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Explorations

A New Twist on Tornado Tracking

May 14, 2025

Undergrad Coproduces First Database Documenting Events Worldwide

Explorations

Losing a Game of Risk

May 14, 2025

Insurance Expert Proposes Plan to Save Homeowners’ Coverage

Explorations

Bottleneck Buster

May 14, 2025

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

Features

Solutions to Bird Flu Hatched

May 14, 2025

On the farm and in the lab, researchers are fighting a virus that’s pushing up food prices and threatening a new pandemic

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

May 14, 2025

Love of a Lifetime; 5 Reasons to Join Now

Post-Grad

‘Jurassic Park,’ a Little More Real

May 14, 2025

At New Dinosaur Museum Led by Paleontologist Alum, Visitors Can Dig In

Post-Grad

Beating the Drum for Brain Benefits

May 14, 2025

Alum’s Rhythmic Fitness Regime Exercises Body and Mind

Post-Grad

Building on a Legacy

May 14, 2025

Alum Strives to Help Residents Reclaim Vibrant Black Community in Redeveloped Barry Farm

Post-Grad

A Towering Terp Achievement

May 14, 2025

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Parting Shot

Sweet Success

May 14, 2025

Women’s, Men’s Basketball Teams Advanced to Sweet 16 Together for First Time

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Poonam Gupta Ph.D. ’98

Poonam Gupta Ph.D. ’98 was named deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of India. She is formerly a senior economist at the World Bank, where she worked since 2013. 

00s

Jeremy Rachlin ’02

Jeremy Rachlin ’02, principal at Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd. in Bethesda, Md. was named to the 2025 Maryland Daily Record PowerList Estate & Trust Law. He graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. 

00s

Neeraj Singh MBA ’02

Neeraj Singh MBA ’02 was appointed chief risk officer of M&T Bank. Singh joins M&T Bank from USAA, where he served as the chief risk officer and a member of the executive council responsible for overseeing all financial and non-financial risks and…

Passings

Timothy Runyan M.S. ’67, Ph.D. ’74

Timothy Runyan M.S. ’67, Ph.D. ’74 of Greenville, N.C., died on Jan. 8, 2025, at age 83. Born in Gary, Ind., he met his wife Laurie (née Blackmore) while they were undergraduates at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. After earning his doctorate, he was…

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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. 

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Nicole Christ M.A. ’03

Nicole Christ M.A. ’03 was named senior vice president of operations at JND Legal Administration. She previously led refund programs at the Federal Trade Commission. Christ holds a bachelor's degree in English and creative writing from Salisbury…

90s

Dena Volovar ’96

Dena Volovar ’96 was promoted to president of the nuclear, security and environmental (NS&E) business of Bechtel, an engineering and construction firm. She has been with Bechtel for 26 years, most recently as executive vice president and general…

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…