Fall 2024

Welcome to the Hotel Influenza
A groundbreaking UMD researcher investigating how respiratory infections spread asks volunteers to check in—and get sick for science.

Lab Awarded Record-Setting Research Contract of Up to $500M
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security Addresses National Challenges With a Human-Centered Lens

Grant Program Greens Campus

Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers
Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

Women’s, Nonbinary Esports Teams Change the Game in Conference Competitions

Physicist Who Helped Send Mirrors to Moon on Apollo 11 Prepares to Launch an Improved Model

UMD Casts HydroNet to Predict, Prepare for Floods
Researchers, Local Leaders to Track Real-time Data in State’s Waterfront Communities

Glowing ‘Gem of the University’
Maryland’s Little-Known Nuclear Reactor Observes a Half-Century of Fission

How to Zap Your Phone-Charging Phobias
Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

An Insider’s Look at a Prison’s Imprint
Criminologist, Once Convicted, Studies Ripple Effects of Legal System Involvement

From Sidewalks to Streetlights, Common Features Shown in Google’s Tech Linked to Crash Frequency

System Could Derail Video Fakes, Deep or Shallow

Tailgates, Touchdowns and Togetherness

What Happens in Vegas (Is Thanks to a Terp)
Alum Brings Big Concerts to Sin City

Behind Baltimore’s Closed Doors
Alumna Investigates the Small Histories in Charm City’s Houses
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates

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Jim Carroll M.Arch. ’89
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Jeanelle Johnson ’04

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Marvalee Bascus Leslie ’03
Passings
Melanie Knouse Cline ’12
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Christopher Jones Ph.D. ‘97

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Sarah TeDesco ’09
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Brett Schulman ’95

Passings
Carolyn Kalk Snow ’62, M.S. ’64