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With support from the Region 3 Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay launched a yearlong graduate fellowship with Morgan State University’s School of Architecture & Planning.

This is a public event.The PALS showcase is an event held in an "open house" format, where students involved in PALS projects have the opportunity to prepare and present posters that highlight their work. The event is attended by students, faculty and project sponsors (members of local government, business and industry), and is open to the public.

A Fall 2025 graduate-level urban design studio challenged students to devise new development proposals for two vacant sites in Baltimore, Md., with a focus on delivering amenity-rich assets and a sense of place for surrounding communities.

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Smart Salting: Enhanced Winter Maintenance Training helps reduce winter salt pollution beyond state and county roads—covering parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks.

Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series:September 23, 2026Johannes WidodoNational University of Singapore College of Design and EngineeringLearn more about Johannes Widodo's lecture.

This event is open to the public.Join the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation for an in-person undergraduate student information session. Learn about our various programs, get questions answered and tour the building.

This event is open to the public.Join the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation for an in-person undergraduate student information session. Learn about our various programs, get questions answered and tour the building.

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 for the University of Maryland.

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.

EFC is working with the City of Rockville to develop a new residential action menu tailored to the city’s programs, resources, and funding opportunities. EFC will work with a cohort of three Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs) to establish Green Teams, create individualized Sustainability Action Plans, and host an HOA Sustainability Summit.

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.

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.