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The Lost Haunts of Route 1

No matter the decade, Terps found refuges and ‘Rendezvous’ points on College Park’s Main Street.

collage: cars driving along Baltimore Avenue at night; students standing in Rendezvous; students dancing; students standing on sidewalk; man wearing hat playing pinball; man in aviator sunglasses
Terp magazine cover: The Age of Skin. Scientist holds flask with blue liquid

Winter 2025

In this Issue

A UMD researcher targets a rare disease that fatally ages children, we revisit favorite Route 1 hangouts, and an alumna reclaims Black history at a defunct psychiatric hospital. Plus, Kermit comes to campus!

Features

Winter 2025 Kan Cao holds flask as she works in lab

The Age of Skin

A UMD researcher of a rare disease that fatally ages children has discovered how an obscure blue compound could help us all look younger.

Winter 2025 Joi Howard poses by brick columns and greenery

A Fresh Start for ‘Maryland’s Shame’

Joi Howard ’03 seeks to turn a shuttered, segregated psychiatric hospital into a working farm and wellness site for the Black community.

News

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Campus Life

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Winter 2025 students sit at round tables as professor lectures; screens show slide reading, "What are the most pressing social issues of our time?"

Freshmen Philanthropists

For 10 Years, iGive Students Have Learned by Awarding Grants to Nonprofits

Winter 2025 Shyanne Sellers points toward crowd on Xfinity Center court

Shooting for Success, Fueled by Family

With Passed-Down Perseverance, Shyanne Sellers Eyes Championship Run

Winter 2025 people sit at tables in Adele's restaurant

A Taste of Adele’s

Panera Opens at Site of Longtime Restaurant—Without the Tin-foil Swans

Winter 2025 collage of Edmond Dédé, flowers and musical notes

A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

UMD to Debut Oldest Existing Opera by Black Composer

Explorations

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Winter 2025 strawberry holding umbrella with crabs on it; a pear holding a "RIPE" sign shaking hands with a banana; a sparkling steak

Fresh Takes on Fighting Food Waste

Researchers Devise Spoilage-Stopping Tech That Could Change How We Grow, Buy and Store Produce

Winter 2025 Jill Bradbury signs in front of stage next to electronic sign that reads, "Welcome to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center"

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

School’s First Deaf Leader to Expand Options to Guests

Winter 2025 house with fertilizer, salt shaker, cleaning products, cinder block and ice melt

Salt Life

Take a Home Tour to Learn How We’re Worsening Salinity Around the World

Post-Grad

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Winter 2025 Nasozi Kakembo poses next to Juju hat

At Home With a Continent’s Cultural Heritage

Alumna’s Book Weaves Together African Design Principles and Contemporary Decor

Winter 2025 goldendoodle with UMD bandana

Pup ‘Reels’ in the Likes

Antics of Alums’ Goldendoodle Bring Joy to Millions on Social Media

Winter 2025 avatar wearing black hoodie

Creating a Cartoon You

Terp Promotes On-Screen Representation by Making Avatars More Customizable

Winter 2025 three women smile with cow

Ag Day A-moo-sment

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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