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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10s

Jake Rozhansky ’17

Jake Rozhansky ’17 joined the New England-based Bulfinch Group, a wealth management firm, as a financial representative. He played professional soccer for the past seven seasons—three as captain of the New England Revolution II, and four in Israel.

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…

Passings

Louise Matthews Schutz ’49

Louise Matthews Schutz ’49 died in California, Md., on March 3, 2024, at age 96. The daughter of a colonel in the army, Schutz lived throughout the United States and several countries as her father and husband’s military deployments evolved. A great…

00s

Sherry Banaei ’06

Sherry Banaei ’06 was promoted to head and creative director of the architectural firm Studio Alliance. Banae, who joined the firm as an associate principal in 2006, earned her master’s degree in architecture from Virginia Tech.

00s

Tahra Grant ’08

Tahra Grant ’08 was promoted to executive vice president and chief communications officer for Sony Pictures Entertainment. She is the first African American woman to hold this role at a major Hollywood studio. She had led corporate communications for…

90s

Tania Neild M.S. ’94

Tania Neild M.S. ’94, founder and CEO of wealth technology consulting company InfoGrate, was elected to the Emory University Board of Trustees. She earned a doctorate in computer engineering from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in…

90s

Ida Rademacher M.P.P. ’99

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing appointed Ida Rademacher M.P.P. ’99 among 33 research fellows to join its global network of scholars and subject matter experts. She is an executive fellow at the Aspen Institute.

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.