2026 - Present

EFC continued work with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) to strengthen interdisciplinary research on the economic benefits of nature-based solutions and landscape architecture.

2026 - Present

Watershed restoration in the Chesapeake Bay region has made important gains—such as sediment reduction, oyster restoration, and fish passage—but meeting nutrient reduction and water quality improvement goals remains a persistent challenge. Rising project costs, complex regulatory requirements, and a fragmented funding landscape continue to limit many communities’ ability to plan, fund, and deliver restoration work.

Thu, 07/02/2026 - 12:00

A Fall 2024 urban planning studio that offered local stakeholders in Langley Park, Md., a roadmap for enhancing economic, social and environmental sustainability was honored last month with an Excellence in Sustainability Award from the American Planning Association. “Equitable Development for Langl...

Thu, 07/02/2026 - 12:00

For most U.S. cities, a public school is as multifunctional as a Swiss Army knife. Beyond a place for learning history and algebra, schools often double as disaster shelters, host community meetings, serve as neighborhood parks and polling sites, and even house food pantries. Yet since 2000, thousan...

2026

Delaware’s ocean and bay waters have competing uses that increase the urgency for marine spatial planning that incorporates data in decision making. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is developing a Delaware Ocean and Bay Plan to guide resource use, management, and conservation of marine waters off Delaware’s coast.

Fri, 06/26/2026 - 12:00

Dr. Dawn Jourdan, an expert in the legal aspects of land use, affordable housing, preservation and aesthetics regulations, has been reappointed for a second five-year term as dean of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.In a message to the university community...

Fri, 06/26/2026 - 12:00

One of Madlen Simon’s biggest “teaching moments” came not as an instructor—but as a student. In 2014, she found herself approaching total strangers on the streets of San Francisco to gather ideas for a design concept as part of Stanford d.school’s Design Thinking Bootcamp, which she was attending fo...