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Features

Standing the Testudo of Time

January 12, 2024

From Turtlenappings to TikTok Shenanigans, How an Unassuming Reptile Evolved to Represent Terp Spirit

Features

Out of the Shell

January 16, 2024

Twenty-five years ago, the LGBTQ+ Equity Center opened to support queer Terps who felt invisible, isolated and harassed. Some of the founders recount its humble start and hard-won victories.

Features

Tribal Loyalties

January 12, 2024

American Indians have long been denied fair access to homes, health care, schooling and jobs. For Joseph Kunkel M.Arch. ’09, the mission to change that is personal.

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

January 12, 2024

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Parting Shot

Monumental Mainstay

January 12, 2024

Testudo Watches Over McKeldin Mall From Perch of Nearly 60 Years

Post-Grad

Road-Ready Reptile

January 12, 2024

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History

Post-Grad

A Match Made in Lot 1

January 12, 2024

Alums Celebrate Wedding at Homecoming Tailgate

Post-Grad

Cheese the Day

January 12, 2024

5 Tips for Making a Board Bursting With Flavor and Color

Post-Grad

Alum’s Photo to Live ‘Forever’ on Stamp

January 12, 2024

Image Chosen by Postal Service Opened New Avenues to Treat Brain Diseases

Post-Grad

Ahead of the Game

January 12, 2024

Sports Journalist’s Podcast Links Women’s Success in Careers to Experiences on the Field and Court

Post-Grad

Capital-area Chronicler Turns the Page

January 12, 2024

Departing Washington Post Columnist Shares 20 Years of Family Tales, Reader Favorites

Explorations

PROGRESS on Gun Violence

January 12, 2024

Initiative to Offer Research, Solutions to National Crisis

Explorations

Towering Ambitions for Forecasts

January 12, 2024

Maryland Mesonet to Provide Early Weather Warning in a Changing Climate

Explorations

A Soaring Success

January 12, 2024

Bald Eagle Expert Joins Legendary Explorers Club Honorees

Explorations

In the Shadow of History

January 12, 2024

At Robert E. Lee’s Former Residence, Researcher Opens Door to Overlooked Legacies

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Tiffany Casey ’14

Tiffany Casey ’14 was selected for the American Public Transportation Association’s Leadership Class of 2024. Casey is the director of performance improvement at the Memphis Area Transit Authority in Tennessee.

10s

Divya Prasad ’16

Divya Prasad ’16 joined Friedlander Misler as an associate and member of the real estate and commercial transactions practice groups. She previously practiced in Baltimore, representing financial institutions and financing parties in structuring lending…

Passings

Joseph B. Gildenhorn ’51

Joseph B. Gildenhorn ’51, of Washington, D.C., a lawyer, real estate developer and former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland who supported the performing arts at the University of Maryland and established its Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel…

90s

Seema Verma ’93

Seema Verma ’93 was named senior vice president and general manager, life sciences at Oracle. Most recently, Verma served as a senior advisor to private equity firms Cressy and Co. and TPG. Prior to those roles, she was administrator of the Centers for…

90s

Jeong H. Kim Ph.D. ’91

President Joe Biden awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest award for technological achievement, to Jeong H. Kim Ph.D. ’91, namesake of an A. James Clark School of Engineering building. The chairman and co-founder of…

Passings

Marguerite Deborah Nye Corgan ’72, ’73,

Marguerite Deborah Nye Corgan ’72, ’73, of York, Maine, died on Sept. 13, 2023. She was born in Washington, D.C., majored in English at UMD and later studied music and voice and earned her postgraduate degree in secondary education from California State…

10s

Michael Trail MBA ’14

Michael Trail MBA ’14, principal and CIO of MCB Real Estate, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal's “40 Under 40” for 2023.

00s

Jason Sartori MCP '05

Jason Sartori MCP '05 was appointed planning director for the Montgomery Planning Department in October. Sartori has worked for the Montgomery County Planning Department since 2016.