Spring 2024

Explorations

Wee Mystery Solved

Terps Discover How Urine Gets Its Hue

Explorations

split illustration: half with woman working at laptop and drinking coffee, half with her snuggling with child on couch watching Netflix

How to Make Your Workday Work for You

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Writer Maggie Haslam drives lunar rover while wearing spacesuit

Roving Reporter

We Road-Test Students’ New Moon Buggy Concept at NASA

Campus Life

Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center rendering

Sports Briefs

Baseball, Softball Development Centers Break Ground; Terp Triple Jumps to World Title

Campus Life

Trampoline Gymnast Jumps to the Top

Undergrad Aims to Represent U.S. at Paris Olympics

Campus Life

A Complicated Experience, Unlocked

Student Forms Group for Peers With Incarcerated Parents

Campus Life

Dairy employee pours hot fudge on sundae

Still Cool, 100 Years Later

Look Back on the Maryland Dairy’s Funky Flavors and Coach-Inspired Creations

News

$27.2M Gift to Support Math Research, Outreach

Funding to Endow Brin Mathematics Research Center, Establish Endowed Chair, Launch a Summer Camp for Maryland High Schoolers

News

Institute AIMs for Ethical AI Development

Interdisciplinary Research to Focus on Responsible Use of Revolutionary Tech

Campus Life

UM-ade in Minecraft

Undergrad Virtually Builds Mall, Drawings Fans Globally to ‘Campus’

Campus Life

Designing a Better Democracy

New Course Creates Innovative Ways to Increase College Election Participation

News

Formula for Discovery

New Chemistry Building to Ignite Quantum, Sustainability Research

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Arielle Mortimer ’11

Arielle Mortimer ’11 joined mental health provider Spring Health as chief operating officer. She was most recently COO at the skin care company Heyday and senior vice president of operations at the fertility and women’s wellness company Kindbody.

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

Sandhya Hosagrahara Somashekhar ’99

Sandhya Hosagrahara Somashekhar ’99 was promoted to deputy business editor at The Washington Post, where she has worked for nearly two decades, on the local desk, national desk, Outlook and business desk. She obtained her master’s degree from the…

Passings

Gary Klausner ’87

Gary Klausner ’87 of Plainview, N.Y., died April 17, 2024, three days before his 59th birthday, according to an article in Newsday. Klausner was born with cystic fibrosis and was not expected to live past age 16, Despite the initial diagnosis, Klausner…

70s

Gerard E. Evans M.S. ’77

Gerard E. Evans M.S. ’77 was named to The (Maryland) Daily Record’s “Power 100” list for 2023-24, which highlights people who play an important role in culture, lifestyle, civic conversations and economic fortunes of Maryland. Evans is the founder,…

00s

Benjamin A. Kelley ’02

Benjamin A. Kelley ’02, a partner in the finance department of Ballard Spahr, was elected a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the preeminent professional association of U.S. real estate attorneys.

80s

Brian Gibbons ’84

Brian Gibbons ’84 was named to The (Maryland) Daily Record’s “Power 100” list for 2023-24, which highlights those who play an important role in culture, lifestyle, civic conversations and economic fortunes of Maryland. Gibbons is the chairman and CEO of…

Passings

Clifford Douglas Feldwick ’70

Clifford Douglas Feldwick ’70 died in Columbia, Md., on Jan. 20, 2024, at age 73 after a long battle with cancer. Born in England, he immigrated to Baltimore with his brother, Ray, and parents, Douglas and Elizabeth. He graduated from Baltimore…