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

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

Class Act

October 06, 2014

Network Exec’s Series Put New Appeal in the Past

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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10s

Julian Mora ’10

Julian Mora ’10 and Sean O’Donnell ’08 were commissioned on June 28 as second lieutenants in the Maryland Army National Guard after completing Class 55 of Officer Candidate School. They will be serving as officers in the military intelligence and…

60s

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…

90s

Christopher H. Page ’92

Christopher H. Page ’92 has been named executive director of the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County. Since 2010, he has been vice president of the Howard Road Neighborhood Corp., and previously he was regional program director with the…

00s

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,…

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…

Passings

Retired Army Col. Richard W. Seltzer ’48

Retired Army Col. Richard W. Seltzer ’48, who transitioned to careers in education, then acting, died June 14 in Boston. He was 91. Born in Washington, D.C., Seltzer was an Army private when he met his future wife, USO hostess Helen Estes, in 1943 at the…

70s

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.

50s

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),…