Spring 2024

Explorations

May 17, 2024

Terps Discover How Urine Gets Its Hue

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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

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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

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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

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“The Witch of Pungo: Grace Sherwood in Virginia History and Legend” book cover

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Scott Moore Ph.D. ’15

The second book by Scott Moore Ph.D. ’15, “The Witch of Pungo: Grace Sherwood in Virginia History and Legend,” was published in May by the University of Virginia Press. He is an associate professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

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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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Houri Tamizifar ’03

Houri Tamizifar ’03 was included in Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders of Maryland for 2024. She is founder, president and CEO of Cynuria Consulting. She also recently accepted a position as an advisor for the Transformative Leadership Program at…

“The Golf Bucket List: 100 Ideas for Enjoying the Great Game of Golf” book cover

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Jeff Thoreson '81

Jeff Thoreson '81’s book “The Golf Bucket List: 100 Ideas for Enjoying the Great Game of Golf,” coming out in June, features the 10 U.S. and 10 international destinations to experience, the 10 knee-knocker tee shots to hit, and advice for how to play at…

Passings

Rand Wood Tuttle ’59

Rand Wood Tuttle ’59 of Warrenton, Va., died on April 13, 2024, at the age of 87. He attended Bladensburg High School, then served at UMD as senior class president, president of the SAE chapter and of the Interfraternity Council, and was a member of…

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James Miln M.B.A. ’95

James Miln M.B.A. ’95 was appointed CFO of Xometry. He most recently served as the senior vice president of finance and investor relations at Yelp, where he helped introduce new AI-powered search experiences to the site.

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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…

"dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss" book cover

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Mimi Khúc ’03

Duke University Press recently published “dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss” by Mimi Khúc ’03. It traces the contemporary Asian American mental health crisis from the university into the COVID-19 pandemic, reenvisioning mental health…