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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
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
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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
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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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…