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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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90s

Paul Carlson ’93

Paul Carlson ’93, CEO and co-founder, and Thomas Fautrel ’03, president and co-founder of Seventy2 Capital Wealth Management, were named among Forbes’ 2024 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors.

70s

Carey Wright ’72, M.A. ’76, Ed.D. ’94

Carey Wright ’72, M.A. ’76, Ed.D. ’94 was promoted to state superintendent of schools by the Maryland State Board of Education in April. She had served in the role on an interim basis for six months and previously served as state superintendent of…

00s

Adam Cohn ’08

Adam Cohn ’08 was appointed chief financial officer for VSE Corp., a provider of aftermarket distribution and repair services. He most recently served in that role for Valence Surface Technologies, an aerospace supplier, and previously held numerous…
Claudia Brush Kidwell

Passings

Claudia Brush Kidwell ’62

Claudia Brush Kidwell ’62 of Richmond, Va., died on Feb. 29, 2024, at Westminster Canterbury. Born in Washington, D.C. and raised on the rivers of Maryland, Kidwell earned a bachelor's degree in textiles and clothing at UMD and her master's degree from…
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90s

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…

Passings

Hall L. Moore Jr. M.S. ’66

Hall L. Moore Jr. M.S. ’66, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, died on March 31, 2024, at the age of 83. He was born in Baltimore and received degrees from Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg and from the University of Maryland. He moved to Raleigh, North…
Chris Halkyard

90s

Chris Halkyard ’90

Chris Halkyard ’90 joined Ox, a pioneer in human-centered automation technology, as its chief operations officer. His career includes executive roles at Gilt.com, Toys"R"Us, BarkBox and Blue Apron.
Michael Drayne

10s

Michael Drayne M.P.M. ’13

Michael Drayne M.P.M. ’13 was appointed senior vice president for capital markets at the Housing Policy Council. He served from 2018-23 as senior vice president for strategic planning and policy at Ginnie Mae, and before that held senior management and…