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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Haroon Mokhtarzada ’01

Haroon Mokhtarzada ’01, CEO, co-founder and chairman of Rocket Money, was named one of D.C.’s 2024 Tech Titans by Washingtonian magazine, showcasing 219 of the most innovative and important leaders in Washington’s tech scene.

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Michele Hayes Dinterman ’12

Michele Hayes Dinterman ’12 was honored as one of the Maryland Daily Record's Leading Women Under 40. The awards honor women who are younger than 40 years of age for their professional accomplishments. She is a partner at Niles, Barton & Wilmer,…

Passings

Regina DuVall ’70

Regina DuVall ’70 of Washington, D.C., died on Dec. 16, 2024, at age 75. She received a B.A. in sociology from the University of Maryland and worked for the National Alliance on Mental Illness as a patient advocate. DuVall is survived by her son, Sam; two…

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Mariana Swann ‘04

Mariana Swann ‘04 received a 2024 Community Spirit Award from NetDiligence, a provider of cyber risk readiness and response services, at the flagship Cyber Risk Summit in Philadelphia. She is the associate vice president for the legal and insurance…

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Dawn Flythe Moore ’97

Maryland first lady Dawn Flythe Moore ’97 was honored by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., at its annual Impact Gala with its Champion of Reproductive Health Award. It recognized her work advancing reproductive health care access and…

Passings

Robert Noble ’68

Robert Noble ’68 died on Sept. 6, 2024, in Severna Park, Md., at the age of 79. The son of military veterans who served in World War II, he was born in an army camp. Noble graduated from Towson High School, then from UMD with a degree in education and…

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Justin Garcia ’16

Justin Garcia ’16, chief marketing officer at SunMed Growers, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 class of 40 Under 40 honorees, spotlighting the next generation of local business leaders.

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Steve Hocking ’87

Steve Hocking ’87 was named a senior regulatory advisor at Kleinschmidt Associates, an engineering, regulatory and environmental consulting firm. He last served as branch chief in FERC’s Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance.