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Solutions to Bird Flu Hatched

On the farm and in the lab, researchers are fighting a virus that’s pushing up food prices and threatening a new pandemic

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Terp magazine cover: Criminal Calculations. Highlighted text among faded text reads, "How students in UMDs forensic accounting club helped crack a murder case."

Spring 2025

In this Issue

UMD’s forensic accounting club helps solve a murder, the first beneficiaries of a unique scholarship program tell us 25 years later how it changed their lives, and researchers fight bird flu on the farm and in the lab.

Features

Spring 2025 collage of receipt, court documents, photo of two women and red string connected by red pushpins

Criminal Calculations

How Students in UMD’s Forensic Accounting Club Helped Crack a Murder Case

Spring 2025 portraits of IAP Cohort 1 on colorful background

A Second Family, a Limitless Future

A unique scholarship program has transformed the lives of hundreds of UMD students. Twenty-five years later, its pioneers share how.

News

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Campus Life

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Spring 2025 student in red shirt leads tour by Do Good statue

New ‘Image,’ Name for UMD’s Tour Guides

Walk Back Through 40 Years of Fun Facts and Surprising Perks

Spring 2025 student walks by four framed images of playing cards

Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp

Art Purchasing Program Puts Terps in Charge of Creative Choices for Gallery’s Collection

Spring 2025 baby goat drinks from a bottle

New Kids on the Farm

Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats

Spring 2025 archival photo of men's lacrosse team

Sticking to Success

Powerhouse Men’s Lacrosse Program Celebrates 100th Season

Explorations

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Spring 2025 two students point to cream pan they dug up

Crystal Clear

Centuries-Old Stones Uncovered by Archaeologist Reveal Stories of Ireland’s Mystical Past

Spring 2025 cartoon brain with hands holding dumbbell, papers, phone, ball, book, briefcase

Heart-Healthy Lifestyles Can Also Delay Brain Aging, UMD Researchers Find

Diet, Exercise and Other Behaviors Can Impact Dementia Risk, Study of 20K Brain MRIs Shows

Spring 2025 five roads diverging on yellow background

Bottleneck Buster

After Key Bridge Collapse, Engineer Seeks to Ease Commutes in Baltimore

Post-Grad

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Spring 2025 mom and daughter look at dinosaur at museum

‘Jurassic Park,’ a Little More Real

At New Dinosaur Museum Led by Paleontologist Alum, Visitors Can Dig In

Spring 2025 Maia Shanklin Roberts portrait with images of Barry Farm

Building on a Legacy

Alum Strives to Help Residents Reclaim Vibrant Black Community in Redeveloped Barry Farm

Spring 2025 man leads class beating drum

Beating the Drum for Brain Benefits

Alum’s Rhythmic Fitness Regime Exercises Body and Mind

Spring 2025 students form pyramid

A Towering Terp Achievement

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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