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Features

Criminal Calculations

May 14, 2025

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

Features

A Second Family, a Limitless Future

May 14, 2025

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

News

State, UMD to Build ‘Capital of Quantum’

May 14, 2025

High-Tech Field Will Bring Transformative Advances, Leaders Say

News

$10M Gift Propels New Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine

May 14, 2025

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

Campus Life

New ‘Image,’ Name for UMD’s Tour Guides

May 14, 2025

Walk Back Through 40 Years of Fun Facts and Surprising Perks

Campus Life

Tribal History Meets Modern Tech

May 14, 2025

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

Campus Life

Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp

May 14, 2025

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

Campus Life

New Kids on the Farm

May 14, 2025

Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats

Campus Life

An Unforgettable ‘Kermencement’

May 14, 2025

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

Campus Life

Sticking to Success

May 14, 2025

Powerhouse Men’s Lacrosse Program Celebrates 100th Season

Campus Life

The X’s and O’s of Revenue Sharing

May 14, 2025

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

Explorations

Crystal Clear

May 14, 2025

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

Explorations

How to Be Your Own Fact Checker

May 14, 2025

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Heart-Healthy Lifestyles Can Also Delay Brain Aging, UMD Researchers Find

May 14, 2025

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

Explorations

A Vote for Civic Education

May 14, 2025

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Noah Teates ’97

Noah Teates ’97 joined Constellis, a global provider of advanced security and mission support services, as chief strategy officer.Teates has spent nearly 30 years leading business development initiatives for government and commercial clients. Before…

00s

Sandeep Gupta Ph.D. ’06

Sandeep Gupta Ph.D. ’06 was promoted to senior vice president, product at Avathon, provider of the leading AI platform for industrial operations. He has been with the company since 2021. 

90s

Raja Chatterjee ’91

Raja Chatterjee ’91 joined Charles River Associates, a provider of economic, financial and management consulting services, as vice president in the company’s Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice. Previously he was the general counsel of a…

20s

DeAnna Giles M.Jour. ’22

DeAnna Giles M.Jour. ’22 is the new KLTV 7 and KTRE Tyler "Good Morning East Texas" co-anchor. Giles joined from sister station WILX News 10 in Lansing, Mich., where she was a weekend anchor/reporter for two years. Giles earned her bachelor's degree in…

80s

David Van Wie ’80, Ph.D. ’86

David Van Wie ’80, Ph.D. ’86 was named director of Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), effective July 14. He is currently the air and missile defense sector head at APL. He joined the lab in 1983. He earned an M.S. in electrical…

80s

Michael Martirano ’82, M.Ed. ’92

Michael Martirano ’82, M.Ed. ’92 was named superintendent of schools in Allegany County, Md., where he was born and raised. He served as the Howard school system’s superintendent for seven years; his previous school leadership positions include the state…

10s

Nick Thieme M.Jour. ’18

Data journalist Nick Thieme M.Jour. ’18 was part of the three-person team at the Baltimore Banner awarded the Pulitzer Prize in May for a project that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses, He, reporter Alissa Zhu…

00s

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…