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Features

The Age of Skin

January 15, 2025

A UMD researcher of a rare disease that fatally ages children has discovered how an obscure blue compound could help us all look younger.

Explorations

Fresh Takes on Fighting Food Waste

January 15, 2025

Researchers Devise Spoilage-Stopping Tech That Could Change How We Grow, Buy and Store Produce

Parting Shot

Kermit Comes Home

January 15, 2025

Famed Frog Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Post-Grad

Ag Day A-moo-sment

January 15, 2025

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History

Post-Grad

At Home With a Continent’s Cultural Heritage

January 15, 2025

Alumna’s Book Weaves Together African Design Principles and Contemporary Decor

Post-Grad

Pup ‘Reels’ in the Likes

January 15, 2025

Antics of Alums’ Goldendoodle Bring Joy to Millions on Social Media

Post-Grad

Creating a Cartoon You

January 15, 2025

Terp Promotes On-Screen Representation by Making Avatars More Customizable

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

January 15, 2025

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Explorations

How to Make a Second Language Second Nature

January 15, 2025

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Features

A Fresh Start for ‘Maryland’s Shame’

January 15, 2025

Joi Howard ’03 seeks to turn a shuttered, segregated psychiatric hospital into a working farm and wellness site for the Black community.

Features

The Lost Haunts of Route 1

January 15, 2025

No matter the decade, Terps found refuges and ‘Rendezvous’ points on College Park’s Main Street

Explorations

Lost (and Found) in Translation

January 15, 2025

Migraines Rob Doctoral Student of Words. He Helps Youths Find Theirs.

Explorations

Commuter Crunch

January 15, 2025

Management Researcher Eyes Steps to Improve Escalator Efficiency

Explorations

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

January 15, 2025

School’s First Deaf Leader to Expand Options to Guests

Explorations

AI Confronts Seagoing ‘Rogues’

January 15, 2025

System Can Predict Approach of Giant Waves

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Mindi B. (Pollak) Levin ’98

Mindi B. (Pollak) Levin ’98 received the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for educational excellence. The award is presented to a member of the faculty annually for…

00s

Kat Kayser-Bricker ’02

Kat Kayser-Bricker ’02, chief scientific officer for New Haven biotech company Halda Therapeutics, was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year in the bioscience industry by New Haven-based BioCT, Connecticut’s bioscience booster organization, and the law firm…

10s

Tom Foster '14 and Francis Smith '14

Tom Foster '14 and Francis Smith '14, co-owners of Diamondback Brewing Co. in Baltimore, opened a combination coffee cafe, brewery and pizza kitchen in Timonium. The partnership with Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters is born out of the Terps’ friendship with…

80s

Andy Boyd ’89

Andy Boyd ’89 was promoted to partner in the Southeast corporate and consumer group of the North Carolina-based marketing and communications firm Finn Partners. After 25 years at American Honda, Boyd joined Finn in 2020 as senior vice president.

10s

Sam Pulver ’11

Sam Pulver ’11, a plaintiff injury trial attorney with the Yost Legal Group, was named to The Daily Record’s 2024 Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law Power List. 

70s

Marty Brooks ’78

Marty Brooks ’78, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Center District since 2018, was named Milwaukee Business Journal's Executive of the Year. He is credited with revitalizing the downtown venues, including doubling the size of Baird, a convention center,…

Passings

Robert W. Pierce ’65

Robert W. Pierce ’65 of Santa Fe., N.M., died on Dec. 9, 2024, after a long battle with Lewy body dementia and complications from emergency colon surgery. He graduated from the University of Maryland with honors in business and engineering and excelled in…

10s

Fikre Mengistu ’13

Fikre Mengistu ’13 joined the Finance Directorate of the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a financial analyst. He earned his master’s degree in finance and banking from DePaul University. IDA is a nonprofit that answers challenging U.S. security…