Spring 2025

How Students in UMD’s Forensic Accounting Club Helped Crack a Murder Case

A Second Family, a Limitless Future
A unique scholarship program has transformed the lives of hundreds of UMD students. Twenty-five years later, its pioneers share how.

State, UMD to Build ‘Capital of Quantum’
High-Tech Field Will Bring Transformative Advances, Leaders Say

$10M Gift Propels New Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine
State Initiative Adds $12.5M to Investment From Edward and Jennifer St. John

New ‘Image,’ Name for UMD’s Tour Guides
Walk Back Through 40 Years of Fun Facts and Surprising Perks

Tribal History Meets Modern Tech
Piscataway, UMD Team Up to 3D-Print Replicas of Peace Medals

Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp
Art Purchasing Program Puts Terps in Charge of Creative Choices for Gallery’s Collection

Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats

An Unforgettable ‘Kermencement’
Alum Jim Henson’s Beloved Muppet Named Speaker for Campus Ceremony

Powerhouse Men’s Lacrosse Program Celebrates 100th Season

The X’s and O’s of Revenue Sharing
What to Know as Colleges Could Begin Paying D-I Student-Athletes

Centuries-Old Stones Uncovered by Archaeologist Reveal Stories of Ireland’s Mystical Past

How to Be Your Own Fact Checker
Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Heart-Healthy Lifestyles Can Also Delay Brain Aging, UMD Researchers Find
Diet, Exercise and Other Behaviors Can Impact Dementia Risk, Study of 20K Brain MRIs Shows

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

A New Twist on Tornado Tracking
Undergrad Coproduces First Database Documenting Events Worldwide

Insurance Expert Proposes Plan to Save Homeowners’ Coverage

After Key Bridge Collapse, Engineer Seeks to Ease Commutes in Baltimore

On the farm and in the lab, researchers are fighting a virus that’s pushing up food prices and threatening a new pandemic
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates

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Franco Gentile MBA ’08

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Gary Meyers ’86

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Marlene Janet Wheatley Ingrao MLS ’77

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Ann McCallum M.Ed. ’96
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Michael Martirano ’82, M.Ed. ’92

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Dilly Severin MPP ’08

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Jigar H. Shah MBA ’01

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Timothy Slekar Ph.D. ’00