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Spring 2024

Campus Life Jessica Stevens jumping

Trampoline Gymnast Jumps to the Top

Undergrad Aims to Represent U.S. at Paris Olympics

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A Complicated Experience, Unlocked

Student Forms Group for Peers With Incarcerated Parents

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Still Cool, 100 Years Later

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

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$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

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Institute AIMs for Ethical AI Development

Interdisciplinary Research to Focus on Responsible Use of Revolutionary Tech

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UM-ade in Minecraft

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

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Designing a Better Democracy

New Course Creates Innovative Ways to Increase College Election Participation

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Formula for Discovery

New Chemistry Building to Ignite Quantum, Sustainability Research

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20s

Megan Howell MFA '20

West Virginia University Press will release a short story collection by first-time author Megan Howell MFA '20 in November. "Softie” shares tales of women and girls transforming their bodies and testing their sanity, trying to find meaning in the…
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Passings

George Washington Higgins Jr. ’63

George Washington Higgins Jr. ’63 died in May 2024 at age 87. He was born in Orange, Va., and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955-59. After receiving his honorable discharge, Higgins moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked at the Bureau of…

10s

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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70s

Carlos P. Naudon ’72

Carlos P. Naudon ’72 was appointed to the New York Gaming Facility Location Board. He is director, president and chief executive officer of Ponce Bank, a federal savings association based in the Bronx, and of its publicly traded parent company, Ponce…
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Passings

Charise Joy Pfeffer ’02

Charise Joy Pfeffer ’02 of Rhinebeck, N.Y., died on May 5, 2024, from complications of Huntington's disease at age 43. She was a graduate of the Hebrew Academy of the Capital District, Bethlehem High School and UMD, where she majored in government and…
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D. Paul Monteiro ’02

D. Paul Monteiro ’02, Maryland's first secretary of service and civic innovation, delivered the address at Loyola University Maryland’s commencement exercises on May 18. Monteiro holds a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law.
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Tamara Wilds Lawson M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’09

Tamara Wilds Lawson M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’09 was honored with a Washington Business Journal Diversity in Business Award. Wilds Lawson is the president and CEO of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation, a community-supported foundation that invests in the power…

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Bruce Matez ’86

Bruce Matez ’86 and colleagues at BorgerMatez, P.A. joined Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP, a New Jersey divorce and family law firm.