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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?
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
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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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Steve Kitsoulis headshot

Passings

Steve Kitsoulis ’80

Steve Kitsoulis ’80 died on Feb. 7, 2024, at the age of 66. Kitsoulis graduated from Robert E. Peary High School, majored in finance at UMD and attended the George Washington University. He worked for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Richard “Richie” Reiter plays saxophone

Passings

Richard “Richie” Reiter ’70

Richard “Richie” Reiter ’70 died on Jan. 22, 2024, in Newark, N.J., at age 76. Reiter was raised in Silver Spring, Md., and earned psychology degrees from UMD and the Catholic University of America. During this time he met his wife, Susan. A saxophonist,…
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10s

Jeremy Ben-Zev ’10

Jeremy Ben-Zev ’10 was named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Ben-Zev is market president of Truist Financial Corp.

10s

Robert Klemko ’10

Robert Klemko ’10 was part of The Washington Post team recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its immersive series on the AR-15 rifle in American politics and culture. He is a reporter covering policing and criminal justice reform at…
“The Residential Is Racial” book cover

00s

Adrienne Brown ’05

Adrienne Brown ’05 published the book “The Residential Is Racial,” which analyzes the history of homeownership and the role of mass homeownership in changing the definition, perception and value of race. Brown is an associate professor in the Departments…
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Dr. Nicholas Amoroso ’05

Dr. Nicholas Amoroso ’05 was named to the medical advisory board of egnite, a digital health company specializing in cardiovascular care. He is an interventional cardiologist and director of the Medical University of South Carolina’s Adult Cardiac…
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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…
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Prashant Gaur M.B.A. ’08

Prashant Gaur M.B.A. ’08, president and CEO of Credence, was named to the Federal 100, which recognizes excellence in federal IT. The company has been a Washington Post Top Workplace for four consecutive years, on Inc.'s list of fastest growing companies…