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Seeking Abundance: Alan Ricks, MASS Design Group

This KEA Distinguished Professor Lecture is part of the Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture series. "Seeking Abundance"Alan RicksFounding Principal + Co-Executive Director,MASS Design GroupThe video will be live streamed on Youtube and Facebook About the lecture:In Seeking Abundance, architecture is pr...
February 25, 2026
February 25, 2026
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Architecture Lecture Series + Events: Spring 2026

Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series:February 25, 2026KEA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR LECTURE 4 - 5:20 p.m. | AuditoriumAlan RicksFounding Principal + Co-Executive Director,MASS Design GroupLearn more about Alan Rick's lecture. March 9, 2026DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND LECTURE 5:30 - 8 p.m. | Audi...
February 25, 2026
April 22, 2026
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MCA Portfolio Workshop

This event is open to the Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (MAPP) Community only. Marshall Craft Associates (MCA) will join MAPP School in reviewing student work and offering insight from experienced industry professionals.
February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026
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Professor Emeritus Ralph Bennett and Clinical Professor Amy Gardner Elevated to the American Institute of Architecture College of Fellows

Professor Emeritus Ralph Bennett and Clinical Professor Amy Gardner have been elected to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows (FAIA). Ralph and Amy are two of over 100 members elevated this year out of 80,000 AIA members. This prestigious honor recognizes their extensive con...
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Building Knowledge, Brick by Brick

Most students at the University of Maryland probably don’t consider what went into creating the campus’s iconic red brick buildings. But for one afternoon each fall, that afterthought becomes an assignment as fledgling architects sling mud and level rows of brick.Brick Day is a crash course in the h...
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Alumni Profile, Valentine's Edition: Chelsie and Ryan Rattanni

Over the past 50 years, MAPP has produced its fair share of power couples. In the fall of 2016, Ryan Rattanni and Chelsie Miller were added to the roster. The two met through UMD’s Urban Studies and Planning Program, where they worked and studied alongside each other in a tight-knit cohort; sparks b...
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Vikas Mehta (PhD 06)

He has just accepted The Terence M. Fruth/Gemini Chair of Signage Design and Community Planning and Eminent Scholar of Urban/Environmental Design position at the University of Cincinnati. The chair professorship will develop a new initiative focused on communication in the urban environment (CUE) by...
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HISP Alum Co-Authors Genealogy Article with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for The Root

Alumna Kristin Britanik (MHP ‘09) co-authored an article for The Root this past July with literary critic and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The article, entitled “Did Africans Immigrate to Jim Crow America?” addresses a reader question about tracing the roots of her great-great-grandfather, who will...
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The Equity Lynchpin: Why planners should re-think the role of schools

Ariel Bierbaum joined the University of Maryland’s Urban Planning Program in January 2017 after completing her Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. While a seasoned planner with over 15 years of experience in community development and public policy, Ariel tu...
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Dr. Willow Lung-Amam Promoted with Tenure to Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

Willow Lung-Amam has been promoted with tenure to Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She serves as Director of Community Development with the National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) and teaches courses in...
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