Robert H. Smith School of Business

When Roy Schwartz ’98, MBA ’01 co-founded the online news website Axios in 2016, he was guided by a singular mission: articles would be 250 to 500 words, and bullet points would help busy readers digest the day’s headlines in a matter of minutes. Schwartz even helped fashion a term for the approach: smart brevity.

Growing up in Miami, Fla., Cristina Meneses ‘15, at times, felt as though she grew up in a bubble..

In the late 1990s, teenagers often plastered their bedroom walls with band posters, movie posters and pinboards filled with ticket stubs and photographs.

Not Wilson Wang ‘03. His decoration of choice? Stock charts.

For Alissa Arford ’94, MBA ’10, attending the University of Maryland was a no-brainer. After all, with multiple family members holding Maryland degrees, the university seemed like fate.

When Robert Leach ’04 graduated with an undergraduate degree in information systems, Facebook was a new Internet sensation that offered users a chance to post life updates and commemorate special occasions on a virtual “wall.”

Lakisha Ann Woods ’97, CAE, is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a dynamic network of more than 94,000 architects and design professionals throughout 200 chapters committed to enhancing the built environment.

The University of Maryland was a fond but distant memory for attorney Theodore “Ted” A. Offit ’77 when he traveled to Philadelphia 20 years ago to open his law firm’s third office.

The first time Marguerita “Rita” Cheng ‘91, ‘93 set foot on the University of Maryland campus was for freshman orientation.

Dave and Dara Feldman ‘84 live their lives as if every day is Valentine’s Day.

At age 80, David Diehl ’74 is one of the top master swimmers in the nation.