Dr. Marccus Hendricks Joins Urban Studies and Planning Program
Dr. Marccus Hendricks will join the University of Maryland’s Urban Studies and Planning Program this fall as an incoming Assistant Professor. With a research and practice agenda rooted in environmental justice, Hendricks’ interests focus on how infrastructure, environmental outcomes and neighborhood...
Planning Life After Retirement: Dr. Jim Cohen
Dr. Jim Cohen, Senior Lecturer and former Director of the Urban Studies and Community Planning Program, retires this summer after 27 years at the University of Maryland. Jim was integral in shaping the program, leveraging his passion for environmental planning to bring new coursework and opportuniti...
2nd Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge Winners
First Place: Kevin Turner and Christopher TringaliSchool: SUNY BuffaloProject: Delaware North Building, Buffalo, New York Faculty Adviser: Mark FoersterMentor: David StebbinsSecond Place: Jainam Shah and Vandana VishnubhotlaSchool: New York UniversityProject: Via Verde, South Bronx, New YorkFaculty ...
"In the Shadow of the Cloud" - Kibel Gallery Opening
This event is open to the publicJoin us for the Kibel Gallery Opening for Spring Show: "In the Shadow of the Cloud"With an opening lecture by Ali Fard, Assistant Professor, Architecture, UVAAbout the exhibitThe modern spatial history of Northern Virginia is inextricably tangled with the development ...
March 4, 2026
March 4, 2026
NOMAS Mock Interview Night
This event is open to the MAPP and UMD Community onlyNOMAS will be inviting two professionals from the architecture field to help conduct mock interviews. Students will practice interviewing, then receive feedback on how to improve their skills.
February 16, 2026
February 16, 2026
MAPP Fall 2022 Student Project Showcase
Each semester, students from MAPP’s Master of Architecture, Master of Historic Preservation and Master of Real Estate Development Programs culminate their graduate experience at the University of Maryland with one final project. For architecture students, it’s the design thesis, a written and oral p...
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...
Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Associate Professor Michele Lamprakos, an architect and historian specializing in the architecture, heritage and urbanism of the Arab-Islamic world, has earned a 2023 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to forward her second book, Memento Mauri: The Afterlife of the Great Mosqu...
UMD Sparks Partnership with Pepco on Green Projects
An overgrown alleyway blooms into an oasis for walkers and cyclists, city parks shed creeping invasive species and solar lighting illuminates neighborhood pathways. These are among the 11 projects set to receive a portion of $125,000 from Pepco and the University of Maryland’s Sustainable Maryland p...
New Graduate Award Honors Trailblazer in Affordable Housing Movement
A commitment by the national non-profit Neighborhood Development Collaborative will fund a new award recognizing outstanding graduate students from the University of Maryland’s Master of Real Estate Development Program pursuing work in community development or affordable housing. The Robert J. Corle...