Spring 2025

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May 14, 2025

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

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May 14, 2025

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

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News

May 14, 2025

High-Tech Field Will Bring Transformative Advances, Leaders Say

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News

May 14, 2025

State Initiative Adds $12.5M to Investment From Edward and Jennifer St. John

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Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Walk Back Through 40 Years of Fun Facts and Surprising Perks

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Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Piscataway, UMD Team Up to 3D-Print Replicas of Peace Medals

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Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Art Purchasing Program Puts Terps in Charge of Creative Choices for Gallery’s Collection

Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats

Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Alum Jim Henson’s Beloved Muppet Named Speaker for Campus Ceremony

Campus Life

May 14, 2025

Powerhouse Men’s Lacrosse Program Celebrates 100th Season

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Campus Life

May 14, 2025

What to Know as Colleges Could Begin Paying D-I Student-Athletes

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Explorations

May 14, 2025

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

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Explorations

May 14, 2025

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

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Explorations

May 14, 2025

Diet, Exercise and Other Behaviors Can Impact Dementia Risk, Study of 20K Brain MRIs Shows

Explorations

May 14, 2025

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Jorge Diaz Schneider MBA ’09

Jorge Diaz Schneider MBA ’09 was named CEO of Beltsville, Md.-based solid-state battery maker Ion Storage Systems. He is a former vice president of advanced energy storage materials and lithium recycling at Charlotte, N.C.-based chemicals manufacturer…

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Glenn Hall ’92

Glenn Hall ’92 was named executive vice president, information services, of Arizent, a business information company delivering insights, analysis and connections through its publications. Before joining Arizent, Hall was a partner and executive editor at…

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Matt Daddio ’03

Matt Daddio ’03 joined Columbia National Real Estate Finance as deputy chief underwriter, based in the Towson, Md., office. He serves as vice chair of the advisory board for the Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development and as the Real…

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Craig Abod ’86

Craig Abod ’86 was named to the 2025 Virginia Business Power 50 list of Virginia’s 50 most powerful executives. Abod is president and founder of Carahsoft Technology, an IT and cybersecurity solutions provider that ranked No. 26 on Forbes’ 2024 list of…

Passings

Louis C. Gasbarre M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’78

Louis C. Gasbarre M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’78 of Boerne, Texas, died on April 11, 2025, at age 76. He grew up in western Pennsylvania and graduated from Ridgway High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He served in the Navy as a corpsman and earned a…

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Brian Ullmann ’92

Brian Ullmann ’92 writes a harrowing tale of courage and survival in his newest novel, “The Sorrows,” about a father and son who begin a backpacking trip into the longest slot canyon on earth just as rain starts falling. His 10 other books include…

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Jeremy Rachlin ’02

Jeremy Rachlin ’02, principal at Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd. in Bethesda, Md. was named to the 2025 Maryland Daily Record PowerList Estate & Trust Law. He graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

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Nicole T. Livingston M.A. ’95

Nicole T. Livingston M.A. ’95, a partner at McKenna Russo, was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 PowerList Estate & Trust Law. She focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration and elder law. Before becoming an attorney in 2003,…