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A Rooted Return
Written by SALA LEVIN ’10 In 1902, Robert Harrod Rr. signed the deed to own land in the very county where he had spent the beginning of his life legally owned and enslaved.He bought 13 acres near present-day FedEx Field, which he farmed throughout his life, then divided into smaller parcels for eac...View Article Details for A Rooted Return 
Resumes and Elbow-Bumps: MAPP’s Career and Internship Fair Returns In-Person, Helping Students Find their Fit
In 2019, architecture senior Dallas Chavez (B.S. Architecture ’19) was waiting to speak with a firm at MAPP’s Architecture, Planning, Preservation and Real Estate Development Career and Internship fair when something caught his eye at a nearby table: images of detailed limestone facades, beautiful 1...View Article Details for Resumes and Elbow-Bumps: MAPP’s Career and Internship Fair Returns In-Person, Helping Students Find their Fit 
Will Bien Duggan Makes the Case for Affordable Housing, Living by Example
The cooperative housing movement could be the great neighborhood equalizer. A model lauded by experts for giving agency to residents, diversifying housing choice and building wealth, co-ops offer residents an equal stake in the purchase and management of a building, while simultaneously reducing cos...View Article Details for Will Bien Duggan Makes the Case for Affordable Housing, Living by Example 
EFC Project Supports Local Stormwater Solutions
The Environmental Finance Center (EFC), in partnership with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and other local organizations, developed a series of peer-to-peer learning workshops for municipal governments in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Through the series, called Seeking Stormwater Soluti...View Article Details for EFC Project Supports Local Stormwater Solutions 
Resourcefulness and Resilience: Hendricks Delivers Keynote on Hybrid Stormwater Systems
Assistant Professor Marccus D. Hendricks delivered a keynote at the 2021 American Water Resources Association Mid-Atlantic Conference on hybrid stormwater systems. In his presentation, Dr. Hendricks proposes the merits of leveraging existing infrastructure, community resources and networked plans as...View Article Details for Resourcefulness and Resilience: Hendricks Delivers Keynote on Hybrid Stormwater Systems 
Model Students
For Maryland’s architecture students, the start of a new semester is a clean slate. The same could be said for the Architecture Building itself: Hallways that are bare in January slowly accumulate grand cathedrals and Victorian-style rowhouses, while modern skyscrapers and city blocks erupt from stu...View Article Details for Model Students