Fall 2014

Tyrone Brooks in a Pirates baseball uniform, holding a baseball bat

Class Act

October 06, 2014

wires and light emitting diodes cover a very small six legged robot sitting on a shiny surface

Innovation

October 06, 2014

Researcher Creates Microbots Inspired by Insects

Brad Craddock Running up to kick a football

Campus Life

October 06, 2014

Aussie Transplant Takes Steps to Become NCAA Standout

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Campus Life

October 06, 2014

Alum With Dyslexia Helps Provide Textbook Alternatives

Michele Lamprakos sits on a high black studio chair sketchbook in hand. one of Michele's sketches is superimposed on the background.

Innovation

October 06, 2014

Class Act

October 06, 2014

Network Exec’s Series Put New Appeal in the Past

Raymond Sedwick, associate professor of aerospace engineering

Innovation

October 06, 2014

New UMD Center Seeks to Limit Junk in Orbit

Our North star here is setting up our kids to go to college, through college, and back to Detroit

Class Act

October 06, 2014

Alumna Leads Teach for America to Revitalize Hometown

Features

October 06, 2014

Terp Builds a Motocross Mecca in Southern Maryland

Class Act

October 05, 2014

Features

October 05, 2014

An Honor Aims to Heal a Painful Past

Features

October 05, 2014

Are Today’s Students More Anxious and Depressed Than Ever?

In Brief

October 05, 2014

Questions for Anne Turkos, the university archivist

In Brief

October 05, 2014

Oculus VR CEO’s Vision: UMD in Forefront of Virtual Reality

Class Act

October 05, 2014

Campus Life

October 05, 2014

Class Notes

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50s

Jacob D. Goering Ph.D. ’59

Jacob D. Goering Ph.D. ’59 was awarded the 2014 Faye McCoy Positive Aging Award on Oct.1, in honor of his active approach to aging in his retirement community in North Newton, Kan. A retired emeritus professor of human development at Maryland (1957–83),…

70s

Rodney L. Adelman ’72

Rodney L. Adelman ’72 was elected a regional vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE). With a membership of nearly 250,000, it represents the interests of all active and retired federal employees. Adelman…

Passings

William A. Loveless Ph.D. ’64

William A. Loveless Ph.D. ’64, who urged the Seventh-day Adventist Church to accept college students as short-term missionaries and served as pastor of two of the largest Adventist churches in the United States, died Sept. 15, according to Adventist.org.…

00s

Laura McKechnie ’01

Laura McKechnie ’01 stands with U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in her workplace, USAID/Vietnam’s Office of Economic Growth and Governance, in Hanoi. She is the deputy office director there.

00s

Julie Schechter ’06

Carolina Academic Press has recently published “Off the Charts Law Summaries: An All-In-One Graphic Outline of the 1L Law School Courses” by Julie Schechter ’06. It’s comprised solely of charts designed to graphically communicate important information in…

80s

Sandra A. Sheets ’83

Sandra A. Sheets ’83, an attorney specializing in wills, trusts and estates at GrayRobinson, P.A., was recognized in Florida Trend‘s annual Legal Elite special report. The list represents fewer than 2 percent of the active Florida Bar members practicing…

80s

Deborah Slaner Larkin M.B.A. ’81

Deborah Slaner Larkin M.B.A. ’81 has been appointed chief executive officer of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Larkin served as the WSF’s second executive director from 1986 to 1992 and most recently served as executive director of the United States Tennis…

Passings

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. ’44

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. ’44, an internal medicine doctor who operated a private practice for more than 40 years, died Aug. 31, according to The Baltimore Sun. He was 94. After graduating from UMD and while a medical student at the University of Maryland,…