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Spring 2024

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Features

May 17, 2024
UMD-themed vanity plates are the highway four-leaf clovers we love to spot. We share some of the best—and the tales behind the tags.
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Explorations

May 21, 2024
Researchers Use Recipes to Test Tool for Analyzing DoD Classification Guidelines
Melvin Edwards poses with statue

Parting Shot

May 17, 2024
Sculpture Dedicated to Late Groundbreaking Artist
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Post-Grad

May 17, 2024
An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History
Lauren Champion rowing

Post-Grad

May 17, 2024
Terp, Teammate Complete Race Across Atlantic in Record Time
collage of Lee Mendelowitz, Di Zou and Benjamin Eidelberg

Post-Grad

May 17, 2024
3 Alums Crunch Numbers as Sports Analytics Experts for Pro Teams in the DMV
Jeanette Epps in astronaut gear

Post-Grad

May 17, 2024
Alum Astronaut Joins International Space Station
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Post-Grad

May 17, 2024
Terps ‘Do Good’ on Campus and Beyond
A couple sits behind a table with some card games on it

Features

May 17, 2024
A Fluctuating, Ever-Changing, Up-and-Down Journey to Gaming Success
The image is a stylized, futuristic illustration that depicts a hilly landscape with a car winding through it.

Features

May 17, 2024
Ninety-second battery fill-ups. All-day range. Unparalleled safety. UMD researchers are powering up EVs to save the planet.
two baby deer near mailbox

Explorations

May 17, 2024
Is Neighborhood Wildlife Spreading COVID?
one person whispers into another's ear

Explorations

May 17, 2024
Gabbing About Others Offers Unexpected Benefits in Social Groups, UMD and Stanford Researchers Find
three cartoon brains exercising

Explorations

May 17, 2024
Researcher Finds That Moderate Movement Can Protect Memory and Cognition
SHELBI NAHWILET MEISSNER portrait

Explorations

May 17, 2024
Professor Tells Stories Behind Her Traditional Tattoos
Frederick Douglass statue

Explorations

May 17, 2024
New Center Links Humanities, Social Change

Class Notes

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90s

Deborah Jonas ’93

Westat welcomed Deborah Jonas ’93 as education studies practice director. Her background includes serving as executive director for research and planning at the Virginia Department of Education and leading SRI's Center for Education Research and…
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00s

Thomas Duncan ’06

Thomas Duncan ’06 joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in the government and regulatory practice in Philadelphia. Prior to entering private practice, Duncan was an assistant counsel at the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. He has held a…
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10s

Alexander J. Choi ’10

Alexander J. Choi ’10 was promoted to executive director of government program development, affairs and research at TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies. Prior to joining the agency over a year ago, Choi held several positions within…

10s

Johnny ’14, Danny ’10 and Ronnie Dubbaneh ’09

Z&Z Manoushe Bakery in Rockville, Md., owned by brothers Johnny ’14, Danny ’10 and Ronnie Dubbaneh ’09, was named to The New York Times’ 25 Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C. Right Now in April. The review called the crust of Z&Z’s classic…

80s

Bruce Matez ’86

Bruce Matez ’86 and colleagues at BorgerMatez, P.A. joined Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP, a New Jersey divorce and family law firm.
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10s

Christopher Neely ’14

Christopher Neely ’14 was part of the team at Lookout Santa Cruz that won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of catastrophic flooding and mudslides that displaced thousands. He is a politics and policy correspondent at the…
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80s

Linda S. Roth ’84

Linda S. Roth ’84 was elevated from vice president to president of the Frederick Arts Council. She is the vice president and treasury management officer at ACNB Bank.
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Passings

Arden B. Poole M.A. ’55

Arden B. Poole M.A. ’55 died on April 18, 2024, at age 96 in San Francisco. Born Arden Vandevere Bennett, she grew up in Philly's suburbs and in rural Locksley, Pa., which cultivated in her a lifelong respect for nature. Arden received a B.A. from the…