Fall 2024

Campus Life

Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers

Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

Campus Life

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Sustainable Developments

Grant Program Greens Campus

News

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

Campus Life

Farm to Table, UMD Style

Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus

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

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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.

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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Sonia Chase ’98

Sonia Chase ’98, president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Chase Your Dreams Academy, was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the Teachers Festival for her efforts to improve the quality of life for at-risk youth. She is…

Passings

Arnold Rheingold Ph.D. ’70

Arnold Rheingold Ph.D. ’70, a distinguished emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, died on March 3, 2024, after a long illness. He was 83. Rheingold grew up in Rockford, Illinois, and his passion for chemistry was…

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Ken Sharp ’93

Ken Sharp ’93 was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Peraton. He most recently served as executive vice president and CFO at DXC Technology, and before then as CFO of Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector. He holds an…

Passings

Mary E. (Caldwell) Tschabrunn ’74

Mary E. (Caldwell) Tschabrunn ’74 of Greenbelt, Maryland, died on June 1, 2024, at age 83. She graduated from Regina High School in Hyattsville and earned a degree in special education at UMD. She was fond of Greenbelt, particularly Buddy Attick Lake and…

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Mark Selig ’09

Mark Selig ’09 was promoted to sports assignment editor at The Washington Post, overseeing coverage of the Commanders, Wizards, Mystics, local women’s college basketball and high school sports. He joined The Post in 2017 and previously worked at The…

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Nathan Rutledge ’08

Nathan Rutledge ’08 was appointed senior vice president and head of investor relations at Amentum, a global engineering and technology solutions provider. Most recently, he served as principal and head of investor relations at Booz Allen Hamilton; he also…

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Robert “Bobby” Parks ’94

Robert “Bobby” Parks ’94 was appointed chief accounting officer at Fortrea, a global contract research organization. Most recently, Parks served as CAO at SailPoint Technologies Holdings, a leader in identity security software.

Passings

Martin "Marty" E. Karmann-Bauer ’89

Martin "Marty" E. Karmann-Bauer ’89 of Annapolis, Maryland, died on May 12, 2024, from Stage 4 intestinal cancer. He was 59. Karmann-Bauer graduated from Severna Park High school, earned a B.S. in finance from UMD and shortly after joined the U.S. Navy.…