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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
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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
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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?
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Explorations

May 17, 2024
Gabbing About Others Offers Unexpected Benefits in Social Groups, UMD and Stanford Researchers Find
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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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Beth C. Rosenwald headshot

80s

Beth C. Rosenwald ’88

Beth C. Rosenwald ’88 was included in Women We Admire’s Top 50 Leaders of Maryland for 2024. Rosenwald is managing director and financial advisor for RBC Wealth Management. She also serves as a board member of Women United of United Way of Central…

90s

Victoria Gruber ’91

Victoria Gruber ’91 was named by the Maryland Daily Record to its 2024 Top 100 Women List. Gruber is the executive director of the Maryland Department of Legislative Services.

80s

Rosalie V. Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94

Rosalie V. Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94 was named by the Maryland Daily Record in their 2024 Top 100 Women List. Mince is the associate president and provost and dean of faculty at Carroll Community College.

20s

Alyson “Aly” Nesson MBA ’21

Alyson “Aly” Nesson MBA ’21 was named director of people and culture at Stratacomm. Previously, Nesson was head of people at With Double and director of human resources at Bonterra Tech.
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00s

Thomas Duncan ’06

Thomas Duncan ’06 joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in the government and regulatory practice in Philadelphia. Prior to entering private practice, Duncan was an assistant counsel at the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. He has held a…
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10s

Catharine N. Montgomery MBA ’19

Better Together, whose founder and CEO is Catharine N. Montgomery MBA ’19, joined PR Boutiques International, a worldwide collaborative network of founder-led boutique public relations firms.
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90s

Maureen Haberern ’92

Maureen Haberern ’92 was promoted to regional vice president of JAG Management Co. She oversees property management operations in the Carolinas, the Mid-Atlantic, and Washington Metropolitan Area, including the new J. Coopers Row, a 312-unit, 12-story…

10s

Andrew Bassan ’10

Andrew Bassan ’10 won $10,200 and placed second competing on “Wheel of Fortune” in January. “It was also extra special to be one of the few contestants to play on Pat Sajak's final season,” he says. Bassan, a lawyer with the D.C. firm Kiernan Trebach,…