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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
Michelle Magalong Named Assistant Professor
Dr. Michelle Magalong, a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, will be promoted to Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, shifting into her new role in the Fall of 2022. Magalong’s appointment marks a significant milestone for the Universit...View Article Details for Michelle Magalong Named Assistant Professor
Planning Practicum Tackles America’s Hidden Infrastructure Crisis: Public Schools
Over the past two years, schools across the United States have grappled with how to educate kids in the era of COVID-19. But, for a large subset of schools, the battle to provide a safe place to learn stretches beyond a global pandemic: Aging school infrastructure is compromising the health and safe...View Article Details for Planning Practicum Tackles America’s Hidden Infrastructure Crisis: Public Schools