Kibel Gallery Photo Exhibit Shows that Nothing is Ordinary
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. The show, #nothingisordinary, comprises over sixty photographs of everyday occurrences from the lens of Cindy Frank (M.ARCH ’87), the school’s librarian and go-to photographer.
Uncovering a Secret Famine: New Kibel Exhibit and Talk Series Examines Loss, Truth and Remembrance in the Era of “Fake News”
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. Called Holodomor, which loosely translates to “death by starvation” in Ukrainian, Stalin’s year-long campaign to starve Ukrainian wheat farmers into submission resulted in nearly four million deaths and was kept quiet for nearly half a century, proclaimed “fake news” by the Soviet regime.
New Kibel Exhibit Looks at the Complex Process of Memorializing Tragedy
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. The stunning visual depicts the confiscation of Ukraine’s wheat crop by Stalin in 1932 and 1933, an orchestrated act of oppression through engineered starvation, resulting in over four million deaths. Today, it is known as Holodomor, which in Ukrainian means “hunger by extermination.”
UMD Students and Alumni Take Home Top Awards at 2023 AIA Maryland Awards
Written by Brianna RhodesEight University of Maryland students were recognized for their visionary architectural projects at the annual AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards on Thursday, Sept. 21, at College Park City Hall. A number of MAPP alumni also won awards this year, including jury citations, merit and honor awards. They were recognized for an array of project designs ranging from complexes to libraries.
All Hail David Do
Originally published in TERP Magazine, written by Karen Shih '09, photos by Stephanie S. Cordle.JUST BEYOND THE MAZE of hallways under New York City’s Penn Station, the din outside is disorienting: Cars honk incessantly in bumper-to-bumper traffic, pedestrians jostle each other on the sidewalk, and exhaust and cigarette smoke clog the air.
The Cool Day Jobs of UMD’s Adjunct Professors
Originally published in Maryland Today, written by Annie Krakower. In between days spent defending the Earth from asteroids, teaching jujitsu, studying crime scenes and excelling at hundreds of other vocations, experts across the Baltimore-Washington area come to the University of Maryland to do it some more.
Terps Top AIA Potomac Valley’s 2026 “Emerging Professionals” Short List
Julia Campbell ’20, M.Arch ‘22 Samanty Habib’ 21 M.Arch ‘23, and Judy Tram ‘20, M.Arch, M.C.P. ‘24 join an elite cadre of early-career designers selected for the Emerging Professional (EP) Awards Program Class of 2026, a leadership development and mentorship program through AIA Potomac Valley (AIAPV). Campbell, Habib and Tram will participate in a year-long mentorship program with members of AIAPV’s Fellows community. They were three of five individuals selected this year.
Distilling a Dream into a Destination
Twenty minutes north of Maryland’s bustling downtown Bethesda, Montgomery County’s vast Agricultural Reserve could be another planet. But among the agrarian outposts nestled along serene, rolling fields is a barn that could easily fit into both: with a seemingly endless backdrop of blue sky, it's a sleek interpretation of its rural counterparts and the state’s latest destination for sampling Maryland-grown spirits at their source.
AIAPV Honors Two MAPP Alums as 2024 “Emerging Professionals”
Written by Brianna Rhodes
MAPP Alums Receive Top Honors at AIA PV 2023 Excellence in Design Awards
Written by Brianna Rhodes Ten MAPP alumni were among the recipients who took home awards at this year's Excellence in Design Awards during the AIA Potomac Valley (AIA PV) Design + Leadership awards celebration on Thursday, Oct. 19. The event took place at the Montgomery County Planning Department’s headquarters building in Wheaton, Maryland.