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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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70s

Robert Kennick ’72

Robert Kennick ’72 was hired by the city of Harrisburg, Pa., as its finance director. Kennick is a certified public accountant. Most recently, he served as controller of K&W Tire Co. in Lancaster, Pa. 

00s

Jacob Day ’04

Jacob Day ’04 received the Advocate for Change Award from nonprofit organization Bridges to Housing Stability. Day is the Maryland secretary of housing and community development. 

10s

Kelsey Nelson ’14

Kelsey Nelson ’14 was a recipient of the Maryland Daily Record’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women Awards. Nelson is director of communications at MENTOR, a nonprofit working to close the mentoring gap for one in three young people without a mentor. 

90s

Sam DiPaola MBA ’97

Sam DiPaola MBA ’97 joined Bowen to lead its defense practice. He joins Bowen following a diverse 30-year career in investment banking, leadership and operational roles. He was previously president and head of investment banking at Evergreen Advisors,…

10s

Graciela Martinez ’17

Graciela Martinez ’17 joined St. John Properties as project manager, interior construction in the company’s Virginia and Central Maryland Regional Office. She came from Davis Construction, where she was assistant project manager. 

Passings

Myron Holly Winget Jr. ’56

Myron Holly Winget Jr. ’56 of Winterville, N.C., died on April 17, 2025. Winget received his undergraduate degree in bacteriology from UMD and his doctorate in pharmacy from Georgetown University. He served as a pharmacist for over 50 years. A devoted…

10s

Susan Holcomb ’10

“Wolfbaby,” a collection of short fiction by Susan Holcomb ’10 about what it means to mother, won the 2023 Cupboard Pamphlet Contest and was published this spring. She holds an M.F.A. in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and studied for a…

Passings

Dudley Curtis “Curt” Hoffman Jr. ’65

Dudley Curtis “Curt” Hoffman Jr. ’65 died at his home in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 17, 2025, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 83. Hoffman spent much of his early life in Maryland, attending the McDonogh School before earning a degree in civil…