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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 See It, Hear It: 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 A Totally Awesome Anniversary: Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

A Totally Awesome Anniversary

Campus Life Clarice

Click and Clap

Campus Life A Hackerspace, from A to Tee: Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

A Hackerspace, from A to Tee

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

Merch Madness

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

In Brief Halloween costumes

Ask Anne

Features Terp F2014 Feature Stress

Stressed for Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Tia Powell Harris ’81, M.A. ’82

Tia Powell Harris ’81, M.A. ’82 in March became executive director of the new Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn’s largest African-American cultural institution. She previously served as manager of community partnerships at the John F. Kennedy Center…

70s

Andrew Herndon ’75

Andrew Herndon ’75 was featured last year in Sunset Magazine after he stumbled into a new way to continue a long time home brewing hobby. Spying a vine during an Idaho trout-fishing trip, Herndon crushed a bloom in his hands—”It smelled like the best ale…

10s

Torrey Smith ’10

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith ’10 was selected in September as the National Football League Players Association Community MVP. The organization made a donation to the Torrey Smith Foundation, which just opened its second Reading Room at…
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90s

Steve Kerrigan ’93

Steve Kerrigan ’93 is running for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts; his running mate on the Democratic ticket is Attorney General Martha Coakley. He is president of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to…

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…

00s

Charlotte R. Zilke ’02

Charlotte R. Zilke ’02 is the new director of conventions for the Helicopter Association International (HAI). She most recently served as its manager of convention services and began working for HAI in 2008 as the exhibits coordinator.

60s

John W. “Jack” McClean ’66

Retired banker John W. “Jack” McClean ’66 was honored in September for his 50 years of continuous active service to the Providence (Md.) Volunteer Fire Company.

10s

Jill A. Perry Ph.D. ’10

Jill A. Perry Ph.D. ’10 has been appointed executive director of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, which brings together a consortium of colleges and schools of education to institute a clear distinction between the professional practice…