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

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Jeff Cheatham MBA ’13

Jeff Cheatham MBA ’13 was appointed vice president of contracts and subcontracts at V2X. He joined the company from Peraton, where he most recently served as vice president of contracts. Cheatham holds a B.S. in economics, cum laude, from George Mason…

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Aydin Mohtashamian MBA ’16

Aydin Mohtashamian MBA ’16 was named president of tech company Kagwerks and DTC North America. Mohtashamian joins from Perry Labs, where he was COO, leading operations and tech development efforts across five sites. He earned his bachelor’s degree from…

Catherine Elizabeth Nerantzis poses with horse

Passings

Catherine Elizabeth Nerantzis M.A. ’88

Catherine Elizabeth Nerantzis M.A. ’88 died on Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C., after battling pancreatic cancer for 18 months. She was 55. Nerantzis was raised in Lima, Ohio, and graduated from Georgetown University and UMD, where she completed a…

Passings

Joel Allen Carlson M.S. ’73

Joel Allen Carlson M.S. ’73 of Linthicum, Md., died on Nov. 22, 2025, at MedStar Harbor Hospital in Baltimore. He was 88. Carlson was born in Muskegon, Mich., where he was valedictorian at Muskegon Central Catholic High School. An accomplished pianist and…

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Darren Botelho ’11

Fox Business Network hired Darren Botelho ’11 as a Washington-based correspondent. He came from NBC 10 in Boston, where he served as a weekend evening anchor and reporter and previously anchored weekend evening newscasts in Providence, R.I. Earlier in his…

Passings

Joseph Daniel Mullendore ’99

Joseph Daniel Mullendore ’99 of Clear Spring, Md., died at his home on Nov. 24, 2025, at age 50. He was a graduate of Clear Spring High School and UMD, where he received a bachelor's degree in government and politics. He worked for the University of…

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Sarah Lee ‘18

Sarah Lee ‘18, known professionally as Rei Ami, provided the singing voice for Zoey in Netflix’s animated “KPop Demon Hunters,” the streaming service’s most-watched film of all time. The song “Golden” clinched the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was…

80s

Rauzia R. Ally ’86

Rauzia R. Ally ’86 was recognized among the Washington Business Journal’s 2025 Women Who Mean Business. She is vice president and managing principal of the architecture and engineering firm Leo A Daly in Washington, D.C. She oversaw all design projects…