Winter 2025

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Explorations

January 15, 2025

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

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

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

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

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

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

UMD to Debut Oldest Existing Opera by Black Composer

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

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

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

With Passed-Down Perseverance, Shyanne Sellers Eyes Championship Run

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Campus Life

January 15, 2025

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

News

January 15, 2025

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

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News

January 15, 2025

Interactive Exhibit of Giant Rings Aims to Inspire Service

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News

January 15, 2025

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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90s

Jean Moody-Williams M.P.P. ’95

Jean Moody-Williams M.P.P. ’95, deputy center director for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) received a 2024 Presidential Rank Award from President Joe Biden. The honor recognized her…

80s

Joanna Sullivan ’87

Joanna Sullivan ’87, who led the Baltimore Business Journal as editor-in-chief since 1999, accepted a senior editor position within the American City Business Journals chain, the publication’s parent company. She joined the BBJ in 1993 as a reporter and,…

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…

Passings

Barrett Lee McKown ’57

Barrett Lee McKown ’57 of Edgewater, Md., died on Nov. 25, 2024, at age 89. After majoring in education at UMD, he received his Master of Biological Science degree from American University. McKown began his career teaching biology at Suitland and DuVal…

Passings

Leslie Marshall Cregger ’60

Leslie Marshall Cregger ’60 of Petersburg, Pa., died on Nov. 28, 2024, at age 86. The native of Boyds, Md., earned a B.S. in education at the University of Maryland, then he taught science at a high school on the state’s Eastern Shore. Later, he and his…

00s

Aliza Ali ’07, MBA ’12

Aliza Ali ’07, MBA ’12 was hired to lead government business development for Batelle’s Health business. Previously, Ali served as a vice president of business development at Optum Serve, client executive at Leidos and business development/capture lead at…

90s

Faiz Ahmad ’98

Faiz Ahmad ’98, partner and head of the Wilmington office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, was named to The Delaware Times’ list of the Most Impactful Leaders in the State. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and was involved in major…

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…