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Fall 2024

Campus Life Boxers in ring

Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers

Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

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Sustainable Developments

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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Farm to Table, UMD Style

Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus

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From Ashes to Awe

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

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Testudo on Tap

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

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2 Terps Take Gold

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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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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Rose Mince

80s

Rose Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94

Rose Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94 became Carroll Community College’s president. She joined the college in 2017 and served in positions including associate president, provost, vice president of academic and student affairs, and dean of the faculty. She also has a…
Felix "Bob" Burns

Passings

Felix "Bob" Burns M.S. ’78

Felix "Bob" Burns M.S. ’78 died in Albany, N.Y., on June 4, 2024. He received a Bachelor of Science from Clarkson University, a Master of Business Administration from Boston University and a master's in civil engineering from UMD. Burns had a…

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…
Dr. Robert Nadol

Passings

Dr. Robert Nadol ’65, ’69

Dr. Robert Nadol ’65, ’69, died on June 2, 2024, at his home in Langley, Washington. He earned degrees in psychology and education at UMD, graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of…

80s

Sanjoy Paul Ph.D. ’88

Sanjoy Paul Ph.D. ’88 was appointed executive director of the new Rice Nexus, an innovation factory for prototyping, testing and launching new ventures by Rice University faculty and students. Before joining Rice, he led global R&D initiatives at…
Nestor Benavides

90s

Nestor Benavides ’90

Nestor Benavides ’90 was named to the strategic advisory board at Partner Engineering and Science. He led EMG Corp. as CEO for 12 years then was CEO of Bureau Veritas’ Building Assessments & Project Management Group.

60s

Andrew W. Booth ’64, M.S. ’67

Andrew W. Booth ’64, M.S. ’67 of Salisbury retired from the board of trustees of Wor-Wic Community College after 18 years of service. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in the expansion of campus facilities. A professional engineer, he founded…
Andrew Sears

90s

Andrew Sears Ph.D. ’93

Andrew Sears Ph.D. ’93 was appointed provost and senior vice president at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He was most recently professor and dean of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, and before that held similar roles at Penn…