Winter 2022

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

With Pingpong-Tennis-Badminton Mashup on the Upswing, Terp Pro Leads the Way

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Family’s $2.5M in Gifts Will Fund Arts Innovation, Support Education Majors

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

New Fermentation Major Will Support Growing Maryland Craft Beverage and Food Industries

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Study Reveals Fewer Romances, Little Difference Between App, In-Person Pairings

News

January 31, 2022

UMD Makes $20M Investment in Q-Lab, Leads $25M NSF Grant on Quantum Simulation

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum Takes Over as Capitol Police Chief in Wake of Jan. 6 Riot

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Researcher Asks: Could Burying Enough Dead Wood Alter the Globe’s Climate Trajectory?

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Student Team Wins Safety Award in Elon Musk’s Digging Contest

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Honors College Scholar-in-Residence Spends Semester Among Students in Residence Hall

News

January 31, 2022

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum’s New Book Highlights African Americans’ Relationship to Lincoln

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum’s Streamlined Furniture Resale Website Aims to Cushion the Stress of Online Sales

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

As Women’s Basketball Team Shoots for More Success, Get a Glimpse of 1920s Game-day Garb

Class Act

January 31, 2022

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Marcos Nogués ’93

Marcos Nogués ’93 was named chief investment officer of First Merchants Corp. Previously, Nogués worked at Oxford Financial Group, Mirador Family Wealth Advisors, Bank of America, Lasalle Bank and ABN AMRO Private Investment in Chicago. He earned a…

00s

Rachel Muñoz ’09

Rachel Muñoz ’09 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to represent District 33 in the House of Delegates. Muñoz is an attorney with Schulte Booth LLC, specializing in aviation law and is working toward her private pilot’s license. She is a graduate…

80s

Justin Caramango

Justin Caramango ’83 was appointed to the Great Bay Stewards Board of Trustees. The principal of the Law Offices of Justin Caramagno, P.A. in Portsmouth, N.H., he is a past recipient of the New Hampshire Bar’s “Rockingham County Pro Bono Attorney of the…

00s

Christina Billiet ’05

Christina Billiet ’05 was promoted to managing partner of civil litigation defense firm Waranch & Brown in Maryland. Billiet has spent her career at Waranch & Brown, where she has successfully tried cases as lead counsel in the district and…

20s

Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20

Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20 was promoted to executive director of the American College of Surgeons after 10 years as its director of member services. She previously spent eight years on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, serving…

90s

Delmar Gillus Jr. ’93

Delmar Gillus Jr. ’93 was appointed to the Future of Work task force by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. For over 10 years, he has served as the chief operations officer of Elevate, an organization that ensures equitable access to utilities in homes and…

80s

Mark Ciardi ’83

Mark Ciardi ’83 joined sports content studio game1 as president and chief content officer. Ciardi has produced many sports-oriented films, including “Secretariat,” “Miracle,” “Invincible,” “The Rookie,” “McFarland USA” and “Million Dollar Arm.”

20s

Pranav Desai M.E. ’20

Pranav Desai M.E. ’20 was promoted from senior vice president of product innovation to chief product officer at Reputation, a company specializing in reputation experience management. Previously, he was a group product manager for Verint’s Customer…