UMD Solidifies Sweep in National Concrete Competition
A proposal for modular, living-learning “innovation villages” on the northeast corner of University of Maryland’s campus cemented a victory for two University of Maryland undergraduates in a national design contest.
Admitted Master's Student Open House
This event is open to the publicJoin us for an Open House for admitted master’s students in our Architecture, Community Planning, Historic Preservation and Real Estate Development programs.
April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026
Faculty Honored With Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Awards
This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by By Silvana Montañola M.A. ’23
Exhibit Unpacks the Cost, When the Cloud Moves in Next Door
There’s a photograph on display in a new University of Maryland exhibit of a teenage boy, his baseball hat pulled low against the blinding glare of the outfield lights, pensively awaiting a line drive into center field. The iconic shot could have been taken in any American suburb, save one haunting detail: The towering data center looming just behind the fence.
UMD Researchers Awarded $1M to Address Flooding, Other Risks in Communities Near Transit Stops
Nearly $1 million in federal funding will support University of Maryland researchers’ efforts to expand affordable housing, bolster small businesses and strengthen protections against flooding in communities surrounding light-rail and metro transit stops in Prince George’s County.
2020 - 2022
Integrated Water Planning Assistance
The University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (UMD EFC) partnered with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC EFC) to deliver integrated water planning assistance to communities. Assistance was delivered through webinars, office hours, and case study development with support from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water.
Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein
Assistant Professor, Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH)
Finding an Off-Campus Apartment Can Be Stressful. A Student-Created Platform Aims to Change That.
This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by Karen Shih ’09
Evaluating Community Readiness for Resilience Investment
The Environmental Finance Center worked with two Maryland communities—the cities of Annapolis and Salisbury— to evaluate their readiness to invest in climate resilience and to develop guidance to help communities lay the groundwork for effective resilience funding. The project included conducting a crosswalk of each community's key planning and policy documents, evaluating whether the communities have in place key enabling conditions for resilience investment, and developing self-assessment questions that municipalities may use to determine their readiness to inves
2020
Delaware Watershed RCPP Research and Proposal Coordination
EFC worked with partners in the Delaware River Basin to develop a proposal for an upcoming Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) funding opportunity. This process included reviewing the original Delaware Basin RCPP project, providing comments to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on new RCPP rules, identifying and engaging stakeholders, assessing stakeholder capacity and project feasibility, and developing an implementation plan.