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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Passings

Martha Sue Alexander ’67

Martha Sue Alexander ’67 of Gambrills, Md., died on Dec. 6, 2024, at age 79. She attended Northwestern High School, received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland and a master's in library science from The Catholic University of…

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Henry Jin ’10

Henry Jin ’10, an energy and infrastructure attorney who advises clients on renewable energy transactions, rejoined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., where he started his legal career nearly a decade ago. He later joined…

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Michael A. Breslow ’07

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel elected Michael A. Breslow ’07 as one of 32 new fellows. Lawyers and law professors are elected to be fellows based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill and substantial contributions to the…

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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…

Passings

Retired Air Force Col. Alvin Leon Day ’62

Retired Air Force Col. Alvin Leon Day ’62 of Pensacola, Fla., died on Dec. 12, 2024, at age 84. Day graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at UMD, where he met his wife of 58 years, Jeanne H.C. Martin. He retired from the Air Force…

Passings

Benjamin J. Gollub ’18

Benjamin J. Gollub ’18 died on Dec. 19, 2024, at his Gaithersburg, Md., home at age 34. He majored in computer science at the University of Maryland, where he met his wife, Dian. Gollub became a DevOps engineer and lived and worked with a positive…

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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,…

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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…