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

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80s

Rosalie V. Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94

Rosalie V. Mince ’83, Ph.D. ’94 was named by the Maryland Daily Record in their 2024 Top 100 Women List. Mince is the associate president and provost and dean of faculty at Carroll Community College.

90s

Jonathan Burr '96

Jonathan Burr '96 will graduate in June with a Master of Letters degree in archives and records management from the University of Dundee Center for Archives and Information Studies in Dundee, Scotland. Since 2015, he’s been an archivist specializing in…

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…

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.

Passings

Harvey Walden M.A. ’73

Harvey Walden M.A. ’73 died on Aug. 25, 2022. Walden earned a master’s degree in applied mathematics at UMD and worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for 57 years. Among his many accomplishments, Walden chose the site of the landing of the lunar…

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…

10s

Caitlin Marsh ’11

Caitlin Marsh ’11 was appointed vice president of product for SpiderOak, a cybersecurity company. Before then, she worked at Ball Aerospace and the strategic investment firm In-Q-Tel. Additionally, she chairs the advisory council for the Command Purpose…

90s

John X. Wang Ph.D ’95

John X. Wang Ph.D ’95 published his book, “What Every Engineer Should Know About Risk Engineering and Management” (CRC Press) in July 2023. His previous book, “Industrial Engineering Design: Inventive Problem Solving” was featured as ISE Magazine’s book…