Fall 2021

September 17, 2021

Terp Group’s Virtual Performance Earns First Place in International A Cappella Competition

September 17, 2021

Jones-Hill House, Named for Athletics Trailblazers, Features Tech-Filled Training Areas, a Tricked-Out Locker Room and Plenty of Maryland Pride

Campus Life

September 17, 2021

New Program Enrolls UMD Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Program to Make Barbers and Stylists Ambassadors for Public Health Goes Nationwide

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Professor Helps Discover Site of Eastern Shore Cabin Owned by Abolitionist’s Father

Post-Grad

September 17, 2021

Alum Leads Renovation of NSA Museum—and Shares Some of its Treasures

Post-Grad

September 17, 2021

Nyumburu Celebrates Milestone Anniversary as Center for Black Culture on Campus

News

September 17, 2021

Pyon-Chen Hall Opens, Honoring Pioneering Terps

Campus Life

September 17, 2021

Terps to Build Sustainable Structures Near Burning Man Festival Site

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Geographical Sciences Researcher Shapes New Way to Understand Offenses Against the Earth

Explorations

September 17, 2021

New Lab Detects Subtle Differences in Methane to Pinpoint Sources of Pollution

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Business Research Finds Everyday Unpleasantries Affect Doctors’ Performance

Post-Grad

September 17, 2021

Alum Finds Success With Debut Novel on Vietnamese Family Immigrating to U.S.

Post-Grad

September 17, 2021

Entrepreneur Creates Taste of Mountain Adventure in Midwest

Explorations

September 17, 2021

Where Should Infrastructure Investments in the U.S. Start?

Class Notes

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90s

Bruce Frank Ph.D. ’91

Bruce Frank Ph.D. ’91 was named vice president, CDMO operations of Altasciences. Frank has 30 years of experience with product formulation and development. He received a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s…

Passings

Timothy D. O'Hare ’79

Timothy D. O'Hare ’79 died at his Los Angeles home on May 5 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 65. O’Hare attended Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair, N.J., where he was a three-sport athlete (baseball, basketball, football), earning…

00s

Ryan Higgins MBA ’07

Ryan Higgins MBA ’07 was named chief commercial officer of OmniTRAX, the Broe Group's transportation affiliate. Higgins joins OmniTRAX from CSX Transportation. Higgins has a bachelor's degree from DePauw University and the Certified in Transportation…

Passings

Burton R. Evans M.Ed. ’55, Ph.D. ’58

Burton R. Evans M.Ed. ’55, Ph.D. ’58 died on May 1 in Atlanta. He was 91. Evans was born in Harvey, Ill., the son of the late Burton Webb Evans and the late Ruth Carlson Evans. Evans was a U.S. Navy veteran and served as a medical corpsman during the…

00s

Balaji Panchapakesan Ph.D. ’01

Balaji Panchapakesan Ph.D. ’01, professor of mechanical engineering and founding director of the Small Systems Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was selected for a 2021-22 Fulbright Award to India.

20s

Colin Doyle M.M. ’21

Colin Doyle M.M. ’21 received the Frances MacEachron Award and a $1,500 prize at the 44th annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert, held by the Oratorio Society of New York at the Riverside Church in New York City. Doyle sang two…

00s

Nakia White Barr ’01

Nakia White Barr ’01 joined Princeton University as assistant vice president in the office of the president. She was previously secretary of the board of trustees at Michigan State University. Barr earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is admitted to…

00s

Lloyd McCoy ’02, MPP ’04

Lloyd McCoy ’02, MPP ’04 joined DLT Solutions LLC., a subsidiary of Tech Data and a government technology solutions aggregator, as the director, market intelligence within its Office of the Chief Technology Officer. McCoy spent nearly nine years at…