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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

MAPP students traded their College Park classrooms for skyscrapers, construction sites and city streets, as part of a three-day trip to New York City. Alums and professionals leading the field took them on behind-the-scenes tours of the U.S.'s most enduring city and how it continues to change. Explore their trip through this interactive story map. 

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00

A team of five graduate students from the University of Maryland’s Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development program won first place in the National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) DC l MD 2024 Capital Challenge this month. The win marks the third time Maryland has taken the top prize in the intercollegiate real estate competition for the Washington, D.C. area. 

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00

Town centers, skyscrapers and construction sites became classrooms for 30 MAPP students during a three-day trip to New York City earlier this month.Storymap photos (link below) by Jelena Djakovic

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. 

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:00

Post-doctoral Associate Stefan Woehlke was one of 27 grantees to earn funding from University of Maryland's inaugural Do Good Campus Fund to recruit and engage underrepresented students in archaeological heritage fieldwork. Read the article in Maryland Today.