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Fall 2024

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Campus Life

September 06, 2024
Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced
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Campus Life

September 06, 2024
Grant Program Greens Campus
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News

September 06, 2024
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security Addresses National Challenges With a Human-Centered Lens
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Campus Life

September 06, 2024
Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus
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Campus Life

September 06, 2024
Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii
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News

September 06, 2024
UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer
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News

September 06, 2024
Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics
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Features

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.
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Features

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

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Jonathan L. Lewis

90s

Jonathan L. Lewis ’92, M.P.M. ’93

Antitrust and consumer protection attorney Jonathan L. Lewis ’92, M.P.M. ’93 joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as counsel in its Washington, D.C., office. He previously worked at Lowenstein Sandler LLP and earned his law degree from the University of…

00s

K. Venu Venugopal MBA ’00

K. Venu Venugopal MBA ’00 was appointed chief operating officer at MaxVal Group, a provider of intellectual property management solutions. Most recently, he was global head of product management at NICE Actimize. He also held leadership roles at Knovel…
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…

90s

Christopher Jones Ph.D. ‘97

Christopher Jones Ph.D. ‘97 was elected to the board of Norfolk Southern Corp. He is a former corporate vice president and president of the technology services sector of Northrop Grumman Corp.
Simone Lee

10s

Simone Lee ’15

Simone Lee ’15 of Merrill Wealth Management in Bedminster, N.J., was named the 100,000th certified financial professional in the U.S. The milestone marks the highest number of CFP professionals, who represent about one-third of retail financial advisers.…
Ashok Veeraraghavan

00s

Ashok Veeraraghavan M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’08

Ashok Veeraraghavan M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’08, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, was awarded the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, one of…

70s

Andy Balo ’70

Andy Balo ’70 was appointed to the board of directors at Glucotrack, a medical technology company focused on designing, developing and commercializing novel technologies for people with diabetes. He retired in March as executive vice president of…
Alex Davidson

10s

Alex Davidson ’15

Alex Davidson ’15 was appointed senior director of public affairs of the National Turkey Federation. He last held this role at the Beer Institute, and previously was the communications director for the late U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) and worked in…