Winter 2022
Winter 2022

A Hardly ‘Boring’ Achievement
Student Team Wins Safety Award in Elon Musk’s Digging Contest

Living, Learning and Teaching
Honors College Scholar-in-Residence Spends Semester Among Students in Residence Hall

New Dining Hall to Honor Indigenous People of Maryland
By Karen Shih ’09 | Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle
The university’s first new dining hall in nearly 50 years will bear a name from the Algonquian language…

Letters of Hope and Familiarity
Alum’s New Book Highlights African Americans’ Relationship to Lincoln

Throwback Threads
As Women’s Basketball Team Shoots for More Success, Get a Glimpse of 1920s Game-day Garb

A Better Plan for Secondhand
Alum’s Streamlined Furniture Resale Website Aims to Cushion the Stress of Online Sales

Alumni Association News
Letter From the Executive Director
It was only a few years ago that Matthew Hollister ’18 stood on the stage at the Do Good Challenge, telling the…

Food Waste Feeds Ambitions for Fuel, Bioplastics
By Samantha Watters | Illustration by Valerie Morgan
From leftovers forgotten until they get furry in the fridge to crops that spoil from faulty storage,…

The Big Question
How Could Climate Change Affect Your Field?
Illustration by Lauren Biagini
Shannon DillExtension Agent, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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