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A Tumultuous History, Cast in Stone and Bronze/ Alum’s Study of Ukraine’s Memorials Traces Quest for Democracy Under Soviet Shadow
For days, architect Larysa Kurylas ’80 had weighed her safety working in Kyiv against the advice of her American ex-pat and Ukrainian friends who were skeptical of a Russian advance on the capital.But in the early hours of Feb. 11, unable to sleep in her apartment, she tuned into “PBS NewsHour” and ...View Article Details for A Tumultuous History, Cast in Stone and Bronze/ Alum’s Study of Ukraine’s Memorials Traces Quest for Democracy Under Soviet Shadow 
A Story in Progress
Isabel Anderson sits in a quiet corner of the Architecture Building, spiral-bound notebooks spread neatly across her desk. Working quickly with her pencil, Anderson is telling a story: not through words and phrases, but one that’s carefully constructed with walls and windows.Anderson's project is pa...View Article Details for A Story in Progress 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 ninth annual HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning (IAH) Competition 2022, beating out 28 teams from some of the most fo...View Article Details for UMD Team Makes “Final Four” in HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition 
"I see the impact of my scholarship everywhere."
The elation Erin Nivison felt after completing two bathroom renovations in two weeks was tempered by her utter exhaustion. Nivison had stumbled into redesign work as a side-hustle to her career in the mortgage industry and was hooked on the creativity she could apply to transforming kitchens, bathro...View Article Details for "I see the impact of my scholarship everywhere." 
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