Maurice Berger Receives Award from International Association of Art Critics
Maurice Berger, senior research scholar at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC), is the recipient of The Best Thematic Show in New York in 2008 Award from the International Association of Art Critics for an exhibition he co-curated for The Jewish Museum. The winning projects were nominated and voted on by the 400 active members to honor outstanding exhibitions of the previous season.

Basketball Guard Carlee Cassidy Scores 1,000 Points
UMBC guard Carlee Cassidy ’10 became the 16th player in Retriever history to score 1,000 career points. Cassidy is the fourth-fastest Retriever to reach the milestone as she did it in her 77th career game and just the third to accomplish the feat during her junior season. She is only 381 points away from being the second all-time leading scorer in UMBC women’s basketball history.

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Francis A. Chiafari ’82 Named Director of City Crime Lab
Baltimore police named Francis A. Chiafari ’82 director of the city's crime lab, and he began his position Tuesday, January 13. Chiafari has worked wit the city crime lab since 1994 when his company, Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, won a contract to perform DNA tests for Baltimore criminal cases. He also has served as a technical adviser for the Police Department.