Andrei Afanasev (Physics) received a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground for research on twisted light in quantum systems.
P.J. Austin, MPA ’15, (TSPPPA) was named executive director of government relations with Morgan Stanley.
Cynthia Dowd (Chemistry) presented her research on reengineering a failed TB and malaria treatment into a promising new therapy at the American Chemical Society Fall 2025 meeting.
Simone Hall, MPP ’20, (TSPPPA) joined the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Accountability & Implementation Board as an education policy/financial data analyst.
Junior economics and data science major Spencer Ma was named one of four finalists for the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper Award from the International Atlantic Economic Society.
New books by CCAS alumni include Coffee Nation (University of Pennsylvania Press) by Michelle McDonald, MA ’94, (Museum Studies); and Launching Liberty (Simon & Schuster) by Doug Most, BA ’90, (Political Communication).
Maren Nicolaysen (TSPPPA) won the National Academy of Public Administration’s distinguished Roback Scholarship Award.
Francesco Paganini, MPA ’03, (TSPPPA) was named chief impact officer for the Greater Good Charities.
Nikolay Shiklomanov (Geography) received a $549,097 award from the National Science Foundation for research on the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network.
New books by CCAS faculty include Born a Sufferah (Bloomsbury Publishing) by Quito J. Swan (History, Africana Studies); and This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement (University of Chicago Press) by Gayle Wald (American Studies).