Winter 2026

January 15, 2026

As UMD steps up with a bold $2.5B fundraising campaign, take an interactive jaunt through Terp pride, purpose and progress.

News

January 15, 2026

Series of Commitments Adds to Legacy of Giving at UMD

News

January 15, 2026

Support to Benefit Professors, Postdocs, Students

News

January 15, 2026

UMD Hits All-time High in U.S. News Rankings

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Student Entrepreneurs Win $250K in xFoundry Competition to Develop Tech That Detects Guns, Tracks Suspects in Schools

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Spelling Champ, Basketball Record-Holder Juggles Skills

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

UMD’s Golf Course Doubles as Sustainable Living Classroom

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Art Professor Depicts Different Sides of Baltimore in New Audiovisual Installation

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

After Conquering Cancer, Men’s Basketball Transfer Shoots for More Wins on the Court

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Wrestler Trains With Men While Dominating Women in Independent Tournaments

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Olympics’ Teen Track Star Signs With UMD; Historic Season for Men’s Soccer

Explorations

January 15, 2026

Engineers Use AI on Popular Video Game to Improve Autonomous Vehicles

Explorations

January 15, 2026

VR Reading Adventure Improves Skills for Dyslexic Youth

Explorations

January 15, 2026

Study: Tripadvisor Readers See Lone Consumers as Invested in Activities

Explorations

January 15, 2026

Wild Predators Navigate the World Similarly to Domesticated Cousins, Study Finds

Class Notes

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Christine E. Wormuth M.P.M. ’95

Christine E. Wormuth M.P.M. ’95 joined the Nuclear Threat Initiative as president and chief executive officer. She served as secretary of the Army from 2021-25 along with other senior roles at the Department of Defense as part of her more than 30 years of…

00s

Dennis K. Cinelli ’05

Paramount Skydance added AI executive Dennis K. Cinelli ’05 to its board as an independent director. He is CFO of San Francisco-based Scale AI and previously held senior leadership roles at Uber, including head of mobility for the U.S. and Canada and vice…

10s

Ryan Leeb ’11

Ryan Leeb ’11 joined the Severna Park, Md.-based KMA Law Office. A third-generation certified financial planner in his family, he focuses on the areas of estate planning, succession planning and wealth management. Leeb graduated from the University of…

70s

Steve Schneider ’78

Steve Schneider ’78 published his first novel, “The Doodles and the Legend of Tall Bear,” in July, In it, two abandoned doodle dogs are rescued from a bear’s cave and join a struggling baseball team with their puppies, bringing hope and maybe magic to…

10s

Krystal Bailey Dixon ’12, M.S. ’14

Krystal Bailey Dixon ’12, M.S. ’14 joined BCR Cyber, a provider of comprehensive cybersecurity training and job placement services, as its controller. Her 20-plus years of accounting and financial experience includes roles at KPMG and Howard University.

00s

Manuel Navas ’03

Manuel Navas ’03 joined the investment bank Piper Sandler Cos. as managing director and senior research analyst to the financial services equity research group. He is based in the New York office and covers regional and community banks. Most recently,…

80s

Mark Patterson ’83

Mark Patterson ’83 was named chief executive officer at Skip, an AI-powered analytical workspace that improves how associations interact with their data. He most recently served as CEO of Fionta for seven years, and before that spent nearly a decade at…

”Extra Innings: The Linn Hendershot Story” promo

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Noah Linn Hendershot ’08

Noah Linn Hendershot ’08 is the subject of ”Extra Innings: The Linn Hendershot Story,” a documentary on YouTube created by his brother, Tom. It won Best Documentary at the Maryland International Film Festival. A polio survivor who used a wheelchair, he…