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Features

Driving Home Pride

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.

Explorations

Data Security, Fully Baked

May 21, 2024

Researchers Use Recipes to Test Tool for Analyzing DoD Classification Guidelines

Parting Shot

‘David’s Dream’ Shines

May 17, 2024

Sculpture Dedicated to Late Groundbreaking Artist

Post-Grad

Hands Across UMD

May 17, 2024

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History

Post-Grad

Alum Conquers ‘World’s Toughest Row’

May 17, 2024

Terp, Teammate Complete Race Across Atlantic in Record Time

Post-Grad

Helping Teams Score, Behind the Scenes

May 17, 2024

3 Alums Crunch Numbers as Sports Analytics Experts for Pro Teams in the DMV

Post-Grad

Houston, We Have a Terp

May 17, 2024

Alum Astronaut Joins International Space Station

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

May 17, 2024

Terps ‘Do Good’ on Campus and Beyond

Features

Wild Cards

May 17, 2024

A Fluctuating, Ever-Changing, Up-and-Down Journey to Gaming Success

Features

Charging Up That Hill

May 17, 2024

Ninety-second battery fill-ups. All-day range. Unparalleled safety. UMD researchers are powering up EVs to save the planet.

Explorations

Near and Deer

May 17, 2024

Is Neighborhood Wildlife Spreading COVID?

Explorations

Can’t Stand Gossip? Let’s Chat About Its Benefits

May 17, 2024

Gabbing About Others Offers Unexpected Benefits in Social Groups, UMD and Stanford Researchers Find

Explorations

Exercise on the Brain

May 17, 2024

Researcher Finds That Moderate Movement Can Protect Memory and Cognition

Explorations

Inked in History

May 17, 2024

Professor Tells Stories Behind Her Traditional Tattoos

Explorations

‘Learn, Lead, Liberate’

May 17, 2024

New Center Links Humanities, Social Change

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Marisa Bartolomei Ph.D. ’82

Marisa Bartolomei Ph.D. ’82 was awarded the 2024 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize. She is a co-director of the Epigenetics Institute at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, where she is also a professor of cell…

10s

Jeremy Ben-Zev ’10

Jeremy Ben-Zev ’10 was named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Ben-Zev is market president of Truist Financial Corp.

70s

Lynn B. Sassin ’78

Lynn B. Sassin ’78 was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s 2024 Estate and Trust Power List, which recognizes the most influential and respected practitioners in the estate and trust law sector in Maryland. Sassin is chair of Gordon Feinblatt’s Trusts…

70s

Myrna Chandler Goldstein M.A. ’73

Myrna Chandler Goldstein M.A. ’73 with Dr. Mark A. Goldstein ’68 wrote the book “Treatments for Anxiety: Fact Versus Fiction,” being released on July 25. It examines 25 well-known and well-studied options for combating anxiety. She is an independent…

00s

Erik Jensen ’09

Erik Jensen ’09 was named CCO of CakeBoxx Technologies. With over two decades of experience in global supply chain operations, he will assist in shaping CakeBoxx Technologies’ commercial strategy.

20s

Jacob Rousseau M.Jour. ’20

Jacob Rousseau M.Jour. ’20 was selected as Vermont’s Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Rousseau worked for the Burlington Free Press and recently started a new job at a sister paper, The Providence Journal.

Passings

Emily Ann Sakakini Murray ’69

Emily Ann Sakakini Murray ’69 died on April 10, 2024, in Hockessin, Del., at age 77. She graduated from Granby High School, and from UMD magna cum laude with a degree in library science. She was a lifetime member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society and the…

10s

Shaakira E. DeLoatch ’17

Ginja Snap, a ginger beverage company founded by Shaakira E. DeLoatch ’17, was selected for the latest cohort of Satander’s small business program. Membership to the program will allow DeLoatch to scale the company to larger regional retailers.