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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
people hold hands along Baltimore Avenue

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
volunteers hold bags

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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Stephen James Carrier MBA ’04

Stephen James Carrier MBA ’04 was appointed network president of Health Network One. Carrier previously served as senior vice president at Dispatch and held senior leadership positions at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Aetna and Cigna.

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Athena Petersen ’90

Athena Petersen ’90 is the new regional manager and senior vice president of Long & Foster’s Baltimore/Eastern Shore/Western Maryland region. Petersen most recently served as managing broker of its Reston and Fairfax Centre locations in Northern…
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Ravi K. Khanna ’98

Ravi K. Khanna ’98 was promoted to CEO of GSE Systems, which provides engineering, staffing and simulation software to nuclear, electrical and other power industries. He joined the company in 2016 as a digital delivery manager and was promoted to senior…

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Thomas “Tom” Bradley ’80

Thomas “Tom” Bradley ’80 was appointed to Palomar Holdings’ board of directors. Bradley has over 30 years of experience and has held multiple executive and board-level positions, including most recently as executive chairman and CEO of Argo Group…

90s

Anirban Basu M.A. ’98

Anirban Basu M.A. ’98 was named to The (Maryland) Daily Record's “Power 100” list for 2023-24, which spotlights the people who play an outsize role in the culture, lifestyle, civic conversations and economic fortunes of Maryland. He is the chairman and…
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Erik Sallee M.S. ’11, MBA ’11

Erik Sallee M.S. ’11, MBA ’11 was named chief financial officer and executive vice president of XiFin, which provides health care information technologies and services. He was most recently CFO at Intuitive Machine, a space exploration company.
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Justin Di Palo ’11, M.S. ’12

Justin Di Palo ’11, M.S. ’12 rejoined the international engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group to serve as co-lead of its national sustainability practice and as an associate partner. He is based in the Los Angeles office. Di Palo first joined that office…

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Emily Guskin ’06

Emily Guskin ’06 was part of the The Washington Post team recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its immersive series on the AR-15 rifle in American politics and culture. She is the polling analyst at the newspaper, specializing in…