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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Jeffrey Gerarde ’07

Jeffrey Gerarde ’07 was promoted to managing director at Alvarez & Marsal Tax. He assists public and private clients across a wide range of industries with federal and state income tax returns. He works mainly with clients in the private equity and…

Passings

Dorothy Bealle Brown ’52

Dorothy Bealle Brown ’52, of Seaside Park, N.J., died on May 4, 2024, at age 92. She met her husband, Paul Brown, while pursuing a degree in textiles and clothing at UMD. The family lived in Greenbelt, Md., Chicago, northern New Jersey, then Toms River in…

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Nora Shearer ’91

Nora Shearer ’91 was named Seward & Kissel’s chief marketing and business development officer. Most recently, she served as chief business development and marketing officer at Nardello & Co., the global investigations and business intelligence…

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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…

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Kevin Collins MBA ’02

Kevin Collins MBA ’02 was promoted to head of U.S. Intermediaries, T. Rowe Price's business supporting financial advisors and consultants in the intermediary channel. He joined the company in 1994 and most recently was head of Retirement Plan Services. He…

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Tyler Hereth ’06

Tyler Hereth ’06 joined Weber, Kracht and Chellew Attorneys at Law as an associate attorney. Before then, Hereth worked at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. He earned his J.D. degree from Drexel University and previously served in the U.S. Army.

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Scott Reddersen MBA ’15

Scott Reddersen MBA ’15 was named to the Washington Business Journal’s 2024 list of 40 Under 40. He is a partner at Withum, a nationally ranked advisory and public accounting firm providing to businesses and individuals on a local-to-global scale.

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Ashley Teti ’11

Ashley Teti ’11 joined Piper Sandler Cos. as a director in equity algorithmic sales, based in New York. She was previously in cross-asset electronic sales with RBC, a sales director at OpenFin, and in sales and trading at Liquidnet.