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Going the Distance: Delivering Meaningful Education in a Virtual World
It’s a beautiful April afternoon and ARCH 402 students are sketching unit layouts for a multifamily housing project. Clinical Assistant Professor of Architecture Brittany Williams is reviewing one student’s work while others observe, offering feedback on outdoor spaces and sketching over the drawing...View Article Details for Going the Distance: Delivering Meaningful Education in a Virtual World 
New Kibel Exhibit Looks at the Complex Process of Memorializing Tragedy
The first thing you notice are the stalks of wheat. Cast in bronze and measuring 30 feet long, the sculpture depicts a bountiful wheat field that slowly recedes into the background until it finally disappears. The stunning visual depicts the confiscation of Ukraine’s wheat crop by Stalin in 1932 and...View Article Details for New Kibel Exhibit Looks at the Complex Process of Memorializing Tragedy 
Uncovering a Secret Famine: New Kibel Exhibit and Talk Series Examines Loss, Truth and Remembrance in the Era of “Fake News”
Imagine living in the agricultural epicenter of Europe, yet being so hungry you must eat dried nettle leaves to survive. This was the reality for millions of Ukrainians in 1932, the victims of one the worst manufactured famines in human history. Called Holodomor, which loosely translates to “death b...View Article Details for Uncovering a Secret Famine: New Kibel Exhibit and Talk Series Examines Loss, Truth and Remembrance in the Era of “Fake News” 
EFC Releases New Online Course: Landscaping for Resilience in a Changing Climate
The EFC is pleased to announce the release of a new online course at the MOST Center: Landscaping for Resilience in a Changing Climate. Developed in collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program and University of Maryland Extension, this course outlines ways in which a changin...View Article Details for EFC Releases New Online Course: Landscaping for Resilience in a Changing Climate 
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