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Fall 2024

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Welcome to the Hotel Influenza

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

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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

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Sustainable Developments

Grant Program Greens Campus

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Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers

Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

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Leveling Up Gender Diversity

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

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A New Reflection on History

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

 Explorations Atmospheric and oceanic science Associate Professor Tim Canty, UMD President Darryll J. Pines and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean Amitabh Varshney discuss the technology behind a newly installed water level sensor

UMD Casts HydroNet to Predict, Prepare for Floods

Researchers, Local Leaders to Track Real-time Data in State’s Waterfront Communities

 Explorations blue radiation emerges from the UMD reactor

Glowing ‘Gem of the University’

Maryland’s Little-Known Nuclear Reactor Observes a Half-Century of Fission

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How to Zap Your Phone-Charging Phobias

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

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An Insider’s Look at a Prison’s Imprint

Criminologist, Once Convicted, Studies Ripple Effects of Legal System Involvement

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Clear ‘View’ of Road Dangers

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

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Seal of AI-pproval

System Could Derail Video Fakes, Deep or Shallow

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Alumni Association News

Tailgates, Touchdowns and Togetherness

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What Happens in Vegas (Is Thanks to a Terp)

Alum Brings Big Concerts to Sin City

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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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Susan Cross

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Susan Cross ’81

Susan Cross ’81 was named board director of SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer. She has been director of Enstar Group Limited since 2020, and prior to that served as executive vice president and global chief actuary at XL Group (now AXA…
Brett Kleger

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Brett Kleger ’92

Brett Kleger ’92 was appointed chief executive officer of Inspire, an online health community and real-world data platform. He was most recently CEO of Datacubed Health and chief commercial officer and chief operating officer at DrugDev. Kleger holds a…

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Debra Cammer Hines ’87, M.P.M. ’92

Debra Cammer Hines ’87, M.P.M. ’92 joined Abt Global as chief solutions officer. She has held leadership positions at IBM and major consulting firms such as EY and PwC. Early in her career, she also worked in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Dan Freiman

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Dan Freiman ’94, MBA ’04

Dan Freiman ’94, MBA ’04 was named chief financial officer at West Monroe, a management and technology consulting firm. Based in Washington, D.C., Freiman joins the firm from JSI, a telecom-focused consultancy, where he spent four years as CFO. Before…
Rani Al-Mashat

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Rani Al-Mashat M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’03

Rani Al-Mashat M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’03 was appointed Egypt’s minister of planning and international cooperation. She was most recently the minister of International Cooperation and served as the first female minister of tourism. She also worked at the Central…
Ashok Veeraraghavan

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Ashok Veeraraghavan M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’08

Ashok Veeraraghavan M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’08, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, was awarded the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, one of…
Ahmed Abdel-Saheb

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Ahmed Abdel-Saheb ’07, ’07

Ahmed Abdel-Saheb ’07, ’07 joined Signal Hill, a lower-middle market private equity firm, as managing director, based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a partner at Godspeed Capital and an investment banking vice president at Greenhill & Co. He…

Passings

Jeremiah "Jerry" Francis Durkin ’86

Jeremiah "Jerry" Francis Durkin ’86, Kennebunk, Maine, and North Port, Florida, died in Sarasota, Fla., on June 9, 2024, following a short illness. He was 92. He grew up in Somersworth and Dover, N.H. and graduated from Dover High. Durkin served in the…