Winter 2026

Explorations

January 15, 2026

Engineers Use AI on Popular Video Game to Improve Autonomous Vehicles

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

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

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Wrestler Trains With Men While Dominating Women in Independent Tournaments

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

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

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Art Professor Depicts Different Sides of Baltimore in New Audiovisual Installation

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

UMD’s Golf Course Doubles as Sustainable Living Classroom

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

Spelling Champ, Basketball Record-Holder Juggles Skills

Campus Life

January 15, 2026

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

News

January 15, 2026

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

News

January 15, 2026

Support to Benefit Professors, Postdocs, Students

News

January 15, 2026

Series of Commitments Adds to Legacy of Giving at UMD

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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70s

Bob Becker ’70

Bob Becker ’70, at age 80, broke the record in July as the oldest finisher of the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, a race through Death Valley, Calif., called the "toughest footrace in the world" by National Geographic magazine. The course includes 14,000 feet…

00s

Matt Zuckerman ’02

Matt Zuckerman ’02 operates the small production company Work Hard Media, creating story-driven video content for nonprofit and corporate clients.

90s

Anne Hubbard ’96

Anne Hubbard ’96 was appointed the first chief public policy officer at the American Parkinson Disease Association, where she will launch and lead its Department of Public Policy and Advocacy. She served most recently as director of health policy at the…

Passings

John Albert “Jack” Heagy ’65

John Albert "Jack" Heagy ’65 died on Nov. 22, 2025, in Columbia, Md., at age 83. He spent his early years in University Park, Md., and graduated from UMD, where he was the lacrosse team manager and backup goalie under his father, head coach Al Heagy. He…

60s

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer ’63

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer ’63, the longest-serving Democrat in the House of Representatives, announced that he will retire when his 23rd term ends in January 2027. He spent two decades as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s deputy and was known for maintaining…

00s

David Quattrone MBA ’05

David Quattrone MBA ’05 received the Jerome Fisher M&T Distinguished Alumni Award, which honors alumni of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology. He is co-founder and chief technology officer at Cvent, a…

00s

Koritha Mitchell M.A .’00, Ph.D. ’05

Koritha Mitchell M.A .’00, Ph.D. ’05, a professor of English at Boston University, was profiled in its Arts & Sciences Magazine for her scholarship on African American literature, violence throughout U.S. history and contemporary culture, and Black…

00s

Alex S. Rothstein ’02

Alex S. Rothstein ’02 joined the law firm Goodell DeVries as counsel in the firm’s Employer Liability and Risk Management, Investigations, and Compliance practice groups. He defends institutions against claims brought under the Maryland Child Victims Act.…