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Winter 2025

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Features

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.
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
Researchers Devise Spoilage-Stopping Tech That Could Change How We Grow, Buy and Store Produce
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Parting Shot

January 15, 2025
Famed Frog Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps
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Post-Grad

January 15, 2025
An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History
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Post-Grad

January 15, 2025
Alumna’s Book Weaves Together African Design Principles and Contemporary Decor
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Post-Grad

January 15, 2025
Antics of Alums’ Goldendoodle Bring Joy to Millions on Social Media
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Post-Grad

January 15, 2025
Terp Promotes On-Screen Representation by Making Avatars More Customizable
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Post-Grad

January 15, 2025
The Alumni Excellence Awards
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life
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Features

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.
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Features

January 15, 2025
No matter the decade, Terps found refuges and ‘Rendezvous’ points on College Park’s Main Street
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
Migraines Rob Doctoral Student of Words. He Helps Youths Find Theirs.
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
Management Researcher Eyes Steps to Improve Escalator Efficiency
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
School’s First Deaf Leader to Expand Options to Guests
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Explorations

January 15, 2025
System Can Predict Approach of Giant Waves

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Rachel Grafman ’16

Rachel Grafman ’16 launched Prosperity Personal Finance, a personal finance coaching practice that helps people, largely millennials and members of Generation Z, gain the tools and skills to take control of their finances.
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John Rosso ’09

John Rosso ’09, founder and principal, Rosso Commercial Real Estate Services, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 class of 40 Under 40 honorees, spotlighting the next generation of local business leaders.
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90s

Ranjit Nair ’94

Ranjit Nair ’94 was named president of Oshkosh AeroTech. He has more than 20 years of leadership in the heavy-duty equipment space and came to Oshkosh from Epiroc, where he served as president of Stanley Infrastructure. Nair holds an MBA from Duke…
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Monica Leigh Pearce '07

Monica Leigh Pearce '07 was named to the Maryland Daily Record 2024 Best Women-Owned Business List. She is the founder of Tenth Ward Distilling Co. in downtown Frederick. 
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Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88

Intellectual property attorney Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88, a partner at Panitch Schwarze, was recently named among IAM’s Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025. This honor recognizes the world’s leading IP strategists.
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Passings

William Jenkins ’70

William Jenkins ’70 of Lewes, Del., died  on Dec. 20, 2024, at the age of 77, following several months of complications after surgery. Jenkins grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Gonzaga High School, where he played baseball. He also played…
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Ken Hutkin ’82

Ken Hutkin ’82 joined LPL Financial’s employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch 57th Street Wealth Advisors. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a business owner and entrepreneur to the partnership.
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Dan Groman ’98

Dan Groman ’98 was promoted to executive vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer at Walker & Dunlop. He has worked at the real estate finance and advisory services firm since 2012, and before that served as associate…