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Waste Watchers
Written by John Tucker and originally published in Maryland TodayPrimrose Stukes fell in love with the small colonial in Baltimore’s Westfield neighborhood a dozen years ago, its bay-windowed kitchen perfect for family gatherings and Ravens parties. But after she bought the house built in 1930, brow...View Article Details for Waste Watchers 
UMD Student Project Wins National Design Award
A design proposal by University of Maryland graduate students to unify two Baltimore neighborhoods historically divided by redlining and disinvestment earned top honors in the 2026 Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU) Charter Awards. “Madison Crescent,” which transforms a vacant parcel into a communit...View Article Details for UMD Student Project Wins National Design Award 
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 
Prime Real Estate
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 
At UMD, an Orthodox Nun Builds on Her Calling
Associate Professor Joseph Williams has delivered hundreds of lessons at the University of Maryland, but only once was he the one who got schooled. The historian had just finished a lecture on medieval architecture when one of his students approached him to graciously correct a reference he’d made t...View Article Details for At UMD, an Orthodox Nun Builds on Her Calling Marccus Hendricks Named to 2026-27 Class of Harvard Radcliffe Fellows
University of Maryland urban planning Associate Professor Marccus Hendricks has been named to the Harvard Radcliffe Institute 2026-27 class of fellows. He is one of 53 scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals and artists from around the world selected to pursue ambitious projects at the R...View Article Details for Marccus Hendricks Named to 2026-27 Class of Harvard Radcliffe Fellows