Winter 2025

Explorations

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Salt Life

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

Campus Life

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Freshmen Philanthropists

For 10 Years, iGive Students Have Learned by Awarding Grants to Nonprofits

Campus Life

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Steady Eye on the Target

Hoops Shooters and Sharpshooters Pioneered Terp Women’s Sports a Century Ago

Campus Life

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A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

UMD to Debut Oldest Existing Opera by Black Composer

Campus Life

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A Taste of Adele’s

Panera Opens at Site of Longtime Restaurant—Without the Tin-foil Swans

Campus Life

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Shooting for Success, Fueled by Family

With Passed-Down Perseverance, Shyanne Sellers Eyes Championship Run

Campus Life

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Sports Briefs

Terp Races to NCAA Cross Country Championship; Men’s Lacrosse Defensive Coordinator Earns Top Assistant Coach Honor

News

Trailblazing NBA Exec Donates $18M to UMD

Gift From Stephen M. Schanwald ’77 to Endow Sports Management Program

News

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‘Do Good’ Vibrations

Interactive Exhibit of Giant Rings Aims to Inspire Service

News

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UMD Climbs to No. 17 Among Public Universities in U.S. News’ Ranking

Record-High Placement Reflects Improvements in Graduation Rates, Student-to-Faculty Ratio, Alums’ Earnings

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

William Super Jr. ’73

William Super Jr. ’73 died at home in Annapolis, Md., on Dec. 11, 2024, at age 78 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. He grew up in Baltimore and earned a degree in mathematics at UMD, then a Master of Science in Administration degree in…

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…

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…

70s

Robert G. Hisaoka ’79

Robert G. Hisaoka ’79, chair of the Inova Health Foundation, was named to Northern Virginia Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People of 2024. He is currently focused on raising funds for the $161 million renovation of the Inova Fairfax Hospital emergency…

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.

10s

Amber Wendland ’10, M.Arch. ’13

Amber Wendland ’10, M.Arch. ’13, associate principal at Ayers Saint Gross, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 class of 40 Under 40 honorees, spotlighting the next generation of local business leaders.

90s

Tammy Mank Wincup M.P.P. ’97

Tammy Mank Wincup M.P.P. ’97 was appointed chief executive officer of Securly, a provider of solutions for K-12 school safety and wellness. She most recently served as a partner and investment committee member for Rethink Education, an impact venture fund…

90s

Mindi B. (Pollak) Levin ’98

Mindi B. (Pollak) Levin ’98 received the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for educational excellence. The award is presented to a member of the faculty annually for…