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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10s

Winston Gandy ’13

Winston Gandy ’13 was named women’s basketball coach at Grand Canyon University in Arizona. He was South Carolina women’s basketball assistant coach for the past two years, and previously spent three seasons at Duke as the associate head coach. Gandy…

00s

Ryan Lewis MPP ’09

Ryan Lewis MPP ’09 was appointed CEO of Rancher Government Solutions (RGS), the leader in secure Linux, Kubernetes and enterprise Open Source software for critical missions in the U.S. government. Prior to joining RGS, he served as partner at SRI…

Passings

Karen Hollinger Kamenitzer MBA ’79

Karen Hollinger Kamenitzer MBA ’79 of Smithfield, Va., died on April 27, 2025, at age 70 after a battle with aggressive metastatic cancer. She earned her B.A. from Douglass College and later her MBA from UMD. She spent her professional life as a business…

80s

Joseph Murgalo Jr. ’80

Joseph Murgalo Jr. ’80 was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Collier County Housing Authority. He works as a real estate adviser for Compass.

00s

Evan Scott MBA ’04

Evan Scott MBA ’04 was promoted to chief financial officer at Lockheed Martin. He has been with the company for 26 years, including serving as treasurer and CFO of two business areas.

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…

00s

Michael Leister ’06

Michael Leister ’06, head of the Agency Residential and Commercial Mortgage Backed Security and Asset Backed Securities and Loans Trading businesses at Goldman Sachs, was promoted to partner. He joined the firm in 2007. Leister also serves on the KiDS of…

90s

Charles “Chip” Warner M.A. ’99

Charles “Chip” Warner M.A. ’99 was selected as the next CEO of the Ginger Cove life plan community in Annapolis, Md. Warner served as an executive with Erickson Senior Living and in various roles at local continuing care retirement communities as well as…