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National Conference on Small Business Anti-Displacement Finds Strength in Numbers
When James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Grace Young was asked to reflect on the best meal she ate last week, her mind gravitated to Hop Lee, a longstanding Cantonese restaurant in the heart of New York’s Chinatown. On any given weekday, its pastel dining room bustles with teachers, postal wor...View Article Details for National Conference on Small Business Anti-Displacement Finds Strength in Numbers 
2022 Kea Professor Corie Sharples on Designing Skylines, Re-Thinking Construction and Revisiting Old Haunts
Of all the iconic places conceived by SHoP Architects along New York City’s skyline, the one that gives Founding Principal Corie Sharples ‘87 the most satisfaction is the place she once vowed never to return: South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, a slice of Manhattan’s East River Waterfront that once hous...View Article Details for 2022 Kea Professor Corie Sharples on Designing Skylines, Re-Thinking Construction and Revisiting Old Haunts 
Study Finds Neighborhood Features Impact Mental and Physical Health for Better or Worse
Written by Allison Eatough ’97A new University of Maryland study co-authored by Associate Professor Ming Hu indicates that sidewalks, single-lane roads and street signs could all be part of the path to a community’s mental and physical health, for better or worse. Published in the International Jou...View Article Details for Study Finds Neighborhood Features Impact Mental and Physical Health for Better or Worse 
Maryland Takes Top Honors at 2022 AIA Baltimore Design Awards
Two stunning urban enclaves—“Stack Alley” by graduate students Joseph Chase Edwards (B.S. Architecture ’20) and Marcelino Defngin (B.S. Architecture ’21) and “Dwelling in the City” by undergraduate student Meredith Eby (B.S. Architecture ’22)—were awarded top honors in the graduate and undergraduate...View Article Details for Maryland Takes Top Honors at 2022 AIA Baltimore Design Awards 
UMD Program Plants Seeds of Stormwater Relief
Of the many ways downpours disrupt the small town of North Brentwood, Maryland—from flooded basements to sodden front yards—one in particular is surprising: the walk to school. One of Prince George’s County’s oldest and lowest-lying towns along the Anacostia River is often overwhelmed by rain, with ...View Article Details for UMD Program Plants Seeds of Stormwater Relief 
A New Look for a Maryland Icon
Written by Sala Levin '10, originally published in Maryland Today.The 7.5-foot-tall bronze likeness of Frederick Douglass is about to move from his perch overlooking Hornbake Plaza. But he won't go far: just about 15 feet from his usual spot. And it won’t be for long: three to four weeks while he an...View Article Details for A New Look for a Maryland Icon