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Winter 2025

Winter 2025 Kan Cao holds flask as she works in lab

The Age of Skin

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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Fresh Takes on Fighting Food Waste

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

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Kermit Comes Home

Famed Frog Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

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Ag Day A-moo-sment

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History

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Creating a Cartoon You

Terp Promotes On-Screen Representation by Making Avatars More Customizable

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Pup ‘Reels’ in the Likes

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

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At Home With a Continent’s Cultural Heritage

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

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Alumni Association News

The Alumni Excellence Awards

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The Lost Haunts of Route 1

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

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A Fresh Start for ‘Maryland’s Shame’

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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How to Make a Second Language Second Nature

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

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Salt Life

Take a Home Tour to Learn How We’re Worsening Salinity Around the World

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AI Confronts Seagoing ‘Rogues’

System Can Predict Approach of Giant Waves

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Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

School’s First Deaf Leader to Expand Options to Guests

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Commuter Crunch

Management Researcher Eyes Steps to Improve Escalator Efficiency

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Jessica Bruner ’98

Jessica Bruner ’98 was named to the new national advisory board of Blushington, an express luxury beauty franchise. She is the founding partner of BOND Retail Partners and former managing director at EDENS.
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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…
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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…
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Dean Muhtadi ’08, MBA ’11

Former NFL player and professional wrestler Dean Muhtadi ’08, MBA ’11 was named brand ambassador of the fitness company Beachbody Co. He is known to many by his wrestling persona “Mojo Rawley” and for his social media presence; he has more than 365,000…
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Fred A. Balkin ’85

Fred A. Balkin ’85, principal at Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, was named to The Daily Record’s 2024 Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law Power List.
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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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Sara Bernstein '95

Sara Bernstein '95, president of Imagine Documentaries, was a producer of the film “Jim Henson Idea Man," directed by Ron Howard and released on Disney+. She returned to campus in October for a screening at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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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.