The late Hyattsville artist and educator David Driskell is the subject of a new exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Dupont Circle. Continue reading →

The University of Maryland in College Park is pausing a controversial housing project in Guilford Woods after months of protest. In an email last week, University President Darryll Pines and graduate student body president Tamara Allard wrote that they will continue to study the area to address environmental concerns about the 15-acre wooded site raised by protesters. Continue reading →

Working with the University of Maryland, Gilbane Development plans to cut down around 1,000 trees on the 15-acre property known as Guilford Woods to build townhomes and graduate housing. Continue reading →

The first president of the University of Maryland in College Park in 1859 was a noted scientist, farmer and educator — as well as an abolitionist. Continue reading →

A boat house at Bladensburg Waterfront Park is home to several crew teams for local high schools and colleges and a community rowing school. Continue reading →

 As the Route 1 corridor awaits the emergence of the Brood X cicadas, all eyes are on College Park’s University of Maryland “Bug Guy.” Continue reading →

IKEA is installing giant car ports topped with solar panels at its College Park location, as part of its goal of becoming a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2025. Continue reading →