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Fri, 02/10/2023 - 12:00

Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed University of Maryland alum and former Salisbury, Maryland, Mayor Jake Day as the state’s new secretary of housing and community development. Day took office as acting secretary on January 18.

Fri, 02/10/2023 - 12:00

A new grant initiative launched by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) and the School of Public Health (SPH) hopes to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable communities.

Wed, 02/08/2023 - 12:00

Rodney Harrell (PhD ’08) and Shannon Guzman (M.C.P. ’08) will tell you that senior housing issues in America aren’t a senior problem—they’re an everyone problem. In less than 10 years, there will be 72 million people over the age of 65 in the United States. Many of those individuals will be cared for by some 48 million family members. Where they will live—and the quality of life they receive in those places—largely depends on how prepared we are as a nation. 

Tue, 02/07/2023 - 12:00

As University of Maryland architecture student Elena Poll walked through Havana, Cuba’s, stately capitol building, what struck her wasn’t the marble halls or its majestic dome, but what she saw in its shadow: faded, pastel facades of once glorious Spanish-style buildings, now crumbling in ruin.

Tue, 02/07/2023 - 12:00

Written by Kelly Blake, Maryland TodayA $2.2 million grant will help launch a University of Maryland-led initiative to address the effects of environmental racism and climate change across the mid-Atlantic region, providing financial and training support and advocating for policy changes.

Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:00

An overgrown alleyway blooms into an oasis for walkers and cyclists, city parks shed creeping invasive species and solar lighting illuminates neighborhood pathways. These are among the 11 projects set to receive a portion of $125,000 from Pepco and the University of Maryland’s Sustainable Maryland program as part of the Sustainable Communities Grant Program, a new partnership between the D.C.-area utility and UMD’s statewide “greening program” to advance local sustainability projects.