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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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…

Passings

Ronald Alan Mummert ’63

Ronald Alan Mummert ’63 died at his Topeka, Kansas, home on June 1, 2024. He was 83. Mummert graduated from Bladensburg High School and UMD, then served in the U.S. Army, during which time he graduated from the Presidio of Monterey's Defense Language…

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Meagan O. O'Neill ’09, ’09

Meagan O. O'Neill ’09, ’09 was hired as executive director of the Association of Cancer Care Centers, which represents over 1,700 cancer programs across the country and over 40,000 members of the cancer care team. She previously co-led the Oncology…

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James "Jim" Magee ’76

James "Jim" Magee ’76 was named to the advisory committee for GenFlat Holdings, a company developing collapsible shipping container technology. He is president and chief executive officer of Carrbridge Management Corp. Prior to his time at CAI, Magee was…

10s

Juan Duque ’11

Juan Duque ’11, assistant professor and chair of psychology at Arcadia University, was appointed to its board of trustees. He completed a master’s and doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Neuroscience and Behavior program. Duque joined…

Justine (Ingeborg Larsen) “Julie” Li with dog

Passings

Justine (Ingeborg Larsen) “Julie” Li ’70, M.A. ’73

Justine (Ingeborg Larsen) “Julie” Li ’70, M.A. ’73 died on April 2, 2024, in Hyattsville, Maryland, at age 83. The oldest of nine siblings, she began college at the University of Utah and soon followed a friend to the University of Maryland in 1962. She…

10s

Kimberly Sullivan MBA ’10

Kimberly Sullivan MBA ’10 was named co‑managing director and principal of the D.C. office of the global architecture firm Gensler. She is an 11-year veteran of the firm; her career spans decades in the commercial, hospitality and workplace sectors, and…

10s

Christine Mahan Ph.D. ’10

Christine Mahan Ph.D. ’10, chief of staff and vice president for planning and effectiveness at Eastern University, was selected by City & State Pennsylvania as one its 2024 Trailblazers in Higher Education. Mahan has been with Eastern for almost 15…