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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

Josh Prangley ’99

Josh Prangley ’99 joined Truist Securities as managing director, leading coverage of the building products and basic materials sector. Prior to joining Truist, Prangley was at Greenhill & Co., and started his banking career at J.P. Morgan. He earned…

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…

Passings

Kenneth Gerald Bate ’66

Kenneth Gerald Bate ’66 died on April 13, 2025, at his home in Lusby, Md. He was 85. Bate graduated from McKinley Technical High School and earned a B.S. in electrical engineering at UMD. While in the U.S. Air Force from 1958-64, he served in the Weather…

80s

David Van Wie ’80, Ph.D. ’86

David Van Wie ’80, Ph.D. ’86 was named director of Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), effective July 14. He is currently the air and missile defense sector head at APL. He joined the lab in 1983. He earned an M.S. in electrical…

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. 

90s

Glenn Fleischman ’92

Glenn Fleischman ’92 joined Aytm, a consumer insights platform for some of the world's most notable consumer brands, CPG companies and creative agencies, as chief revenue officer. 

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.

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…