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University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Director Kathryn Howell has earned a 2026 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award for her paper,

Written by Katherine ShaverThe thousands of children and their families planning to descend on the White House grounds on Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll will find plenty of brightly colored eggs—and become part of a University of Maryland alum’s running history of the 148-year-old spring tradition.

This event is open to the UMD and MAPP community.Dr. Mauro Normando Macêdo Barros FilhoUrban Planner, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (Brazil)

With its tree-lined sidewalks, carpet-like quads and manicured flowerbeds, the archetypical college campus isn’t thirsty for scenery. But its scenery is thirsty all the time, gulping millions of gallons of water a year to keep up appearances.

Forward: The University of Maryland Campaign for the FearlessThe largest fundraising campaign in the university’s history aims to elevate interdisciplinary initiatives and build on momentum as a Top 20 public institution.

In the history of U.S. sewage spills, none has evoked a region’s collective “ick” reflex like the massive outburst of effluent into the Potomac River when a 6-foot-wide pipe broke on Jan. 19 upstream from Washington, D.C. By the time the rupture was fixed, enough raw wastewater had gushed out to fill 360 Olympic-size swimming pools.

The University of Maryland’s architecture program has been awarded an inaugural grant from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to integrate structural steel design methods into its undergraduate and graduate design studios.

Dear Friends and Supporters,The Environmental Finance Center entered 2025 with hope in our hearts in the face of uncertainty. We learned a great deal about the spirit and tenacity of our team, our partners, and our profession. And, as we dared to dream just one year ago, we have seen that hope transform into action.

2025 saw Sustainable Maryland continue to expand our efforts to convene, connect and inspire. We expanded our community to 94 municipalities; awarded the second year of SM Action Grants; instituted quarterly Happy Hours across the state; and continued our collaboration with the national Sustainable States Network.

This event is open to the UMD community.Join us for the launch of TerraPlan Issue 02, themed “Our Time: Memory & Imagination in Planning”. Celebrate graduate student research and creative work on planning, cities, and the built environment. Enjoy light refreshments, meet the authors and editors, and read a copy of our second issue. All students are welcome!

This event is open to the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation community only. Join us for the first of two community belonging events, where you can take some time and relax before the end of the semester!Food and activities will be provided.

You may already be interacting with AI every time you enter a building — through smart climate systems, occupancy sensors, predictive lighting or security platforms. The built environment — buildings, infrastructure, transportation systems and public spaces — is humanity's most immediate, tangible and large-scale point of encounter with artificial intelligence.