Fall 2025

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Explorations

September 15, 2025

‘Green Machine’ Laser Receiver Leverages Quantum Mechanics to Extract Light Particles

Explorations

September 15, 2025

Urban Planner Says Modern Manufactured Homes Could Expand Options for First-Time Buyers

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Explorations

September 15, 2025

Researchers to Create Database of A+ Classroom Teaching

Explorations

September 15, 2025

Researchers Help State’s Growers Save Vines, Fruit

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Features

September 15, 2025

When his Olympic dreams on the bike came crashing down, Ryan Collins ’16, MBA ’20 struggled to even hold the handlebars. Now he’s racking up records as an elite ultracyclist.

Features

September 15, 2025

For nearly 25 seasons, The Clarice has celebrated theater, music and dance. Terp takes a photographic tour of the landmark center’s first act.

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

With Travel Program, Maryland Ties Extend Around the World; Tailgate Like a Terp

Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Alum Keeps Wildly Popular Smithsonian Venue Humming

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Alumna Is Half of NFL’s First Mother-Daughter Agent Duo

Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Grad Leads Book Publication to Mark 250th Birthday

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Parting Shot

September 15, 2025

Honey Bees Settle Onto Reckord Armory

Class Notes

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Gabriella E. Botticelli ’15

Gabriella E. Botticelli ’15 was included in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, recognized for her work in commercial litigation. She is an associate with Forchelli Deegan Terrana in Uniondale, N.Y.

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Passings

Joel Glazer ’65

Joel Glazer ’65 of Baltimore died on June 3, 2025, at the age of 83. While carrying the weight of a difficult past, Glazer never let hardship define him. He earned two master’s degrees while working full time, always focused on supporting those he loved.…

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Allegra M. Marcell M.S. ’08

A poem by Allegra M. Marcell M.S. ’08 is featured in the Summer/Fall 2025 issue of Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability through Literature and the Fine Arts. Marcell’s poem “Advocacy Is” captures how Marcell advocates for herself and…

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Perliter Walters-Gilliam MBA ’11

Perliter Walters-Gilliam MBA ’11 joined the board of directors of Leadership Southern Maryland, a nonprofit leadership development organization. Walters-Gilliam is president and principal consultant of NBBE Consulting, a higher education consulting firm.

Passings

Jordan Michael Adelson Ph.D. ’97

Jordan Michael Adelson Ph.D. ’97 of Charleston, S.C., died on May 5, 2025. He was 55. Adelson grew up in Oceanside, N.Y., earned his undergraduate degree from Hobart College and met his future wife, Caitlin Freeman, in graduate school at the University of…

Passings

Barbara Ellis Engram M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’76

Barbara Ellis Engram M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’76 died on May 16, 2025, in Seattle at age 88. Born in Portsmouth, Va., she earned a bachelor’s degree in education, mathematics and fine arts at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and master’s…

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Jeremy Clancy ’03

Jeremy Clancy ’03 was promoted to deputy chief of the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. He has served the department for 20 years, including on its special operations team, and is a longstanding member of Maryland Task Force One as a…

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Pat Griffin ’67

Pat Griffin ’67 was inducted in August into the LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Griffin is professor emerita of social justice education in UMass’ College of Education. She was hired as the swim and dive coach at…