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The Environmental Finance Center, through the support of the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, launched the Delaware River Watershed Innovative Financing Strategy Project.  The EFC and its project partners convened an expert environmental financing panel and identified innovative and scalable options for financing Delaware River watershed restoration and protection efforts.

EFC worked with partners in the Delaware River Basin to develop a proposal for an upcoming Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) funding opportunity.

The Environmental Finance Center worked with two Maryland communities—the cities of Annapolis and Salisbury— to evaluate their readiness to invest in climate resilience and to develop guidance to help communities lay the groundwork for effective resilience funding. The project included conducting a crosswalk of each community's key planning and policy documents, evalua

This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by Karen Shih ’09

Dr. Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein is a water quality specialist, improving water quality through community-engaged research and outreach. She directs the WOW (Water quality, Outreach, and Wellness) Lab.

The University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (UMD EFC) partnered with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC EFC) to deliver integrated water planning assistance to communities. Assistance was delivered through webinars, office hours, and case study development with support from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water.

Nearly $1 million in federal funding will support University of Maryland researchers’ efforts to expand affordable housing, bolster small businesses and strengthen protections against flooding in communities surrounding light-rail and metro transit stops in Prince George’s County.

There’s a photograph on display in a new University of Maryland exhibit of a teenage boy, his baseball hat pulled low against the blinding glare of the outfield lights, pensively awaiting a line drive into center field. The iconic shot could have been taken in any American suburb, save one haunting detail: The towering data center looming just behind the fence.

This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by By Silvana Montañola M.A. ’23

This event is open to the publicJoin us for an Open House for admitted master’s students in our Architecture, Community Planning, Historic Preservation and Real Estate Development programs.

A proposal for modular, living-learning “innovation villages” on the northeast corner of University of Maryland’s campus cemented a victory for two University of Maryland undergraduates in a national design contest.

During her term as associate dean of academic affairs, Professor Madlen Simon saw first hand the financial challenges that students navigate on their