MAPP News
Mohammad Gharipour Receives 2024 Architectural Education Award
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has announced Mohammad Gharipour, the director of the Architecture Program, as a 2024 Architectural Education Awards recipient. The national awards honor architectural educators' exemplary work in building design, community collaborations,...View Article Details for Mohammad Gharipour Receives 2024 Architectural Education Award 
Brittany Williams Joins AIA Higher Education Advisory Team
Associate Clinical Professor Brittany Williams (B.S. Architecture '05, M.ARCH '07) has joined six academic professionals from across the nation to help bridge the gap between architectural practice and academia as a member of the AIA 2024-2025 Higher Education Advisory Team. The advisory team, also ...View Article Details for Brittany Williams Joins AIA Higher Education Advisory Team 
Witnessing History at the White House
Associate Professor Marccus Hendricks admits he is still processing his recent one-year appointment as a Senior Advisor of Climate and Community Resilience at the White House.After experiencing a couple of highlights, such as working on the inaugural Environmental Justice team, serving under an admi...View Article Details for Witnessing History at the White House 
Tribal Loyalties
Written by Sala Levin ’10 for TERP Magazine.American Indians have long been denied fair access to homes, health care, schooling and jobs. For Joseph Kunkel M.Arch. ’09, the mission to change that is personal. Read more in TERP Magazine. Listen to Joe Kunkel's lecture on "Designing with Dignity: Poli...View Article Details for Tribal Loyalties 
Healthy Places Seed Grant Hosts Mid-Year Roundtable
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP), the School of Public Health (SPH), UMD faculty, staff and students attended the mid-year meeting for the Healthy Places Seed Grant program on Thursday, Nov. 30. The in-person, two-hour meeting, hosted by Dawn Jourdan, dean of MAPP and Bor...View Article Details for Healthy Places Seed Grant Hosts Mid-Year Roundtable 
Philanthropy Provides New Opportunities for Real Estate Students
It has been a landmark year for the Real Estate Development Program at the University of Maryland. In Fall 2022, we launched our undergraduate major in Real Estate and the Built Environment, celebrated the major’s first graduate in May 2023, and welcomed two new faculty members, Jesse Saginor, Ph.D....View Article Details for Philanthropy Provides New Opportunities for Real Estate Students