Fall 2024

Campus Life

From Ashes to Awe

Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii

News

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Testudo on Tap

UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer

News

2 Terps Take Gold

Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics

Features

Connie Chung sitting at a table with her book in front of her

‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own

Trailblazing journalist Connie Chung ’69 battled misogyny and racism to reach the pinnacle of TV news. In a new self-titled memoir, she shares what it took to get there.

Features

10 in 10

From titles to revenue to academics, Maryland scored by joining the Big Ten Conference. Here are 10 ways it’s been a B1G decade.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Carolyn Kalk Snow ’62, M.S. ’64

Carolyn Kalk Snow ’62, M.S. ’64 died at home in Fernandina Beach, Florida, on June 5, 2024. She was 84 years old. Snow graduated from Chevy Chase High School and earned two degrees in microbiology at UMD. She held positions at the National Academy of…

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Jonathan L. Lewis ’92, M.P.M. ’93

Antitrust and consumer protection attorney Jonathan L. Lewis ’92, M.P.M. ’93 joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as counsel in its Washington, D.C., office. He previously worked at Lowenstein Sandler LLP and earned his law degree from the University of…

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Sarah TeDesco ’09

Sarah TeDesco ’09 was promoted from executive vice president to chief operating officer at DonorSearch, which provides fundraising intelligence and prospect research for the nonprofit sector.

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William McClain DMA ’09

William McClain DMA ’09 was named music director of the Columbus Symphony. He has performed in major venues across the U.S. and abroad, including the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg. He plays viola in the Augusta…

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Michelle Singletary ’84

Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary ’84 received a Salute to Excellence award from the National Association of Black Journalists. She took first place in the commentary/essay category for large newsrooms for two of her…

Passings

Melanie Knouse Cline ’12

Melanie Knouse Cline ’12 died on June 3, 2024, at age 33. At UMD, she was the captain of the Ultimate Frisbee intramural team and a frequent attendee at the drop-in softball group that her father Ernest Knouse established in 1976. She enjoyed cooking,…

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Jason St. John

Jason St. John ’94, managing partner at Saul Ewing, was named among The Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 Leaders in Diversity. He is also chair of the board of trustees of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and an active member of the Leadership Council on…

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M.K. Foster MFA ’15

M.K. Foster MFA ’15 was selected for the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Creative Writing to the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K. She is a writer, historian of science and educator from Alabama. A 2024 MacDowell Fellow in…