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Mettle to the Pedal

When his Olympic dreams on the bike came crashing down, Ryan Collins ’16, MBA ’20 struggled to even hold the handlebars. Now he’s racking up records as an elite ultracyclist.

cyclist Ryan Collins rides bike, with purple background
Fall 2025 Terp magazine cover: Red background with mosquito targeted in center, with headline: Targeting the World's Most Bloodthirsty Killer

Fall 2025

In this Issue

UMD scientists target the world’s most bloodthirsty killer: mosquitoes, an alum gravely injured in a cycling accident is now an elite ultracyclist, and The Clarice marks its silver anniversary as the gold standard in performing arts.

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Fall 2025 closeup of a mosquito

Targeting the World’s Most Bloodthirsty Killer

UMD scientists built a fungus that wipes out mosquitoes. With African partners, they hope to save millions of lives.

Fall 2025 stage in Jack Kay Theatre

A Silver Anniversary for the Gold Standard in Performing Arts

For nearly 25 seasons, The Clarice has celebrated theater, music and dance. Terp takes a photographic tour of the landmark center’s first act.

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Campus Life

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Fall 2025 Buzz Williams dribbles basketball, with red, white and gold background

Buzzwords With Buzz

Get to Know New Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Fall 2025 Brat Pack in academic regalia walk on Frat Row in "St. Elmo's Fire" movie

When the Brat Pack Lit Up College Park

At 40th Anniversary of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ Alums Remember Filming on Frat Row

Fall 2025 Jose-Luis Izursa works in aquaponics lab

Veggie Tails

Aquaponics Greenhouse Grows Lettuce and Fish for Education on Sustainable Systems

Fall 2025 handwritten letters with portraits of George Mason and George Washington

A New Page in U.S. History

Student Finds Little-Known Correspondence Between George Mason and George Washington

Explorations

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Fall 2025 cricket in spaghetti and meatballs

Surf, Turf—and Chirp?

Entomology Team Delves Into Benefits, Challenges of Eating Insects

Fall 2025 Illustration of Warren Buffett with money

Career Investment

Buffett Scholar Reflects on Role Model’s Retirement

Fall 2025 chatbot with text boxes on screen and magnifying glass

How to Chat ... With a Bot

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Post-Grad

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Fall 2025 Chun-Hsi Wong poses at museum

A Life at the Museum

Alum Keeps Wildly Popular Smithsonian Venue Humming

Fall 2025 Samira Jackson and Edy Lawson-Jackson pose

Teaming Up to Tackle Barriers

Alumna Is Half of NFL’s First Mother-Daughter Agent Duo

Fall 2025 Shawn Callahan poses in office

For Marines’ Historian, It’s Semper FYI on Corps Lore

Grad Leads Book Publication to Mark 250th Birthday

Fall 2025 one student on bike pulls three others on roller skates, with one student running next to them

Terps on a Roll

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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