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Fri, 01/28/2022 - 12:00

The "Sounds of Prince George's County" connects legendary artists--from Judas Priest to Duke Ellington--with their local roots in a new Spotify playlist, thanks to doctoral candidate Julia Kuhlman, who studies musicology and created the playlist through the university’s Partnership for Action Learni...

Mon, 12/27/2021 - 12:00

One of the most challenging roles an urban planner must play is that of a soothsayer: prognosticating the future of a community in the face of almost impossibly unpredictable forces like climate change, the economy or a pandemic. But a fall studio by urban planning and historic preservation students...

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 12:00

The biggest threat to the shorelines of Maryland’s Assateague State Park aren’t the throngs of tourists or galloping hooves of its wild horses: It’s climate change, the effects of which are eroding the island’s iconic beaches, dunes and diverse habitat.This summer, the first of two new design studio...

Thu, 07/22/2021 - 12:00

When Mansur Abdul-Malik crunches a building’s pro forma, he doesn’t see numbers—he sees faces: the 10-year-old boy popping wheelies in Baltimore’s Hollander Ridge neighborhood; the D.C. family who needs a new stove; the dozens of residents who have his personal cellphone number.Abdul-Malik’s ability...

Fri, 04/23/2021 - 12:00

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...

Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:00

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...