MAPP News
New Podcast Looks to Build Optimism for an Uncertain World
When Clinical Associate Professor Julie Gabrielli landed her first job out of graduate school, she was eager to put the big, sustainably minded ideas cultivated during school into practice. But the practice had other plans.“Firm life is intensely practical, and client focused,” she said. “Back then,...View Article Details for New Podcast Looks to Build Optimism for an Uncertain World 
Five MAPP Faculty Awarded University Funding to Tackle “Grand Challenges” of Our Time
Efforts to address global water issues, combat urban inequity, respond to environmental contamination and close the digital divide will receive new funding as part of the largest comprehensive grant program in University of Maryland’s history. The Grand Challenges Grants Program, an unprecedented $3...View Article Details for Five MAPP Faculty Awarded University Funding to Tackle “Grand Challenges” of Our Time 
UMD Team Makes “Final Four” in HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition
An interdisciplinary team of graduate students from UMD’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has landed one of four finalist slots in the 2023 HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning (IAH) Competition, beating out interdisciplinary teams from some of the most ...View Article Details for UMD Team Makes “Final Four” in HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development
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.“With each announcement, we continue to build a cabinet that refle...View Article Details for ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development 
A Prescription for Healthier Communities
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.The Healthy Places Seed Grant Program will ...View Article Details for A Prescription for Healthier Communities 
A Foundation for Dignified Senior Housing
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 fo...View Article Details for A Foundation for Dignified Senior Housing