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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:00

The story originally appeared in Maryland Today.Anyone who’s experienced the off-ramp from the Beltway to Baltimore Avenue on a typical Wednesday morning (and the tangle of roadwork that follows en route to campus) has earned their stripes in the battle to get to work on time.

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:00

If you look through the hundreds of photos taken of Clinical Professor Amy Gardner at the University of Maryland, there’s one thing that sticks out—and it’s not her signature asymmetrical hairstyle. It’s that she’s rarely alone. In shot after shot, she’s huddled around tables with students, or one of dozens of heads in a team picture, or peeking out from behind colleagues scribbling on a whiteboard. 

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 12:00

A University of Maryland graduate student in information management and community planning is among 102 recipients nationwide to earn the David L. Boren Fellowship to study critical languages overseas. Alanna Leshea Anderson will receive $25,000 to travel to Brazil for a year to take intensive Brazilian Portuguese classes and live with a host family who will give her more practice and a better understanding of life and culture in the country. She plans to become proficient enough to pursue a sustainable development internship at a nonprofit.

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 12:00

A doctor’s office, grocery store or part-time job is just a quick walk or bike ride away for most University of Maryland students. But, for many people who live and work in other communities in College Park, running errands without a car is stalled. Recommendations and tangible interventions that UMD students developed this semester in the new course “15-Minute Cities in College Park” may help improve access to local amenities for residents through the 15-minute city concept. 

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 12:00

This story originally appeared in Maryland Today. The seven floors of books, offices and resources at the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Library house plenty of facts, but one thing about the building is pure fiction: Step outside, and you’ll count just four stories—an intentional design trick (thanks to oversized windows) that makes the building appear imposing and impressive from a distance, and the people walking by it smaller.

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00

Alums of a certain age look back on the Architecture Building’s Great Space as the setting for countless studio hours, lectures, thesis and even graduations—but also for its wild transformation each spring to a 1920s speakeasy, the streets of New York City or a star-studded Hawaiian luau. Beaux Arts Ball, the beloved annual fete that ran from the mid-’70s until 2007, was part Halloween costume party, part Hollywood movie set and a dash of high school prom, where elaborate décor and dress dominated the building’s Great Space for one epic night.