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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

Rami Daoud ’92

Rami Daoud ’92 was appointed chief business and financial officer at Affinia Therapeutics, which develops therapies for devastating cardiovascular and neurological diseases. Most recently, Daoud was president of GeneSciences Pharmaceuticals USA. Before…

00s

Jason Lee ’06

Jason Lee ’06 was promoted to senior vice president of supply chain at Din Tai Fund North America. He joined the company in 2022 and before that was with Cava Group and Five Guys. He has an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

70s

Barbara J. Leap ’72

Barbara J. Leap ’72 was one of six writers for AARP The Magazine to be honored by the National Association of Black Journalists for articles they wrote on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Leap is a frequent freelance writer for AARP The…

70s

Cary Hatch ’78

Longtime D.C. marketing executive Cary Hatch ’78 retired from Hart Inc., the Ohio-based company she sold her advertising firm to in 2022. Hatch started her career with MDB in Baltimore in 1981 as an account executive, then went on to purchase the firm in…

80s

Larry Goldberg ’88

Larry Goldberg ’88, senior vice president of global advisory and consulting services at Ensono, joined the board of Dataprise, a provider of managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud solutions.

00s

Bradi Smith ’03

Bradi Smith ’03 was elected to partner at the international law firm Kilpatrick. She is a trademark attorney in New York.

90s

Rana Khan Ph.D. ’99

Rana Khan Ph.D. ’99 was named the inaugural director of Hood College’s new Biomedical Research and Training Center. She previously served as the founding director of the biotechnology management and entrepreneurship master’s of science program at Yeshiva…

00s

Amy C. (Stouffer) Serafino ’00

Amy C. (Stouffer) Serafino ’00, a principal at Friedlander Misler, PLLC, was selected for Connect CRE’s 2024 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards in the Washington, D.C., and mid-Atlantic region. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School…