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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90s

Zina Evans Ph.D. ’98

Zina Evans Ph.D. ’98 was named vice chancellor for strategic enrollment and student success at the University of Colorado Denver. She was previously senior vice president for higher ed strategy, enrollment, and student success at the Partnership for…

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Juliana Prezelski ’18, M.A. ’19

Juliana Prezelski ’18, M.A. ’19 joined North Carolina State University as director of football operations. She came from the University at Buffalo, where she was assistant athletic director for football operations.

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

James L Miller E.D.D. ’71

James L Miller E.D.D. ’71 died on July 25, 2025, at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, Md., at age 98. Born in Tyrone Pa., Miller served in the U.S. Air Force, then earned a bachelor’s degree at Loch Haven College and his graduate degrees in…

Passings

Florence Audrey (Knott) Graf ’61

Florence Audrey (Knott) Graf ’61 died on Aug. 29, 2025, at her Westminster, Md., home. She was 86. Born in Washington D.C., she majored in education at UMD, where she met her future husband, Charles "Chuck" Richard Graf Sr. They wed in 1960, and Graf…

"Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure, and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women’s Art" book cover

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Bimbola Akinbola Ph.D. ‘18

Bimbola Akinbola Ph.D. ‘18 has written the new book “Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure, and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women’s Art” (Duke University Press). It redirects the focus in diaspora studies from questions of loss and longing to…

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Tiffany Wright ’03

Tiffany Wright ’03 was named senior vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University. Wright has served in the role on an interim basis since earlier in 2025, and served as deputy general counsel at Johns Hopkins since 2023. Before coming to…

10s

Philip Ravita M.M. ’11

Philip Ravita M.M. ’11 and his ensemble, Ravita Jazz, released the CD “Alice Blue,” which tracked No. 1 in Mainstream Jazz Albums for six weeks. “Broken light” reached No. 1 in Mainstream Jazz Singles and in the top 20 jazz albums on Roots Music Report.…