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UMD Studio Course Recognized for Excellence in Sustainability by the American Planning Association
A Fall 2024 urban planning studio that offered local stakeholders in Langley Park, Md., a roadmap for enhancing economic, social and environmental sustainability was honored last month with an Excellence in Sustainability Award from the American Planning Association. “Equitable Development for Langl...View Article Details for UMD Studio Course Recognized for Excellence in Sustainability by the American Planning Association 
The Neighborhood Impact When School's Out—Forever
For most U.S. cities, a public school is as multifunctional as a Swiss Army knife. Beyond a place for learning history and algebra, schools often double as disaster shelters, host community meetings, serve as neighborhood parks and polling sites, and even house food pantries. Yet since 2000, thousan...View Article Details for The Neighborhood Impact When School's Out—Forever 
Dawn Jourdan Reappointed as Dean of School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Dr. Dawn Jourdan, an expert in the legal aspects of land use, affordable housing, preservation and aesthetics regulations, has been reappointed for a second five-year term as dean of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.In a message to the university community...View Article Details for Dawn Jourdan Reappointed as Dean of School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 
After 35 Years of Teaching, Madlen Simon’s Got Perspective
One of Madlen Simon’s biggest “teaching moments” came not as an instructor—but as a student. In 2014, she found herself approaching total strangers on the streets of San Francisco to gather ideas for a design concept as part of Stanford d.school’s Design Thinking Bootcamp, which she was attending fo...View Article Details for After 35 Years of Teaching, Madlen Simon’s Got Perspective 
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