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Maryland Today

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.
view from behind Kermit the Frog as he addresses graduates at UMD Commencement at SECU Stadium

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
handwritten letters with portraits of George Mason and George Washington

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
Illustration of Warren Buffett with money

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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10s

Laura Lee M.Jour. ’11

Laura Lee M.Jour. ’11 won the 2025 Editor of the Year Award, the top recognition from the Public Media Journalists Association. Lee is Blue Ridge Public Radio news director, and she was recognized for leading coverage of Hurricane Helene. Lee is a…
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10s

Allison Akers ’10

Allison Akers ’10, senior director for marketing and communications at Vision Technologies, 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…
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80s

Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88

Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88 was again among IAM’s Strategy 300, an honor recognizing the world’s leading intellectual property strategists. With careers as an engineering researcher and as an intellectual property attorney, Gluck is now a partner at the…
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70s

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…

00s

Caroline Solomon Ph.D. ’06

Caroline Solomon Ph.D. ’06 was named president of Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and vice president of the university. She was previously dean of faculty at Gallaudet University. She earned a bachelor’s…

90s

Gusui Wu Ph.D. ’93

Gusui Wu Ph.D. ’93 joined biotechnology company GeneNeer as senior scientific adviser, following his retirement as global head of seeds research at Syngenta.  
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Jessica Pagan Aello ’08, M.Arch. ’11

Jessica Pagan Aello ’08, M.Arch. ’11, principal and Higher Education Market leader at the national architecture and design firm Hanbury, was named among the Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honorees for 2025, a roundup of rising stars in the…
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Shahid Rana MRED ’09

Shahid Rana MRED ’09 was named head of economic development for the city of Charlotte, N.C. He had been Mecklenburg County’s deputy economic development director since 2023. Rana has a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University and holds graduate…