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

Class Act

October 06, 2014

Network Exec’s Series Put New Appeal in the Past

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

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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70s

Bill Perry ’75, M.S. ’78

Bill Perry ’75, M.S. ’78 has been named director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance. He most recently served as deputy director in the Directorate of Standards and Guidance. In his new role, Perry…

70s

Renee Domogauer ’76, M.L.S. ’83

Renee Domogauer ’76, M.L.S. ’83 and the late Lynne Hicks ’74 co-wrote “The Washington Oak Kittens,” a children’s book that brings to life the story of a 300-year-old tree that was a historic part of a Connecticut community. Lynne died of breast cancer in…

90s

William Cole ’94

William Cole ’94 is the new president and CEO of Baltimore Development Corp. He previously served as the Baltimore City Council representative for the 11th District, which includes more than a dozen neighborhoods, the Inner Harbor, downtown and the Port…

00s

Lee Ann Wurst ’09

Lee Ann Wurst ’09 has joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP as an associate in the business litigation group in the firm’s Baltimore office. She earned her law degree from the University of Maryland cum laude in 2012.

80s

Barbara (Baney) Zimmer ’89

Barbara (Baney) Zimmer ’89 was recently selected Maryland’s “Home-Based Business Champion of the Year” for 2014 by the Small Business Association. She is a certified public accountant and founder of B Zimmer & Company in Pasadena.

Passings

Donald J. Addor ’51

Donald J. Addor ’51 died of heart failure Sept. 18 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Milford, Del., according to The Cape Gazette. He was 89. Born in Washington, D.C., he enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 4, 1943, at the height of World War II. After…

90s

Sonya Senkowsky M.A. ’99

Sonya Senkowsky M.A. ’99 has been named senior communications manager of the Salvation Army’s Alaska Division Community Relations and Development Department. Senkowsky has more than 24 years of multimedia communications experience, most of it in Alaska.

00s

Diallo Noel Williams ’05

Diallo Noel Williams ’05 married Teresa Heather Walker on Aug. 23 at the Green Building, an event space in Brooklyn. He is a facility rentals coordinator and technician at the Downtown Community Television Center in Manhattan. He has also directed and…