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Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:00

Alumnae Amalie ElFallah Receives Fulbright Award

Written by Dan Novak Amalie ElFallah (B.S. Architecture ’18) has been awarded the Fulbright U.S. Student Program’s two-year Laurea Magistrale in Architecture and Urban Design at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy. The program trains students in advanced architectural design and develops theoretical,...

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Mon, 07/21/2025 - 12:00

Finding Friendship in Warm Waters

A conversation with a stranger—in the checkout line, riding a quiet elevator or waiting for class to start—can spark a human connection that brightens an otherwise ordinary day. Yuval Zohar ’08 has had plenty, with one distinction: He’s usually naked. In these cases, he has disrobed and descended in...

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3D axon models and book cover for "Towards a Nude Architecture"

Speaking of Books with Yuval Zohar

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Speaking of Books with Yuval Zohar ’08 "Toward a Nude Architecture: A Visual Compendium of Japanese Hot Springs"About the BookAs one of the most volcanically active geographies in the world, the islands of Japan gush with nearly 30,000 naturally occurring hot springs, or onsen, of varying temperatur...

2026-02-03T12:00:00

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Placemaking as an Essential Practice: Building Thriving Communities

4 - 6 p.m.

This Guy Lombardo lecture is part of Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture series. In Partnership with the Neighborhood Design Center.This lecture will be the kickoff for the Vision is Yours conference, held on April 23 - 24, 2026.Placemaking as an Essential Practice: Building Thriving CommunitiesElena M...

2026-04-22T12:00:00

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Exterior of the Pittsburg International Airport

Fri, 01/16/2026 - 12:00

A Design Career Takes Off

This article originally was published in Terp.AN AIRPORT’S MOVING walkway offers a window into the spectrum of human emotion in motion: the exhaustion of a mother placating her toddler with M&Ms; the collective fury over a canceled flight; the apathy brewing in a stagnant queue at Starbucks.But ...

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Mon, 10/17/2022 - 12:00

UMD Program Plants Seeds of Stormwater Relief

Of the many ways downpours disrupt the small town of North Brentwood, Maryland—from flooded basements to sodden front yards—one in particular is surprising: the walk to school. One of Prince George’s County’s oldest and lowest-lying towns along the Anacostia River is often overwhelmed by rain, with ...

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Rendering of a the 'Dwelling in the City' building

Mon, 10/24/2022 - 12:00

Maryland Takes Top Honors at 2022 AIA Baltimore Design Awards

Two stunning urban enclaves—“Stack Alley” by graduate students Joseph Chase Edwards (B.S. Architecture ’20) and Marcelino Defngin (B.S. Architecture ’21) and “Dwelling in the City” by undergraduate student Meredith Eby (B.S. Architecture ’22)—were awarded top honors in the graduate and undergraduate...

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Spring 2026 Dean's List

Name

Adams, Jacob Michael

Adamu, Tesnim

Adkins, Grace Jane

Adzannur, Emmy Cevyra

Al-Azawi, Maryam A

Alexander, Kevin

Allanach, Zachary Logan

Almeida, Katherine Elizabeth

Altman Farrell, Isabelle June

Amam, Ashay Lung Ke-Bing

Andres, Luis Daniel

Antezana, Emanol Alessandro

Arevalo, Yessenia Rocio

Arrowood, Elizabeth Kidder

Baker, Ashley Yuengling

Barake, Alexandra Marie

Barre, Alyssa Abdi

Bartholomew, Mia Isabella

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Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00

William Bonstra Endowment to Provide Need-based Student Support through New Terpstart Program

Bill Bonstra, FAIA (B.ARCH ’83) has spent his career as an architect seeking to enrich people’s lives through thoughtful design, a philosophy he has extended to his relationship with the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation for over 30 years. This past month, Bonstra, who has supported ...

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Fri, 04/12/2019 - 12:00

Ariel Bierbaum Receives Research Grant from Spencer Foundation

MAPP is proud to announce that Ariel Bierbaum, along with her team of three other researchers, has secured $50,000 in research grant funding from the Spencer Foundation’s Small Research Grants Program. The grant will allow continuing work into the socioeconomic impact of public school closures in Ph...

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