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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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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.

00s

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.

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…

00s

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. 

80s

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.

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…

80s

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.

90s

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…