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Spring 2025

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Features

May 14, 2025
How Students in UMD’s Forensic Accounting Club Helped Crack a Murder Case
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Features

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
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Campus Life

May 14, 2025
Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats
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Campus Life

May 14, 2025
Alum Jim Henson’s Beloved Muppet Named Speaker for Campus Ceremony
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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
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Explorations

May 14, 2025
Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

Class Notes

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Dan Taylor

10s

Dan Taylor MCP ’13

Dan Taylor MCP ’13 will become president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore at the end of June. Taylor has spent 12 years at the Baltimore Development Corp., where he serves as vice president of business and neighborhood development. He graduated…
Katherine Polasek

90s

Katherine Polasek ’99

Katherine Polasek ’99 was named dean of SUNY Cortland’s School of Professional Studies, effective July 3. She was chair of the university’s kinesiology department. Polasek earned an M.S. in kinesiology from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a Ph.D.…
David Van Wie

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…
Greg Mayer

00s

Greg Mayer ’09

Greg Mayer ’09 was promoted to partner at Argosy Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm. Mayer received an MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
David Goodwin

10s

David Goodwin ’16

David Goodwin ’16 was promoted to president of Reliable Real Estate Services. He joined in 2022 as vice president. Goodwin earned an M.S. in real estate from New York University.
Kate Comtois

90s

Kate Comtois Ph.D. ’92

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) awarded Kate Comtois Ph.D. ’92 its 2025 annual Research Award. She is a professor at the University of Washington Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in suicidal thoughts and…
Holly Ilene Schick

Passings

Holly Ilene Schick ’73

Holly Ilene Schick ’73 of Alexandria, Va., died on April 23, 2025, after a lengthy illness. She was 72. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in a tight-knit family, then studied hearing and speech sciences at UMD. Schick’s career in public service spanned…
Gary Meyers

80s

Gary Meyers ’86

Gary Meyers ’86 was appointed to the board of directors of Raptor Maps, the leading platform for remotely managed solar operations. Meyers most recently led the exponential growth of Power Factors through its acquisition by Vista Private Equity in 2021.