Spring 2023

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alums Share Advice at Terps Under 30, Women’s Leadership Development Conference

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Explorations

June 02, 2023

Maryland Economist’s Studies Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts

Explorations

June 02, 2023

New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream

Explorations

June 02, 2023

REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker

News

June 02, 2023

Future Supreme Court Justice Helped Desegregate UMD

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life

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Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram

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Parting Shot

June 02, 2023

Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary

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Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alum to Head International Wizard of Oz Club

Sahil Rahman ’12 and Rahul Vinod ’11 pose outside Rasa restaurant

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Friends’ Fresh Take on Indian Cuisine Expands Across D.C. Area

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Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alum Highlights Black Chefs, Artists at NYC-Based Event Agency

Campus Life

June 02, 2023

New Course Teaches Coping Skills to Stressed-Out Students

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Campus Life

June 02, 2023

Store Offers Free, Gently Used Res Hall Requisites

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Angelo Collins ’09

Angelo Collins ’09 was promoted to executive director of the Vertical Flight Society. He joined the international nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and technology in 2008.

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Leigh Burnside ’92

Leigh Burnside ’92 was named chief financial officer of Little Caesars, based in its Detroit headquarters. She most recently served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and chief financial officer U.S. at the Wendy's Company.

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Rose C. McClave ’11

Rose C. McClave ’11 was promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP in New York City. As a member of the Real Estate Group, she represents a variety of major financial institutions, borrowers, private equity funds, real estate investment trusts , commercial…

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Leanne Loveday-Smith ’03, M.S. ’08

Leanne Loveday-Smith ’03, M.S. ’08 was named chief people officer at Earnest, a lender focused on making higher education affordable and accessible.

Passings

Craig J. Korvin ’74

Craig J. Korvin ’74 died at his Crownsville, Md., home on May 2, 2023, after an eight-year battle with cancer. He was 70. Korvin graduated from Arundel High School in Gambrills, Md., and studied business administration at UMD. He explored a few career…

Passings

Robert Douglas Tune ’67

Robert Douglas Tune ’67, of Parkville, Md., died on April 8, 2023, just shy of his 79th birthday. A proud Maryland native, Tune graduated from Mount St. Joseph High School before earning a bachelor's degree from UMD, a master's degree from Towson State…

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Eris S. Parnes ’99

Blank Rome LLP welcomed attorney Eris S. Parnes ’99 to the firm’s International Trade practice group in Washington, D.C. Parnes is an accomplished litigator who focuses on advocating for and advising clients in international trade disputes and other…

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Allison Edmondson MBA ’01

Allison Edmondson MBA ’01 was hired by the Investment & Wealth Institute as director of communications. She most recently was director in corporate communications at BNY Mellon and has held a variety of marketing and communications positions at firms…