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UMD Team Wins NAIOP Regional Real Estate Competition
A team of four graduate students from the University of Maryland’s Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development has won first place in the NAIOP DC l MD 2021 Capital Challenge, an intercollegiate real estate competition for the Washington, D.C. area. UMD’s development strategy for a high-profile prop...View Article Details for UMD Team Wins NAIOP Regional Real Estate Competition 
UMD Initiative to Help Businesses of Color Survive—and Thrive—Despite Neighborhood Change
Written by Willow Lung-AmamThe view from Nubian Hueman, a clothing and home décor boutique in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood, has shifted. Over the past five years, owner Anika Hobbs has seen more cranes and construction crews, as well as a change in the people that walk past her storefro...View Article Details for UMD Initiative to Help Businesses of Color Survive—and Thrive—Despite Neighborhood Change 
Lung-Amam Named Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning Willow Lung-Amam has been named a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization located in Washington, D.C. Lung-Amam joins more than 300 experts in government and academia to add...View Article Details for Lung-Amam Named Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution 
UMD Architecture Students and Alumni Win Big at the 2020 AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards
Ten University of Maryland architecture students were recognized for innovative, sustainable design projects at this year’s AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards, sweeping the top prize for each of the undergraduate and graduate-level categories. This year’s jury, a roster of established practiti...View Article Details for UMD Architecture Students and Alumni Win Big at the 2020 AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards 
MAPP Mourns Karl Du Puy, Professor Emeritus of Architecture
Peter Noonan has a perspective that few architecture alumni have, but all would envy. Thirty years ago, he had the great opportunity to study architecture and the urban form under Professor Karl F.G. Du Puy, an experience that launched an established career in practice and solidified his love for ci...View Article Details for MAPP Mourns Karl Du Puy, Professor Emeritus of Architecture 
Clearing Up the Runoff
Assistant Professor Marccus Hendricks, along with colleagues from the National Center for Smart Growth, the iSchool, the A. James Clark School of Engineering, Facilities Management and others will study stormwater runoff from campus into regional waterways using new outdoor sensors, which provide a ...View Article Details for Clearing Up the Runoff