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Capstone Winner Makes Room for Growth in College Park
A community-nurturing, mix-used development with panoramic views of Greater College Park earned first place in the Spring 2025 John B. Colvin Capstone Competition. The Haven was one of five projects presented to a jury of industry experts that capitalized on the booming growth surrounding the Univer...View Article Details for Capstone Winner Makes Room for Growth in College Park 
Five Questions with Heather Wellington
Heather Wellington MRED ’11 admits she had no idea what real estate development was as an undergraduate student. A finance major at George Washington University, she had reluctantly resigned herself to a future on Wall Street. “My classmates were super excited about it—I was not,” she said. “I liked...View Article Details for Five Questions with Heather Wellington 
“The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had as an Architecture Student”
Written by Maggie Haslam and Brianna Rhodes. Photos by Jelena Djakovic.How do you create more foot traffic in a slice of downtown Washington, D.C. that has seen more retreat than feet—first emptying after the pandemic, and now with a shrinking federal workforce? Maybe by offering more places to walk...View Article Details for “The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had as an Architecture Student” 
Four UMD Students Named Ferguson CLE Fellows
Four undergraduate students from the University of Maryland were selected to be a part of the Ferguson Centers for Leadership Excellence’s (CLE) third class of Ferguson Fellows.Manasa Alur, Kerem Bulut, Anjali Sharma and Cameron Williams are among 62 students that were selected for this year’s progr...View Article Details for Four UMD Students Named Ferguson CLE Fellows 
Ask the Expert: Jesse Saginor
The Federal Reserve's interest rate cut in September signaled that the inflation induced by COVID-19 is easing up—and a move economists say will make it easier for Americans to borrow money.But it’s not enough to solve the housing crisis that many Americans are weathering, said Jesse Saginor, associ...View Article Details for Ask the Expert: Jesse Saginor 
Homecoming
As a native Washingtonian who grew up in Southwest and Northwest D.C., Maia Shanklin Roberts (M.C.P. ‘14) embraced being in an urban environment surrounded by a majority-Black community.“Everything was so Black,” she said, from her neighbors to her doctors—indicative of why D.C. was once known as “C...View Article Details for Homecoming