Fall 2024

Campus Life

September 06, 2024

Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced

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Campus Life

September 06, 2024

Grant Program Greens Campus

News

September 06, 2024

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

Campus Life

September 06, 2024

Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus

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

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.

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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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.…

90s

Chris Bakewell MBA ’93

Chris Bakewell MBA ’93 joined the Intellectual property practice of Charles River Associates, a Boston-headquartered management consultancy. Bakewell brings 30 years of experience, including 17 at Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps), where he was managing…

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…

Passings

Jesse Parker ’81, M.M. ’87, D.M.A. ’98

Jesse Parker ’81, M.M. ’87, D.M.A. ’98 died on June 8, 2024, a month shy of his 66th birthday. He played cello throughout his school years and became interested in conducting while attending Fairfax High School. He earned three degrees at UMD, where he…

80s

Todd Ehrlich ’86

“The 20 Greatest Moments in New York Sports History,” by journalists Todd Ehrlich ’86 (a five-time Emmy winner) and New York Times bestselling author Gary Myers, is nearing its second printing. It features over 100 original interviews and previously…

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…

90s

Eugene J. Bredow ’91

Eugene J. Bredow ’91, president and CEO of NVR, was named to Virginia Business’ Power 50 of the state’s most powerful executives. He joined NVR, one of the country’s largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, which operates under the Ryan Homes,…

00s

Madieu Williams ’03

Madieu Williams ’03 joined Eagle Title as a settlement officer. He previously worked in corporate and nonprofit organizations,and has an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of…