Spring 2024

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

May 21, 2024

Researchers Use Recipes to Test Tool for Analyzing DoD Classification Guidelines

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

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

Post-Grad

May 17, 2024

Alum Astronaut Joins International Space Station

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.

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Is Neighborhood Wildlife Spreading COVID?

Explorations

May 17, 2024

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

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Researcher Finds That Moderate Movement Can Protect Memory and Cognition

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Professor Tells Stories Behind Her Traditional Tattoos

Explorations

May 17, 2024

New Center Links Humanities, Social Change

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Tessa Edison ’99

Tessa Edison ’99, founder and CEO of Asset Management Consulting, was inducted into the BOW Collective, an organization of the nation’s top 100 Black female business owners.

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…

90s

Eleanor Hong ’98

Eleanor Hong ’98 has been appointed managing director of digital content and operations by Maryland Public Television (MPT). Hong came to MPT from WORLD Channel, a digital multicast public TV network based in Boston, where she served as director of…

10s

Robert Klemko ’10

Robert Klemko ’10 was part of 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. He is a reporter covering policing and criminal justice reform at…

00s

Adrienne Brown ’05

Adrienne Brown ’05 published the book “The Residential Is Racial,” which analyzes the history of homeownership and the role of mass homeownership in changing the definition, perception and value of race. Brown is an associate professor in the Departments…

90s

Alice Swift ’90, Ed.D. ’22

Alice Swift ’90, Ed.D. ’22 was appointed principal of Abington Senior High School, her alma mater She began her career as a high school English teacher and went on to work as an assistant principal, principal and testing and instruction coordinator. Most…

80s

Brendan Voss ’87

Brendan Voss ’87 was appointed chief claims officer at ShoreOne Insurance Co. He previously held that role at Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. and was vice president of claims at Homesite Insurance.

80s

Jeffrey S. Glaser M.A. ’91

Jeffrey S. Glaser M.A. ’91 was named to The (Maryland) Daily Record’s 2024 Estate and Trust Law Power List, which highlights the most influential and respected practitioners in the estate and trust law sector in Maryland. Glaser is the trust and estates…