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Campus Life

Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers

September 06, 2024

Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

Campus Life

Sustainable Developments

September 06, 2024

Grant Program Greens Campus

News

Lab Awarded Record-Setting Research Contract of Up to $500M

September 06, 2024

Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security Addresses National Challenges With a Human-Centered Lens

Campus Life

Farm to Table, UMD Style

September 06, 2024

Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus

Campus Life

From Ashes to Awe

September 06, 2024

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

News

Testudo on Tap

September 06, 2024

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

News

2 Terps Take Gold

September 06, 2024

Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics

Features

‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own

September 06, 2024

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

September 06, 2024

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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00s

Jeff Brewster ’02

Jeff Brewster ’02, director of infrastructure at SS&C Advent/Black Diamond Wealth Platform, was named an Ultimate Tech Leader by the Jacksonville Business Journal.

Passings

Melanie Knouse Cline ’12

Melanie Knouse Cline ’12 died on June 3, 2024, at age 33. At UMD, she was the captain of the Ultimate Frisbee intramural team and a frequent attendee at the drop-in softball group that her father Ernest Knouse established in 1976. She enjoyed cooking,…

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Ron Keesing MBA ’08

Ron Keesing MBA ’08 was promoted to chief AI officer at Leidos. Since joining the company in 2004, he has served as founding director of the Leidos AI Accelerator and most recently as senior vice president of technology integration.

Passings

Ruth Ann Bates ’73

Ruth Ann Bates ’73, of Deale, Maryland, died on June 17, 2024, at age 73. She graduated from Richard Montgomery High School and earned a degree in WHAT at UMD and a master's degree from Trinity College. She had a successful career in microbiology working…

90s

Jeffrey Strenkowski ’99

Telecommunications attorney Jeffrey Strenkowski ’99 joined Troutman Pepper’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the energy practice. He came from Uniti Group, a real estate investment trust company, where he served as vice president and deputy…

00s

Andrew Robert MBA ’06

Andrew Robert MBA ’06 was promoted to president of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. He had served as chief operating officer for more than three years. In 2023, Roberts was honored as a Top 100 Chief Operating Officer by the OnCon Icon…

80s

Jim Carroll M.Arch. ’89

Jim Carroll M.Arch. ’89 was promoted to vice president of Facilities Management at Auburn University. He previously served as the university architect from 2011 to 2017, where he led a team managing more than 13 million square feet of space and a capital…

10s

Melany Rabideau ’12, M.P.H. ’16

Melany Rabideau ’12, M.P.H. ’16 was recognized as one 42 Health Care Leaders Under 40 for 2024 by Becker’s Hospital Review. She is the founder and head of Optum Match at UnitedHealth Group, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, which matches patients with…