Maria Day-Marshall Appointed Director of UMD’s Real Estate Development Program
The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation welcomes Dr. Maria Day-Marshall, a 30-year veteran of housing policy, government and finance, as the new director of the school’s Real Estate Development Program [MRED]. Day-Marshall was most recently the interim executiv...
Putting the “Quadruple Bottom Line” to Work: Marcus Ervin (MRED '09)
The first course Marcus Ervin took in real estate development, he nearly failed. An undergraduate architecture student at Morgan State University, Marcus took the course in hopes of parlaying the knowledge into a side job in the industry to earn some additional income. It was more than he expected. ...
UMD Team Wins NAIOP Regional Real Estate Competition
A team of four graduate students from the University of Maryland’s Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development has won first place in the NAIOP DC l MD 2021 Capital Challenge, an intercollegiate real estate competition for the Washington, D.C. area. UMD’s development strategy for a high-profile prop...
Colvin Institute's Capstone Competition
Eleven MRED (Masters of Real Estate Development) students presented their fall 2018 capstone projects on December 16, to a jury of real estate professionals from around the area, as they competed for the Colvin Institute’s first place cash prize of $1,000.Congratulations to Catherine Ryckman, first ...
Third Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge
UMD Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development Announces Winners in Third Annual Colvin Case Study Team of undergrads wins top prize for first time The UMD Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development awarded a group of undergraduate students in real estate development from Penn State University the...
Mid-Atlantic Climate Action Hub Launches With $2.2M Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Written by Kelly Blake, Maryland TodayA $2.2 million grant will help launch a University of Maryland-led initiative to address the effects of environmental racism and climate change across the mid-Atlantic region, providing financial and training support and advocating for policy changes.The Mid-Atl...
A Foundation for Dignified Senior Housing
Rodney Harrell (PhD ’08) and Shannon Guzman (M.C.P. ’08) will tell you that senior housing issues in America aren’t a senior problem—they’re an everyone problem. In less than 10 years, there will be 72 million people over the age of 65 in the United States. Many of those individuals will be cared fo...
ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed University of Maryland alum and former Salisbury, Maryland, Mayor Jake Day as the state’s new secretary of housing and community development. Day took office as acting secretary on January 18.“With each announcement, we continue to build a cabinet that refle...
A Prescription for Healthier Communities
A new grant initiative launched by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) and the School of Public Health (SPH) hopes to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable communities.The Healthy Places Seed Grant Program will ...
Five MAPP Faculty Awarded University Funding to Tackle “Grand Challenges” of Our Time
Efforts to address global water issues, combat urban inequity, respond to environmental contamination and close the digital divide will receive new funding as part of the largest comprehensive grant program in University of Maryland’s history. The Grand Challenges Grants Program, an unprecedented $3...