘Cheers’ of Chinese restaurants,” she said. “And the food is wonderful.”View Article Details for National Conference on Small Business Anti-Displacement Finds Strength in Numbers 
Study Finds Neighborhood Features Impact Mental and Physical Health for Better or Worse
By Allison Eatough ’97View Article Details for Study Finds Neighborhood Features Impact Mental and Physical Health for Better or Worse