Fall 2022

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

UMD Students Help Renaissance Master’s 500 Year-old Design Take Flight

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

As Yahentamitsi Opens, See How Student Dining Has Changed

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

Guests Curate Driskell Center Exhibit by Sharing Artworks That Moved Them

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

Faculty and Students Bring Writing Course to D.C. Corrections Facilities

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News

September 14, 2022

Collaboration With D.C.- Area Universities to Pursue Evidence- Based Solutions

News

September 14, 2022

Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land

News

September 14, 2022

School of Public Policy’s Dynamic New Building Invites Problem-Solving Discourse

Parting Shot

September 14, 2022

Fans Pack Baseball Stadium to Cheer on Terps in NCAA Regional Tournament

Features

September 14, 2022

Pirates plundered and diseases decimated the Chesapeake’s bounty, but UMD researchers are wielding AI and robotics to save a struggling industry.

Features

September 14, 2022

Waves of immigrants have long clashed in Pennsylvania coal country, where a UMD anthropologist is digging into the commonalities between old and new.

Features

September 14, 2022

The “M Book,” with its 20 don’t-miss Maryland milestones, is back. Join a super-spirited student on her journey to complete them all.

Class Notes

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Dr. Michael Severino ’87

Dr. Michael Severino ’87 joined Tessera Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering gene writing technology, as CEO. He was previously vice chairman and president of AbbVie. He earned his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

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Aydin Mohtashamian MBA ’16

Aydin Mohtashamian MBA ’16 joined Parry Labs, a defense technology company that provides cloud-based mission system solutions, as chief operating officer. He worked for over 20 years in the defense aerospace industry, with leadership roles at QinetiQ…

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Philip Ravita ’11

Philip Ravita ’11 became an endorsed artist for Aguilar Bass Amplifiers. Ravita has also received an artist endorsement for REMIC Microphones and will release a CD, “City Lights,” in February 2023. He teaches at Mount St. Mary’s University, Prince…

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Nathaniel Kaine M.P.M. ’19

Nathaniel Kaine M.P.M. ’19 was appointed chief of staff for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Kaine is a Marine Corps reservist who also served as an assistant operations officer for the Black Sea Rotational Force. He received a bachelor's degree in…

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Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02

Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02 wrote “Atomic Bill: A Journalist’s Dangerous Ambition in the Shadow of the Bomb” (Cornell University Press), coming out Nov. 15. In it, he explores the career of New York Times science journalist William L. Laurence, who was one…

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Amy Lorenzini ’98

Amy Lorenzini ’98 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to the circuit court for St. Mary’s County. She has been an attorney with the Prince Frederick firm of Cumberland & Erly for the past 17 years, serving as managing partner for the past eight…

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Steven Arndt M.S. ’12

Steven Arndt M.S. ’12 has started a one-year term as president of the American Nuclear Society. Arndt is a distinguished R&D staff member in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Prior to ORNL, Arndt…

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Tom Watson ’11

Tom Watson ’11 was promoted to CEO of Serco, a provider of professional, technology, engineering and management services to the U.S. and Canadian governments. Watson was most recently senior vice president responsible for Serco's North America defense…