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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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Stephen Graham Ph.D. ’88

Naval Academy Professor Stephen Graham Ph.D. ’88 has received the ASTM (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) International Award of Merit, the highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards…

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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),…

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John S. Haller Jr. Ph.D. ’68

John S. Haller Jr. Ph.D. ’68 explores whether evidence-based medicine and alternative treatments can coexist in his new book, “Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies.” Haller, an expert in medical history, is an emeritus…

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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,…

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Jessica “Jessy” Katz ’11

Jessica “Jessy” Katz ’11 competed this summer on “The Voice Israel.” It’s nearly identical in format to the American version of the TV show. Niece of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, she’s been singing in Tel Aviv since immigrating there…

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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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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.