Spring 2025

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

Explorations

May 14, 2025

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

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

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

Post-Grad

May 14, 2025

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

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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90s

Eugene Bredow ’91

Eugene Bredow ’91 was named to the 2025 Virginia Business Power 50 list of Virginia’s 50 most powerful executives. Bredow is president and CEO of NVR, which operates in two business segments: homebuilding and mortgage banking.

10s

Amanda Eisenberg ’16

Amanda Eisenberg ’16 published her debut novel, “People Are Talking,” (Three Rooms Press) on April 22. It's about two women who join a secret vigilante society in college that tracks down rapists, only to have their best friend be accused of sexual…

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.…

90s

Zina L. Evans Ph.D. ’98

Zina L. Evans Ph.D. ’98 was appointed vice chancellor for strategic enrollment and student success at the University of Colorado Denver. She is currently senior vice president for higher ed strategy, enrollment, and student success at the Partnership for…

10s

Luke Lindberg ’11, MPP '13, MBA ’13

Luke Lindberg ’11, MPP '13, MBA ’13 was nominated to serve as under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He is president and CEO of South Dakota Trade and held several international trade policy roles…

90s

Wayne Moore ’92, ’93

Wayne Moore ’92, ’93 joined Huntington University as vice president of finance and operations. Most recently, Moore was the vice president of finance and operations and chief financial officer at Outreach in Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned an MBA from…

Passings

Thomas Roger Lee ’70

Thomas Roger Lee ’70 died on April 6, 2025, at his home of nearly 50 years in Derwood, Md., after a seven-year battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 81. Lee grew up in Worcester, Mass., and graduated a year early from North High School with…

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…