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

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90s

Hillary J. Moonay ’93

Hillary J. Moonay ’93, a partner at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP and co-chair of the Family Law Group, was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee. Her six-year term began on April 1.…

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.…

Passings

Frank C. Cesare Ph.D. ’61

Frank C. Cesare Ph.D. ’61 of Woodbury, Conn., died on April 15, 2025. He was 94. Cesare earned his B.S. in chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, followed by a master’s from the University of Rochester, and a doctorate in organic chemistry from…

Passings

William H. Stinson ’72

William H. Stinson ’72 died on April 8, 2025, at age 82. He was born in Baltimore, attended Sherwood High and earned a degree in labor and personnel relations at the University of Maryland. He followed his father and uncles to work at Ligon & Ligon, a…

Passings

Dudley Curtis “Curt” Hoffman Jr. ’65

Dudley Curtis “Curt” Hoffman Jr. ’65 died at his home in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 17, 2025, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 83. Hoffman spent much of his early life in Maryland, attending the McDonogh School before earning a degree in civil…

00s

Alycia Marshall Ph.D. ’07

Alycia Marshall Ph.D. ’07 was named interim president of Community College of Philadelphia. She formerly served the school as provost and vice president for academic and student success. She holds a Ph.D. in mathematics education from UMD, a master’s of…

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…

00s

Jigar H. Shah MBA ’01

Jigar H. Shah MBA ’01 received the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service from the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Shah served as director of the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy during…