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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

News on Friends and Classmates

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Nicole T. Livingston

90s

Nicole T. Livingston M.A. ’95

Nicole T. Livingston M.A. ’95, a partner at McKenna Russo, was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 PowerList Estate & Trust Law. She focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration and elder law. Before becoming an attorney in 2003,…
Rachel Hess

70s

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,…
Jorge Diaz Schneider

00s

Jorge Diaz Schneider MBA ’09

Jorge Diaz Schneider MBA ’09 was named CEO of Beltsville, Md.-based solid-state battery maker Ion Storage Systems. He is a former vice president of advanced energy storage materials and lithium recycling at Charlotte, N.C.-based chemicals manufacturer…

00s

Nicole Helmer ’07, ’07

Nicole Helmer ’07, ’07 was promoted to chief product officer at Degreed. She joined the company six months ago from SAP, where she led the company’s skill transformation.
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.
Michael L. Senyek Jr.

Passings

Michael L. Senyek Jr. Ph.D. ’68

Michael L. Senyek Jr. Ph.D. ’68 died at his Brimfield, Ohio, home on April 19, 2025. He earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, followed by an M.S. in chemistry from Purdue University, and ultimately a doctorate in…
Helen Castellanos Brewer

90s

Helen Castellanos Brewer ’97

Helen Castellanos Brewer ’97 was promoted to president of the College of the Mainland, effective July 1. She currently serves as executive vice president for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs. Brewer holds a doctorate in education leadership,…
Clayton Taylor

80s

Clayton Taylor ’88

Clayton Taylor ’88 was named chairman of the board of directors of Second Heart Assist, a Utah-based company developing a minimally invasive circulatory support platform. Taylor is the owner of DeSoto Hay and Cattle.