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Povich Center Names Pam Ward ’84 Winner of Lacy-Smith Award
COLLEGE PARK — Pam Ward ’84, a trailblazing play-by-play commentator, has been named the winner of the 2025-26 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award.
Merrill College's Shuning Lu Awarded Do Good Campus Fund Grant for Local News Project
COLLEGE PARK — Dr. Shuning Lu, assistant professor in media, democracy and technology at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been awarded a $21,500 grant from the UMD Do Good Campus Fund for her project, “Catalyzing Storytelling for Local Ethnic Communities.”
Kevin Klose, Former Merrill College Dean, Passes Away at Age 85
Kevin Klose, former dean and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and former NPR president, died Wednesday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.Klose served as dean from 2009-12, during which time the college completed and relocated to its state-of-the-art Knight Hall. He later taught journalism as literature, ethics and leadership courses at Merrill College and in the university’s honors program until he retired in 2020.