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Fall 2025

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Features

September 15, 2025
UMD scientists built a fungus that wipes out mosquitoes. With African partners, they hope to save millions of lives.
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News

September 15, 2025
At 2025 Commencement, Famed Amphibian Implores Students to Make, Keep Connections
Jim Smith and Darryll J. Pines smile at introduction event

News

September 15, 2025
Smith Brings Leadership and Business Experience to Build on Maryland Athletics’ Success
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News

September 15, 2025
Campus Core Gets First Traffic Signal
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Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Get to Know New Men’s Basketball Head Coach
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Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Men’s, Women’s Teams Celebrate Opening of Barry P. Gossett BasketballPerformance Center
Brat Pack in academic regalia walk on Frat Row in "St. Elmo's Fire" movie

Campus Life

September 15, 2025
At 40th Anniversary of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ Alums Remember Filming on Frat Row
Jan Plane speaks to students during the CompSciConnect summer camp

Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Donation Launches University of Maryland Computing Catalyst
Jose-Luis Izursa works in aquaponics lab

Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Aquaponics Greenhouse Grows Lettuce and Fish for Education on Sustainable Systems
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Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Student Finds Little-Known Correspondence Between George Mason and George Washington
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Campus Life

September 15, 2025
Run Club Started by UMD Faculty Members Is Biggest in North America
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Explorations

September 15, 2025
Entomology Team Delves Into Benefits, Challenges of Eating Insects
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Explorations

September 15, 2025
UMD’s Unique Forest-Monitoring Capabilities Revealed an Alarming Wildfire Spike
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Explorations

September 15, 2025
Buffett Scholar Reflects on Role Model’s Retirement
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Explorations

September 15, 2025
Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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James A. Chance ’79

James A. Chance ’79 was awarded the Federal Magistrate Judges Association’s 2025 Founders Award, presented to a person who has made valuable and lasting contributions to the magistrate judges system of the U.S. courts. He has served as senior judicial…
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Elizabeth Jurinka ’05

Elizabeth Jurinka ’05 was named to Washingtonian’s list of Washington, D.C.’s 500 Most Influential People in 2025. Jurinka is operating director for health care policy at the Vistria Group, a private investment firm. She was formerly a special assistant…
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Christine Eibner Ph.D. ’01

Christine Eibner Ph.D. ’01 was named to Washingtonian’s list of Washington, D.C.’s 500 Most Influential People in 2025. She is a senior economist at the nonprofit RAND corporation, a think tank, research institute and public sector consulting firm.…
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20s

Chelsea Brown M.P.M. ’21

Chelsea Brown M.P.M. ’21, principal and lead strategist at the Black Mill, was named to The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Power 100 List, recognizing the 100 men and women who are shaping the state’s businesses, nonprofits, law firms and other key…

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Xochitl Strohbehn ’98

Xochitl Strohbehn ’98 joined the board of visitors of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She earned a J.D. from the school in 2009 and is a partner at Venable.  
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10s

Gabriel A. Peoples Ph.D. ’15

Gabriel A. Peoples Ph.D. ’15 wrote the new book, “Goin' Viral: Uncontrollable Black Performance” (University of Illinois Press), in which he examines Black people and representations of Black people that have gone viral from the 18th century to today.…
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20s

Michael Ravenscroft MBA ’21

Michael Ravenscroft MBA ’21, managing director of the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund, was named among the Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honorees for 2025, a roundup of rising stars in the Greater Baltimore business scene. The…
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Passings

Ralph Albert Kuebler ’72, MBA ’75

Ralph Albert Kuebler ’72, MBA ’75 of Hockessin, Del., died on July 31, 2025, at age 78. He grew up with his family in Hackensack, N.J., and after his first year at Temple University, enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He served with honor…