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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

Features Terp F2014 Feature moto

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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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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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.

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Nela Richardson Ph.D. ’05

Nela Richardson Ph.D. ’05 has joined the real estate brokerage Redfin as its first chief economist. She’s based in Washington, D.C. Richardson previously served as senior economist with Bloomberg Government, and in other roles in the mortgage industry,…
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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Nelson Yanes ’14

Nelson Yanes ’14 and Elena Shrestha ’12 have been named to Penton’s Aviation Week‘s “Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders: The Twenty20s.” The program connects the next generation of aerospace and defense talent with established leaders.
KC Reed

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William “K.C.” Reed ’01, PE,

William “K.C.” Reed ’01, PE, has been hired as an associate and principal engineer in the Frederick, Md., office of Dewberry, a professional services firm. He is responsible for managing all facets of land development projects for clients in the area.

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Jordan Freiman ’11

Jordan Freiman ’11, Eric Owusu ’11 and Kate Oliva ’10 are among the founders of the new-media production company Covert Bacon. In August, it launched a YouTube channel featuring original comedic Web series.

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Robert E. Morris ’74

Robert E. Morris ’74, a research chemist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, has been honored with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He was recognized for his achievements in fuel analytics that have been the singular…