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A Second Career at UMD Offers an Unlikely ROI: Student Success
When Maria Day-Marshall was a little girl, she wanted to be exactly like her cousin. So when her cousin proclaimed she was going to be a lawyer when she grew up, Day-Marshall decided she would too. It's the kind of childhood plan that rarely carries into adulthood, but Day-Marshall’s did—through a M...View Article Details for A Second Career at UMD Offers an Unlikely ROI: Student Success 
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When Eric Walter ‘04 MRED ‘10 was first breaking into real estate development after graduating from the University of Maryland, the prevailing response he heard from recruiters was, “You’re never going to get hired.” This was probably not the story that Elliot Genus ‘26, who graduates from UMD this ...View Article Details for Prime Real Estate 
Making (an Even Greater) College Park
Written by Jeremy BerlinWant to look into the future? Jessica Jones MRED ‘09 and Tom Parker ‘09, MRED ‘17 in front of Aster in College Park, Md. Try driving around College Park, Maryland, on an arctic Tuesday in January. You’ll see nondescript office buildings become high-tech research hubs. Past-...View Article Details for Making (an Even Greater) College Park 
Finding an Off-Campus Apartment Can Be Stressful. A Student-Created Platform Aims to Change That.
This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by Karen Shih ’09A friend’s text of a promotional flier saved Aadarsh Govada ’27 the last time he was frantically looking for an apartment in College Park. For months, he’d scoured websites and asked acquaintances about their experienc...View Article Details for Finding an Off-Campus Apartment Can Be Stressful. A Student-Created Platform Aims to Change That. Five Questions with Gabrielle Hapi
As a new graduate student in the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Real Estate Development Program, Gabrielle Hapi ’15, MBA & MRED ‘21 often passed by Baltimore’s glassy high-rises wondering, “How can I help people who can’t afford these rents?” She didn’t know that she’d find her answer first at U...View Article Details for Five Questions with Gabrielle Hapi Tanya Bansal Named Director of Real Estate Development Program
Clinical Associate Professor Tanya Bansal has been named director of the University of Maryland’s Real Estate Development Program. In her new role, she will oversee the graduate, undergraduate and accelerated graduate degrees at the university’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.“Tan...View Article Details for Tanya Bansal Named Director of Real Estate Development Program