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Zachary Klipstein, Emily Lally Named 2023 “Emerging Professionals” by AIAPV
Zachary Klipstein (B.S. Architecture ’10, M.ARCH ‘12) and Emily Lally (B.S. Architecture ‘15) join an elite group of future design leaders selected for the Emerging Professional Awards Program Class of 2023, a leadership development and mentorship program through AIA Potomac Valley (AIAPV). They are...View Article Details for Zachary Klipstein, Emily Lally Named 2023 “Emerging Professionals” by AIAPV 
At AIA Maryland Awards, UMD Students and Alumni Reign Supreme
Six University of Maryland studio projects were recognized for sustainable, community-centered design at this year’s AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards, sweeping each category at both the undergraduate and graduate level for the second year in a row. A jury of established practitioners, indust...View Article Details for At AIA Maryland Awards, UMD Students and Alumni Reign Supreme 
UMD-Led Report Pushes Strategies for Affordable Housing, Trail Access Along Purple Line Corridor
New affordable housing near transit stops, improved pedestrian safety and small business preservation along the coming Purple Line are needed to protect and strengthen the surrounding communities, according to a new report released Wednesday to federal, state and local stakeholders by the Purple Lin...View Article Details for UMD-Led Report Pushes Strategies for Affordable Housing, Trail Access Along Purple Line Corridor 
EFC Wins EPA Pollution Prevention Grant to Help Breweries Go Green
This fall, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (EFC) will kick off a project to help craft breweries adopt sustainability practices, reduce pollution, and save money. The project – “Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance to Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania Craft Breweries” ...View Article Details for EFC Wins EPA Pollution Prevention Grant to Help Breweries Go Green 
Students “Dish” With Antiquities Experts on 18th-Century Plantation Life
A single sliver of ceramic might not reveal much about the Virginia plantation where it was discovered. But amass thousands of them in a room and a story begins to take shape—told through Chinese porcelain teacups and punch bowls, earthenware chargers and shaving basins.Fragments of 900 individual c...View Article Details for Students “Dish” With Antiquities Experts on 18th-Century Plantation Life 
Building Knowledge, Brick by Brick
Most students at the University of Maryland probably don’t consider what went into creating the campus’s iconic red brick buildings. But for one afternoon each fall, that afterthought becomes an assignment as fledgling architects sling mud and level rows of brick.Brick Day is a crash course in the h...View Article Details for Building Knowledge, Brick by Brick