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Fall 2014

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

Big League View

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

Tiny Robots, Big Plans

Campus Life Brad Craddock Running up to kick a football

No Weekends at Home for Terps Kicker

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

See It, Hear It

Class Act Dirk Hoogstra

History in the Making

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

Unraveling Architectural Mysteries

Innovation Raymond Sedwick, associate professor of aerospace engineering

Waste in Space

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

Motor City Motivator

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Home Field Advantage

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

A Totally Awesome Anniversary

Campus Life Clarice

Click and Clap

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

A Hackerspace, from A to Tee

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

Merch Madness

In Brief Mmorgan 140912 4928 fixed for web

Record $31M Gift to Jump-Start Computer Science Building

In Brief Halloween costumes

Ask Anne

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Stressed for Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Andrea Ingram ’71

Andrea Ingram ’71 was honored in September for her quarter-century of service as executive director of Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit organization that includes Howard County’s only homeless shelter and a variety of other services.

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Thuy Le Ph.D. ’05

Thuy Le Ph.D. ’05 is among the first 50 Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellows. The highly competitive program recruits recent graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and awards them…
Walker Diallo

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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…

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John Reisinger ’66

John Reisinger ’66 won gold medals for two of his books at the Global eBook Awards. The awards are open to eBooks from all publishers and a panel of 200 judges determines the winners in a number of categories. “Death and the Blind Tiger,” one of…

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Brad Tyndall ’83

Brad Tyndall ’83 has written “Touching God: A Journey, A Guide to Mysticism in Christianity and Islam,” following years of giving presentations to Rotary Clubs, churches and other organizations on “The Loving Side of Islam.” He is the vice president of…

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Diane Cooper-Currier ’82

Diane Cooper-Currier ’82 received the Amelia Earhart Woman of Achievement Award from the Zonta Club of Oswego, N.Y., honoring her dedication to making a difference in her community and serving as a role model to other women. She is executive director of…

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Bill Brasso ’85

Bill Brasso ’85 has spent nearly three decades working with Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, developing medical devices for the identification and testing of bacteria. Outside the lab, he plays drums in a progressive rock band, Oblivion Sun.
Barbara Zimmer

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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.