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Winter 2023

Post-Grad man holds microphone while presenting taxidermied sea turtle on field

Totally Turtle-y Taxidermy

Preserved Donation of Aquatic Animal Fits in Swimmingly at UMD

 Post-Grad Julia Ruth ’14 poses in Cyr wheel

Balancing Act

Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics

 Post-Grad Delante Desouza ’16 shoots a basketball as Michael Cooper in "Showtime" TV show

‘Showtime’ for a Terp’s Transformation

Computer Science Grad Channels ’80s Lakers Star on Hit HBO Series

 Post-Grad Three hands raise beer glasses for toast

Here’s to a Terp Toastmaster

Alum’s Toast Wins $50K in Guinness Contest

 Features Fatema Hosseini is shown in front of a projected image of Afghans lining up to board a military jet to evacuate the capital, Kabul

The Dreams of Fatema

Driven from Afghanistan by extremism, a journalism student lands at UMD and prepares to reclaim her lost homeland.

 Post-Grad Geoff Larson ’80 poses near brewing equipment with mountains in the background

Beer, Off the Beaten Track

Alum Celebrates 35 Years of Craft Brewing Success in Alaska

 Post-Grad Gold star on red backgroud

Alumni Association News

The Alumni Excellence Awards

 Explorations pants on fire illustration

The Big Question

What’s Been the Most Significant Lie or Untruth Told to the Public?

 Explorations Rod Brunson portrait

Moving Beyond ‘Getting Tough’

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

 Explorations colorful magnet illustration

Electromagnetic Control Could Pull Surgery Into the Future

UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots

 Explorations Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Planetary Protectors

Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid

 Explorations House with a garden

Backyard Climate Guard

Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away

 Explorations rowhouses in Baltimore

Roots of Injustice

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

 Explorations weaved-together photos of singers/bands

Cover Stories

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

 Campus Life SECU Stadium

Stadium Renamed in Partnership With SECU

Credit Union to Support Maryland Athletics, Financial Literacy and Community Service

 Campus Life UMD men's basketball team stands on sideline, with one player with Ukrainian flag draped over his shoulders

Showing Support on the Court

Men’s Basketball Player From Ukraine Grapples With War From Afar

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Meagan Cooper Borgerson ’09

Meagan Cooper Borgerson ’09 was named to The Daily Record’s 2022 Business and Employment Law Power List. She is an associate attorney at Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard, where she works with individuals and businesses as an adviser and a litigator. She…
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Michael Puelle M.P.M. ’90

Michael Puelle M.P.M. ’90 was appointed the University of New Mexico’s chief government relations officer. Since 2020, Puelle has served as chief of staff for the mayor of Albuquerque. Prior to that, he held the position of chief executive officer and…

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Dennis D. Urban ’69

Dennis D. Urban ’69 published “The Making of a Civilian Soldier in the Civil War: the First Diary of Private William J. McLean Along the C&O Canal and the Affair at Edwards Ferry.”

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Jonathan Murray ’01

Jonathan Murray ’01 is the chief marketing officer of virtual college and career counselor myKlovr, which Time magazine awarded a special mention as one of its Best Inventions of 2022.
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Bill Meury ’90

Bill Meury ’90 was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Karuna Theraputics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Meury was a partner at Hildred Capital Management.
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Jeff Hamet ’88

Jeff Hamet ’88 was elevated to senior vice president of finance at Aziyo Biologics, a biological device company with a portfolio of commercial products. Previously, he served as president and chief financial officer of NeurExpand Brain Center, and vice…

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Jeffrey Gluck Ph.D. ’98

Jeffrey Gluck Ph.D. ’98, a partner at the Philadelphia intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, was named among IAM’s Strategy 300 Global Leaders for 2023, which honors the world’s leading intellectual property strategists.…
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Tim Zhang ’05

Tim Zhang ’05 joined Middleburg Communities as principal and vice president of indirect investments, working out of the firm’s headquarters in Vienna, Va. He came from Sunac China Holdings Limited and received his MBA in finance and accounting from New…