Spring 2024

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Terps Discover How Urine Gets Its Hue

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

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Writer Maggie Haslam drives lunar rover while wearing spacesuit

Explorations

May 17, 2024

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

Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center rendering

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

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

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

Undergrad Aims to Represent U.S. at Paris Olympics

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

Student Forms Group for Peers With Incarcerated Parents

Dairy employee pours hot fudge on sundae

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

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

News

May 17, 2024

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

News

May 17, 2024

Interdisciplinary Research to Focus on Responsible Use of Revolutionary Tech

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

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

Campus Life

May 17, 2024

New Course Creates Innovative Ways to Increase College Election Participation

News

May 17, 2024

New Chemistry Building to Ignite Quantum, Sustainability Research

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…

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Brian A. Balenson ’85

Brian A. Balenson ’85 was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s Estate and Trust Law Power List, which recognizes the most influential and respected practitioners in the estate & trust law sector in Maryland. Balenson is chair of the Tydings &…

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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Catharine N. Montgomery MBA ’19

Better Together, whose founder and CEO is Catharine N. Montgomery MBA ’19, joined PR Boutiques International, a worldwide collaborative network of founder-led boutique public relations firms.

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Ida Rademacher M.P.P. ’99

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing appointed Ida Rademacher M.P.P. ’99 among 33 research fellows to join its global network of scholars and subject matter experts. She is an executive fellow at the Aspen Institute.

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…

90s

Herb Heiserman ’90, M.Arch. ’92

Herb Heiserman ’90, M.Arch. ’92 was named executive vice president of design and construction of Zoom Room, an indoor dog training gym. Prior to this, he served as managing principal at Streetsense and spent over 25 years as principal and owner of The…

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…