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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Passings

Bert W. Peterka Jr. M.S. ’74

Bert W. Peterka Jr. M.S. ’74 died at his Kailua, Oahu, home on April 15, 2024. He was 73. Peterka was owner of BWP Construction with over 35 years in the Hawaii construction industry, and his projects included being general contractor for the Gemini…

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Joseph Stecher ’02

Joseph Stecher ’02 is the new president and CEO of Third Party International, an aviation and aerospace component manufacturing and consulting service, bringing a background in engineering and operations. His previous roles include director of operations…

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Elizabeth Drori ’02

Elizabeth Drori ’02 was named chief marketing officer of slip-on footwear brand Kizik. She came from Sperry, where she served as global chief marketing officer and general manager of the Sperry e-commerce business. Before that, she headed up marketing for…

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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.…

Passings

Robert Frederick Steinlauf ’54

Robert Frederick Steinlauf ’54 died on June 15, 2024, in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 91. He earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from UMD, then served in the U.S. Air Force, from which he was honorably discharged as a first…

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Heidi Walsh MBA ’06

Heidi Walsh MBA ’06 joined Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management as a managing director in retirement solutions, leading client engagement with institutional D.C. plan sponsors. Before this, she was a senior sales director within the Global…

Passings

Michael David Tate ’61

Michael David Tate ’61 died in his Leesburg, Virginia, home on June 15, 2024. He was 84. As the son of an army officer, Tate grew up in Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kansas and Japan. He…

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,…