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  • Jennifer Cotting

    EFC Water Quality Expert Tapped by Gov. Wes Moore

    Environmental Finance Center (EFC) Director Jennifer Cotting has been appointed to Maryland’s BayStat Program Scientific Advisory Panel by Gov. Wes Moore. The advisory panel oversees restoration programs for the Mid-Atlantic’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Atlantic Coastal Bays.
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  • Illustration of a house with bushes in foreground. Watercolor feel

    Housing, Reframed

    This article originally appeared in TERP Magazine. Written by Karen Shih ’09.THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD. Or it’s at least delayed, for recent college grads. According to a report earlier this year from mortgageresearch.com, they won’t be able to afford a house until 2034.
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  • McMillan Reservoir center with sand bins in background

    An Abandoned D.C. Water Site Regains its Utility

    For decades, abandoned concrete silos cresting the horizon like post-apocalyptic chess pieces presented an eerie curiosity for drivers crawling along one of the busiest arteries in and out of Washington, D.C.
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  • Nader Tehrani giving a lecture

    Designing Solutions to “Emerging Challenges”

    In the mid-aughts, acclaimed architect Nader Tehrani was tapped to reconceive the historic Hinman Research Building on Georgia Tech’s campus for its College of Architecture. But when the market crashed in the early days of the project, Tehrani and the team at his architecture firm, NADAAA, had to find a way to deliver on the college’s programming needs—with half the budget. 
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  • Monticello

    6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father

    This story was originally published in Maryland Today.
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  • Peter Noonan and a view inside a house with wooden structures.

    Professor Peter Noonan Elevated to 2025 AIA College of Fellows

    Professor of the Practice and architecture alum Peter Noonan (‘88, M.Arch '92) is one of 83 individuals who has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows this year. The honor is the organization's highest distinction; less than 3% of AIA members hold the designation.
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