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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
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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

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

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…

Passings

Louis Cote ’55

Louis Cote ’55 died in Western Springs, Ill., on Jan. 21, 2024, at the age of 90. Cote earned an interior design degree at UMD and an MBA from American University. He served in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, and was stationed in Florida and Texas. His…

10s

Ishita Ahmed M.A. ’18

Ishita Ahmed M.A. ’18 was selected as the 2024 recipient of the Center for Measurement Justice-National Board of Medical Examiners Dissertation Fellowship, a program designed to promote diversity and anti-racist assessment and measurement practices. Ahmed…

80s

Maria G. Henry ’87

Maria G. Henry ’87 was appointed to the board of directors at NextEra Energy. She also serves on the board of directors of Nike and General Mills. Henry previously was chief financial officer at Kimberly-Clark Corp. and senior adviser for Kimberly-Clark…
Corie E. Baker headshot

00s

Corie E. Baker M.Arch.’05

Corie E. Baker M.Arch.’05 was promoted to market vice president of the health care market at Gresham Smith, a national architecture and engineering firm. Baker brings nearly two decades of health care experience to the position, and has also spoken about…
Joseph Mevorah headshot

80s

Joseph Mevorah ’81

Joseph Mevorah ’81 was appointed managing director of Hilco Enterprise Valuation Services. He previously held key roles at Lehman Brothers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Houlihan Lokey, Ankura Consulting (formerly Navigant), and Kroll (formerly Duff &…
“Seven Summer Weekends” book cover

80s

Jane L Rosen ’87,

“Seven Summer Weekends,” the fifth novel by Jane L Rosen ’87, will be released on June 4 by Berkeley. In it, a woman inherits a beach house, along with a series of weekend guests, while butting heads with the irritable (and irritatingly handsome) man next…

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…