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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Linda S. Roth ’84

Linda S. Roth ’84 was elevated from vice president to president of the Frederick Arts Council. She is the vice president and treasury management officer at ACNB Bank.

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Christopher Neely ’14

Christopher Neely ’14 was part of the team at Lookout Santa Cruz that won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of catastrophic flooding and mudslides that displaced thousands. He is a politics and policy correspondent at the…

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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…

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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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M. Dean Lewis ’02

M. Dean Lewis ’02 was appointed president and CEO of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, the parent company of Calvin B. Taylor Bank, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Lewis joined the company in 2012. Lewis has a master’s degree in taxation from American University.

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Billy Cannon MFA ’02

Billy Cannon MFA ’02 was promoted to managing principal of local law firm Offit Kurman. He spent 12 years as an attorney in Offit Kurman’s landlord representation practice group. Before joining Offit Kurman, Cannon worked for Potomac’s Shulman Rogers. He…

Passings

George Arthur Barnard ’54

George Arthur Barnard ’54 died in Chelmsford, Mass., on Jan. 11, 2024, at the age of 93. He grew up in Catonsville, Md., studied engineering at UMD and completed a master’s degree at Northeastern University. As an aeronautical engineer, Barnard worked for…

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Myrna Chandler Goldstein M.A. ’73

Myrna Chandler Goldstein M.A. ’73 with Dr. Mark A. Goldstein ’68 wrote the book “Treatments for Anxiety: Fact Versus Fiction,” being released on July 25. It examines 25 well-known and well-studied options for combating anxiety. She is an independent…