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

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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

Jonathan Burr '96

Jonathan Burr '96 will graduate in June with a Master of Letters degree in archives and records management from the University of Dundee Center for Archives and Information Studies in Dundee, Scotland. Since 2015, he’s been an archivist specializing in…

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.

Passings

Paul Mider ’72

Paul Mider ’72 died in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 20, 2024, after a long bout with Lewy body dementia. He was 77. Mider was born in Cincinnati and attended Muskingum College for one year on a football scholarship before enlisting with the U.S. Air Force,…

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…

10s

Megan Weaver ’17

Megan Weaver ’17 joined the law firm Niles, Barton and Wilmer as an associate. Weaver practices commercial litigation, insurance liability and coverage matters and business transactions. Weaver earned her juris doctorate from the University of Baltimore…

20s

Kimberly Mamaril MBA ’22

Kimberly Mamaril MBA ’22 joined Las Olas Capital Advisors as vice president of financial planning. She is a certified financial planner.

90s

Kevin O'Connell MPP ’92

Kevin O'Connell MPP ’92, former director of the Office of Space Commerce in the U.S. Department of Commerce, was named to the board of advisors of Phase Four, a provider of next-generation electric propulsion solutions for satellites, proudly announces…