Fall 2024
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Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers
Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced
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Grant Program Greens Campus
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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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Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus
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Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii
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UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer
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Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics
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‘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.
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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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90s
Elizabeth “Beth” Joffrion M.L.S. ’97
![Dr. Robert Nadol](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Nadol-Robert_web.jpg?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386509&s=33f239c028127b7f1de2b5b6681caf56)
Passings
Dr. Robert Nadol ’65, ’69
![Joseph G. “Jay” Baldwin](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Baldwin-J_web.jpg?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386167&s=5cd63c9779eb1f24e4731fd6669f44c5)
80s
Joseph G. “Jay” Baldwin ’86
00s
K. Venu Venugopal MBA ’00
![Laura Hamilton](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Hamilton-L_web.jpg?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386394&s=bb80a0216dae75cdc17256b9a65dd37e)
10s
Laura Hamilton ’11
10s
Melany Rabideau ’12, M.P.H. ’16
![Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Abdel-Mottaleb-M_web.jpg?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386141&s=e5ca92a7372c3837fccc35640fa17c70)
90s
Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb Ph.D. ’93
Passings
Vivian Thomas Haulton ’56