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Maryland Today

Spring 2025

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Explorations

May 14, 2025
Undergrad Coproduces First Database Documenting Events Worldwide
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Explorations

May 14, 2025
Insurance Expert Proposes Plan to Save Homeowners’ Coverage
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Explorations

May 14, 2025
After Key Bridge Collapse, Engineer Seeks to Ease Commutes in Baltimore
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Features

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
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Post-Grad

May 14, 2025
Love of a Lifetime; 5 Reasons to Join Now
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Post-Grad

May 14, 2025
At New Dinosaur Museum Led by Paleontologist Alum, Visitors Can Dig In
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Post-Grad

May 14, 2025
Alum’s Rhythmic Fitness Regime Exercises Body and Mind
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Post-Grad

May 14, 2025
Alum Strives to Help Residents Reclaim Vibrant Black Community in Redeveloped Barry Farm
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Post-Grad

May 14, 2025
An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History
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Parting Shot

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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Glenn Hall

90s

Glenn Hall ’92

Glenn Hall ’92 was named executive vice president, information services, of Arizent, a business information company delivering insights, analysis and connections through its publications. Before joining Arizent, Hall was a partner and executive editor at…
Vinod Kumar Jain

Passings

Vinod Kumar Jain Ph.D. ’94

Vinod Kumar Jain Ph.D. ’94, 80 of Ashburn, Va., died on April 20, 2025. Jain earned a B.S. and M.S. in statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. After working for Coca-Cola as a marketing research executive in Delhi, Jain earned an M.S.…
Claire Grady

00s

Claire Grady MBA ’00

Claire Grady MBA ’00 was named to the defense advisory board of ManTech, a leading provider of artificial intelligence, cyber and mission-focused technology solutions. Grady is senior vice president of strategy at ManTech. Previously, she served as…

10s

Laura Lee M.Jour. ’11

Laura Lee M.Jour. ’11, Blue Ridge Public Radio news director, won the 2025 Editor of the Year Award, the top recognition from the Public Media Journalists Association. She has been with the North Carolina station since late 2023 and led BPR News…
George Fischer Viereck

Passings

George Fischer Viereck ’56

George Fischer Viereck ’56, of Morehead City, N.C., died on March 29, 2025, at the age of 83. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from UMD and a Master of Arts degree from George Washington University. He was a beloved teacher…
Kelly O. Hayes

00s

Kelly O. Hayes ’06

Kelly O. Hayes ’06 was appointed interim U.S. attorney for the district of Maryland.  Prior to her appointment, she served as the chief of the Southern Division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland since 2021. She earned her J.D.…
Frank C. Cesare

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

Michael Courlander M.A. ’78

Michael Courlander M.A. ’78, of North Potomac, Md., died on April 20, 2025, at Belmont Gardens retirement community in Lake Ridge, Va. He was 74. Courlander graduated from the University of Michigan, then earned a master’s degree in criminology from UMD.…