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Bridging the Gap: How MAPP’s Internship Course Prepares Students for the Real World
By Keagan Suddith '27 When architecture student Meredith Embry ‘26 took an internship with UMD Space Systems Lab, one of the most important skills she gained wasn't a new technical skill: it was learning how to communicate with her engineering colleagues, whose industry jargon often sounded like a f...View Article Details for Bridging the Gap: How MAPP’s Internship Course Prepares Students for the Real World Lamprakos Joins MIT as Visiting Professor
Michele Lamprakos, photo courtesy of J.M. Ayala. University of Maryland Associate Professor of Architecture Michele Lamprakos will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Architecture and Planning as a Visiting Associate Professor for the 2026 fall semester.She will teach tw...View Article Details for Lamprakos Joins MIT as Visiting Professor 
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 
This Alum Played to Win in the 42nd Season of Jeopardy!: Who is Derek Lombardi?
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the U.S. president who deemed Thanksgiving a national holiday? Luckily, Derek Lombardi M.C.P. ‘17 did; he stumbled on this fun fact cramming for his appearance on Jeopardy! this past June— one of three “Slumdog Millionaire moments” that inched the urban planner ...View Article Details for This Alum Played to Win in the 42nd Season of Jeopardy!: Who is Derek Lombardi? 
Research Addressing Mental Health Crisis Earns “Grand Challenges 2.0” Funding
An interdisciplinary project that explores how nature can nurture better mental and physical health was awarded a University of Maryland “Grand Challenges 2.0” institutional grant. A partnership between faculty from five UMD colleges and schools—including architecture Associate Professor Jana Vander...View Article Details for Research Addressing Mental Health Crisis Earns “Grand Challenges 2.0” Funding 
From Horseshoe Crabs to Healthy Beaches: Putting a Value on What We Love
Delaware's ocean and bay waters are worth far more than what shows up in economic reports — and a new report by University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (UMD EFC) prepared for DNREC Coastal Programs outlines research questions to explore the expansion of marine resources value.Released in...View Article Details for From Horseshoe Crabs to Healthy Beaches: Putting a Value on What We Love