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"I see the impact of my scholarship everywhere."
The elation Erin Nivison felt after completing two bathroom renovations in two weeks was tempered by her utter exhaustion. Nivison had stumbled into redesign work as a side-hustle to her career in the mortgage industry and was hooked on the creativity she could apply to transforming kitchens, bathrooms and entire houses into beautiful, sustainable spaces. “I loved doing it and thought I could make a career out of it, but it was exhausting work,” she said.View Article Details for "I see the impact of my scholarship everywhere." 
EFC Project Supports Local Stormwater Solutions
The Environmental Finance Center (EFC), in partnership with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and other local organizations, developed a series of peer-to-peer learning workshops for municipal governments in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.View Article Details for EFC Project Supports Local Stormwater Solutions 
Resourcefulness and Resilience: Hendricks Delivers Keynote on Hybrid Stormwater Systems
Assistant Professor Marccus D. Hendricks delivered a keynote at the 2021 American Water Resources Association Mid-Atlantic Conference on hybrid stormwater systems. In his presentation, Dr. Hendricks proposes the merits of leveraging existing infrastructure, community resources and networked plans as part of climate hazard mitigation plans.View Article Details for Resourcefulness and Resilience: Hendricks Delivers Keynote on Hybrid Stormwater Systems 
Surviving a Sea Change
The biggest threat to the shorelines of Maryland’s Assateague State Park aren’t the throngs of tourists or galloping hooves of its wild horses: It’s climate change, the effects of which are eroding the island’s iconic beaches, dunes and diverse habitat.View Article Details for Surviving a Sea Change Changing the Face of Affordable Housing: Mansur Abdul-Malik (MRED ’12)
When Mansur Abdul-Malik crunches a building’s pro forma, he doesn’t see numbers—he sees faces: the 10-year-old boy popping wheelies in Baltimore’s Hollander Ridge neighborhood; the D.C. family who needs a new stove; the dozens of residents who have his personal cellphone number.View Article Details for Changing the Face of Affordable Housing: Mansur Abdul-Malik (MRED ’12) 
Lung-Amam Named Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning Willow Lung-Amam has been named a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization located in Washington, D.C. Lung-Amam joins more than 300 experts in government and academia to address a spectrum of policy issues through research, recommendations and analysis.View Article Details for Lung-Amam Named Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution