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

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

Home Field Advantage

Class Act

A Totally Awesome Anniversary

Campus Life

Click and Clap

Campus Life

A Hackerspace, from A to Tee

Class Act

Merch Madness

In Brief

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

In Brief

Ask Anne

Features

Stressed for Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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60s

Michael ’67

Brothers Michael ’67 and Jay Headman ’67, M.A. ’76 are working with the nonprofit Delaware Center for the Inland Bays to raise money for and awareness of the plight of the diamondback terrapin. The center’s Save the TERP (Terrapin Education and…

70s

Barbara Lockhart ’72

Barbara Lockhart ’72 won a silver medal in the 2014 Independent Publishers Book Awards for her historical novel, “Elizabeth’s Field.” These awards are open to all members of the independent publishing industry; Lockhart’s novel exploring the pre-Civil War…

Passings

Bedford Cook Glascock ’51

Bedford Cook Glascock ’51, an insurance agent in Southern Maryland, died Sept. 8, according to Southern Maryland News Net. Raised on Strathmore Farm in Solomons, he attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy and at the age of 16 enrolled in the University…

00s

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…

80s

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

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…

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.

90s

Anthony B. Kirkland D.M.A. ’97

Anthony B. Kirkland D.M.A. ’97 is assistant professor of trumpet at Mississippi State University. Over the summer, he performed as soloist with the MSU Wind Ensemble during its Italian tour to Rome, Milan, Florence and Venice. He also conducted the brass…