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Winter 2025

Kan Cao holds flask as she works in lab

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
Kermit sits with statue of himself and Jim Henson on UMD campus

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
Nasozi Kakembo poses next to Juju hat

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
Joi Howard poses by brick columns and greenery

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
Jill Bradbury signs in front of stage next to electronic sign that reads, "Welcome to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center"

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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Passings

Joel Katzin ’60, Ph.D. ’68

Joel Katzin ’60, Ph.D. ’68 of Venice, Fla., died on Dec. 2, 2024, at the age of 87. He was a professor at Florida Technological University (now the University of Central Florida) and later worked as a physicist for the Naval Research Laboratory and as a…
Victoria Ortega M.A. ’11 headshot

10s

Victoria Ortega M.A. ’11

Victoria Ortega M.A. ’11 was promoted to partner at Blank Rome LLP’s Washington, D.C., office. She works in corporate litigation, advocating for clients from a wide array of industries, including restaurants and hospitality, government contracting, and…

00s

Forrest G. Popkin ’08

Forrest G. Popkin ’08 joined Bates Architects in Frederick, Md., as vice president. He previously worked with Bates Architects between 2010 and 2018. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and certified by the National Council of…

20s

Julia Joseph ’21

Julia Joseph ’21 has been working as a reporter at News12 Brooklyn for two years. She was previously an associate producer on the Foreign Desk at CBS News.
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00s

Naseema Shafi ’00

Naseema Shafi ’00, CEO of Whitman-Walker Health, was named to the Washington Business Journal’s 2024 Women Who Mean Business list, which recognizes the region's most influential women. In her 17-year tenure, she has overseen the development of over…

00s

Sara Goodman Confino ’02, M.Ed. ’03

“Behind Every Good Man,” a novel by Sara Goodman Confino ’02, M.Ed. ’03, was nominated for Goodreads’ Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction of 2024. The bestselling author of “Don’t Forget to Write,” “She’s Up to No Good” and “For the Love of Friends” also…
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80s

Jane Lewis-Raymond ’87

Jane Lewis-Raymond ’87 was elected to the board of Unitil Corp. She is principal of Hilltop Strategies, which provides strategic consulting services to senior executives, and also currently serves on the board of Southwest Gas Holdings. Lewis-Raymond has…
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90s

Keri Mattox ’99

Keri Mattox ’99 was appointed to the newly created role of chief business officer at Parexel, a clinical research organization. She most recently served as chief communications and administration officer at Zimmer Biomet, a global leader in medical…