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Dr. Kathleen Neuzil ’83

The Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH, Professor in Vaccinology, director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health and chief of the division of geographic medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Neuzil, who is among the world’s leading research scientists in vaccine development and policy, was instrumental in developing and testing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.

Faez Ahmed Ph.D. ’19

Assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, head of the institute’s Design Computation & Digital Engineering (DeCoDE) Lab

Through his research on machine learning and engineering design, Ahmed hopes to automate and accelerate product design leading to the betterment of society.

Evandro Valente ’03, M.S. ’06, and Pramod Raheja ’91

Co-founders of Airgility

Former aerospace engineering students, Valente and Raheja founded Airgility to design and manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can improve and save lives.

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

Akash Magoon ’18

Co-founder, Nayya

A UMD computer science alum, Magoon co-founded Nayya to help employees choose and enroll in health benefits and then engage with their health plans.

Audrey Awasom ’18

Founder, Noble Uprising

A graduate of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Awasom founded Noble Uprising to empower women in shelters through job readiness skills training and job opportunities.

Matthew Hollister ‘18

Chairman and CEO of The James Hollister Wellness Foundation and co-founder of Save Pharmaceutical

As head of The James Hollister Wellness Foundation, Hollister works to reduce medication waste by collecting and sending donated medications to countries in need.

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

Ah, the stocking, home of small and unique gifts and gadgets for your family and loved ones. There is surely an art that comes to selecting just the right “stuffers” for your holiday hearth display. Spice up your stockings this year with some Testudo-approved items, perfect for any Terp in your life.

Over the past year, the University of Maryland Alumni Association has had the pleasure of featuring more than 100 passionate, innovative and fearless Terps on this blog, sharing their many talents and experiences with alums around the world. 

The holiday season means one important thing — decorations! Deck your halls withTerrapin pride this year with these Terp-themed holiday decorations.

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

There’s no such thing as a slow news day for Bofta Yimam '04, an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist and Washington correspondent for the Black News Channel.

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

For more than a decade, entrepreneur Lauren Banyar Reich ’02 worked for public relations agencies in New York City.