Spring 2017

Open (Art)House

The Clarice, Philadelphia Group Open Downtown Performance Venue By Lauren Brown | Illustration by Jason Keisling Whether they’re scanning the menu or the…

An Exit From Extremism

Holocaust survivor Arie W. Kruglanski's lifelong mission to explore the psychology behind radical violence and to stop it suddenly has new urgency. by Liam…

Peter Rosenberg ’02: Sorry, Not Sorry

How an NYC DJ Became Rap's Biggest Fan–and Sharpest Critic by Sala Levin ’10 | ARTWORK by Korey Richardson ’16 Peter Rosenberg '02 doesn't mean to be a pot…

Beam Team

Never Heard of a Cyclotron? A Physicist Reveals Its Magic by Chris Carroll | photo by John T. Consoli Waking the machine requires nearly an hour of…

Laughter With a Side of Facts

Is the Next Jon Stewart at UMD? by Liam Farrell | photo by John T. Consoli For students behind the anchor desk in the basement of Tawes Hall this spring,…

The Kids Who Did It

Historic 2001 and 2002 Basketball Teams Reunite by Charlie Wright ’17 The last time the 2002 men’s basketball team stood together on the court, Juan…

A Dean Slate

3 Leaders Arrive in 2016–17 UMD this academic year has added three distinguished scholars to its corps of school and college deans. We welcome the following…

The History of Freedom

NEH Grant Continues Research on Emancipation by Liam Farrell | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-B811-383 [P&P] Twenty-four years after he was…

Betting on Organics

MOM’s Green Idea Keeps on Growing by Sala Levin ’10 | photograph by John T. Consoli Scott Nash was born, if not a gambling man, then at least a wagering…