People
Seven Alums Named University Foundation Trustees
New Elected Members to Support UMD Through Advocacy, Expertise
Georgia Tech Professor, Researcher Named Dean of Clark School
Mechanical Engineering Leader Samuel Graham, Jr. to Take Helm Oct. 1
Facing the Offensive Line
His Grandmother Was a Racist. He’s Black. A Former NFL Sportswriter Reflects on How His Parents Prepared Him to Cover Complex Times.
A Sense of Community
Student Commencement Speaker Hopes to Use Computer Science Skills to Teach, Improve Public Health
The Mettle Behind the Medal
Hallmarks of Commencement’s University Medalist, Finalists: Starting Companies, Publishing Research, Giving Back
61 Graduating Terps Named Senior Marshals
Program Honors Students’ Leadership, Service, Extracurricular Participation
Pioneer in LGBTQ Rights at UMD Changed Policies, Lives
Luke Jensen, LGBT Equity Center’s Founding Director, Says Farewell After Nearly 35 Years
Sending Help Home as Pandemic Rages
Alum-Founded Nonprofit Helps India Fight a Fierce Second COVID Wave
Engineering Student Receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Prestigious Award, Which Aims to Create Multidisciplinary, Multicultural Community of Scholars, to Fund Doctoral Studies at Stanford
A Mom-Motivated Business, From the Caribbean to Maryland
Inspired by Gran, Alum and Her Mother Create Island-Influenced Sauces, Spices and Sweets
Education Dean Jennifer King Rice Named Senior Vice President and Provost
Longtime UMD Faculty Member Lauded for Expertise, Vision, Commitment to Inclusion
UMD Physicist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Alessandra Buonanno Helped Lead Project That Discovered Gravitational Waves
History Professor Specializing in Slavery, Resistance Named Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Richard Bell to Receive $200,000 to Research Book on Desegregation of Public Transit in New York City
Expert in Evolution of Cultures Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Michele Gelfand Developed Well-known ‘Tightness-Looseness’ Theory
Alumni Association to Celebrate 6 Outstanding Terps
The Maryland Awards Honor Those Doing Good, Spreading Maryland Spirit
Community Planning Scholar Named Dean of School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Dawn Jourdan Comes to UMD Aug. 1 From Texas A&M
‘That’s Something for Me to Run To’
Personal Journey Informs Professional Mission of New Director of Bias Support Services
Jack Minker, Founding Chair of Computer Science, Human Rights Activist, Dies
Researcher Set Standard of Excellence for Nationally Ranked Program
Numbers Game
How an Applied Math Ph.D. Stepped Up to the Plate to Become the Nationals’ Director of Baseball Research
Professor Makes Space for Black Art in Academic Art History
Focus on Questioning Norms in the Field on Display in New Book, Journal Issue
‘A Netflix of Fitness’
Alum’s Streaming Service Helps Customers Work Out From Home, Stay Connected to Gyms and Studios
Keeping an Eye on the Universe
30 Years Into Hubble’s Surprising Run, Terps Help the Revolutionary Space Telescope Stay Productive in Orbit
Smith Alum Goes to Bat for Diversity in Baseball
MLB Exec Behind More Than 200 Hires, Including League’s First Black Female Coach
Trigger Guard
Crossing the Boundaries Between Academia and the Streets, Professor Joseph Richardson Jr. Seeks to Find a Way Out of Trauma for Young Black Men
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