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Priced Out: New UMD Study Shows the Cost of D.C.’s Short-Term Rental Market
n October, the D.C. City Council pushed through a long-anticipated bill that sets rules for the city’s burgeoning and previously unregulated short-term rental (STR) market. The law will change the way services like Airbnb and HomeAway do business in the District and, according to a new study out of ...View Article Details for Priced Out: New UMD Study Shows the Cost of D.C.’s Short-Term Rental Market 
Alum Taps into Hometown’s History
Tonight, residents of Granite Falls, Minn., population 3,000, will hoist pints of Deer Brand Lager and Hop Dish IPA at the new Bluenose Gopher Public House to honor the 159th birthday of the establishment’s namesake: Congressman Andrew Volstead, former mayor, resident lawyer and notably, congression...View Article Details for Alum Taps into Hometown’s History 
UMD Architecture Students, Alumni Recognized at 2019 AIA Maryland Design Awards
Six student projects were recognized for design excellence this year by AIA Maryland during the AIA Maryland 2019 Excellence in Design Awards, taking prizes in four out of the six categories and sweeping the “beginning design, graduate level” category. Nine Master of Architecture students and two un...View Article Details for UMD Architecture Students, Alumni Recognized at 2019 AIA Maryland Design Awards 
UMD’s Bridging the Gap Studio Awarded Studio Prize by Architect Magazine
Bridging the Gap, a collaborative, cross-continental design studio between the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Al-Nahrain University in Iraq, was awarded Architect Magazine’s 2019 Studio Prize.Architect’s Studio Prize is awarded annually to a select numbe...View Article Details for UMD’s Bridging the Gap Studio Awarded Studio Prize by Architect Magazine 
Matt Bowling (MHP '09) Selected in Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Database Contest
Matt Bowling (MHP '09) was selected as one of five authors in The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's "The Place Database Contest 2019". The purpose of this contest is to create stories through maps by using the institute’s database. The database is a detailed map of the United States that visualizes...View Article Details for Matt Bowling (MHP '09) Selected in Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Database Contest Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship
Written by Dan Novak.Associate Professor Michele Lamprakos has been named a fellow at the National Humanities Center (NHC) for the 2019-2020 academic year. She is one of 37 scholars from institutions in the U.S. and abroad to receive this highly competitive and prestigious award. Lamprakos is one o...View Article Details for Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship