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Spring 2025

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Criminal Calculations

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

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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.

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State, UMD to Build ‘Capital of Quantum’

High-Tech Field Will Bring Transformative Advances, Leaders Say

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

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

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

Walk Back Through 40 Years of Fun Facts and Surprising Perks

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Tribal History Meets Modern Tech

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

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Students Put Their Stamp on the Stamp

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

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New Kids on the Farm

Campus Farm Welcomes First Dairy Goats

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An Unforgettable ‘Kermencement’

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

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Sticking to Success

Powerhouse Men’s Lacrosse Program Celebrates 100th Season

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The X’s and O’s of Revenue Sharing

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

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Crystal Clear

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

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How to Be Your Own Fact Checker

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

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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

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A Vote for Civic Education

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

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A New Twist on Tornado Tracking

Undergrad Coproduces First Database Documenting Events Worldwide

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Losing a Game of Risk

Insurance Expert Proposes Plan to Save Homeowners’ Coverage

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Bottleneck Buster

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

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Solutions to Bird Flu Hatched

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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Sandeep Gupta

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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. 
Angela Cabellon

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Angela Cabellon ’02

Angela Cabellon ’02 was a recipient of the Maryland Daily Record’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women Awards. She is chief of staff for Howard County government, where she oversees more than 3,000 employees and an operational budget of $2.4 billion to provide…

Passings

​​George E. Mattingly Jr. ’60, M.S. ’62

​​George E. Mattingly Jr. ’60, M.S. ’62 died on Jan. 24, 2025, at Knollwood in Washington, D.C., not far from where he grew up on Nebraska Avenue. Mattingly attended Priory School (now St. Anselm’s Abbey School) and throughout his life participated in the…
Dan Taylor

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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…
Grahm Hawkes

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Grahm Hawkes ’03, MBA ’08

Grahm Hawkes ’03, MBA ’08 was named vice president of finance for software company TechnoMile. He was previously vice president of financial planning and analysis at ZeroFox. 
Thomas Lake Sauter

Passings

Thomas Lake Sauter ’55

Thomas Lake Sauter ’55 of Hendersonville, N.C., died on April 28, 2025 at age 87. He was a graduate of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and received a bachelor’s degree in engineering at UMD and an M.S. from George Washington University. After retirement…
Rachel Hess

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Rachel Hess ’79

Rachel Hess ’79 joined CarneyKelehan, a law firm based in Columbia, Md. With over 40 years of experience, Hess specializes in real estate law and focuses in the fields of condominium, homeowner and community association law, as well as land use,…
Dilly Severin

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Dilly Severin MPP ’08

Dilly Severin MPP ’08 joined the board of directors of the Inteleos Foundation, an international nonprofit organization driving access to medical imaging. Severin is executive director of Universal Access Project, an initiative of the United Nations…