Lamprakos Joins MIT as Visiting Professor
Michele Lamprakos, photo courtesy of J.M. Ayala.
University of Maryland Associate Professor of Architecture Michele Lamprakos will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Architecture and Planning as a Visiting Associate Professor for the 2026 fall semester.She will teach tw...
A Second Career at UMD Offers an Unlikely ROI: Student Success
When Maria Day-Marshall was a little girl, she wanted to be exactly like her cousin. So when her cousin proclaimed she was going to be a lawyer when she grew up, Day-Marshall decided she would too. It's the kind of childhood plan that rarely carries into adulthood, but Day-Marshall’s did—through a M...
This Alum Played to Win in the 42nd Season of Jeopardy!: Who is Derek Lombardi?
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the U.S. president who deemed Thanksgiving a national holiday? Luckily, Derek Lombardi M.C.P. ‘17 did; he stumbled on this fun fact cramming for his appearance on Jeopardy! this past June— one of three “Slumdog Millionaire moments” that inched the urban planner ...
MAPP First Look Fair
This event is open to the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (MAPP) CommunityExplore student organizations, clubs and other opportunities available to MAPP students at the First Look Fair.
September 21, 2026
September 21, 2026
2025 - Present
Supporting Philadelphia Water Department’s One Water Financing Efforts
EFC, in partnership with the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania, supports the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) through two connected efforts focused on advancing a One Water approach to financing obligations and priorities and accelerating progress on combined sewer overflow (CSO) reduction.
2025 - Present
Building Bridges to the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network Capacity Building Grant Program
As federal grant funding declines and philanthropic priorities shift, community-based organizations (CBOs) and small local governments increasingly need to look beyond one-time project grants and strengthen their internal capacity. The Chesapeake Bay Funders Network Capacity Building Grant Program helps organizations become more self-sufficient and better positioned to deliver long-term benefits for their communities, local environments, and the Chesapeake Bay.
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...
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...
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...
PALS "Playlist" Highlights Musical History of Prince George's County
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...