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Please join us for UMD's annual Architecture, Planning, Preservation & Real Estate Development Career & Internship Fair in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center on Friday, February 20, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Kibel Gallery's latest exhibit, "Making the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions" has been digitized and is available to explore online.

On the ground floor of the University of Maryland’s Architecture Building, just beyond the buzz of its design studio and trademark red brick, sits a glassy, serene space of whitewashed concrete and steel. When empty, it’s a bright, blank canvas—but it’s rarely empty.

The first thing you notice are the stalks of wheat. Cast in bronze and measuring 30 feet long, the sculpture depicts a bountiful wheat field that slowly recedes into the background until it finally disappears.

Imagine living in the agricultural epicenter of Europe, yet being so hungry you must eat dried nettle leaves to survive. This was the reality for millions of Ukrainians in 1932, the victims of one the worst manufactured famines in human history.

In the digital age of the selfie, photography is so prolific, accessible and widely shared that, often, the medium dilutes what can make it special and unique. A new exhibit at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation flips the phrase “look at me” to “look at what I see,” proving that some of the most compelling pictures are not of people, but of everyday things.

This story appeared in Maryland Today

An Ethnohistorian with more than 20 years of experience in history, art, culture and preservation. Eola is currently Sr.

Six student projects were recognized for design excellence this year by AIA Maryland during the AIA Maryland 2019 Excellence in Design Awards, taking prizes in four out of the six categories and sweeping the “beginning design, graduate level” category.

Mr. Abdul-Malik joined The NHP Foundation (NHPF) in 2012 after earning a Master of Science in Commercial Real Estate Development from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Peter Goldsmith is a practicing attorney who works with real estate developers, multi-family companies, homebuilders, property owners, institutional organizations, and retailers to navigate regulatory processes in Prince George’s County and other jurisdictions in Maryland.

Ron McDonald is Managing Principal of RMC Development, LLC, based in the Washington, DC/Baltimore region, and an adjunct professor at UMD’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP), where he serves on the Board of Visitors. He teaches negotiations and advises UMD’s NAIOP development competition team.