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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00s

Kaycie Bowen ’04

Kaycie Bowen ’04 was named upper school principal at the independent Indian Creek School in Crownsville, Md. She previously served as an assistant principal at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn and as a teacher in Anne Arundel County Public…

90s

Ivonne C. Lindley ’97

Ivonne C. Lindley ’97 was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s Top 100 Women List for 2024. Lindley is a principal partner at Stein Sperling law firm practicing personal injury law.

90s

Christopher T. Jones Ph.D. ’97

Christopher T. Jones Ph.D. ’97 was appointed chair of the safety committee of Norfolk Southern Corp. Jones previously served as corporate vice president and president of the technology services sector of Northrop Grumman Corp.

90s

John Ratigan ’92

John Ratigan ’92 was promoted to interim CEO of Comtech, a global telecommunications company. He was previously Comtech’s chief corporate development officer and before then served as CEO and president of iDirect Government and as an executive committee…

10s

MJ Patent ’16

MJ Patent ’16 was promoted from vice president of marketing to chief marketing officer at Logically, a managed security and IT service provider. She serves on the CompTIA 2024 Data Advisory Council and as an ambassador for Pavillion. In 2023, she was…

70s

Dr. Henry Y. Lee ’73

Dr. Henry Y. Lee ’73 received the University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award. The 1979 graduate of its law school has been a donor and volunteer there, including serving on the UMSOD Dean’s Faculty.

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,…

Passings

David Robert Ellis ’61

David Robert Ellis ’61 of Atlanta, died peacefully on May 5, 2024, at age 85 after a long battle with dementia. Ellis graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and earned an accounting degree at UMD. He worked for Arthur Anderson in various roles in…