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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80s

Jim Farrell ’84

Jim Farrell ’84 joined the Dallas-based SRS Real Estate Partners as senior vice president and market leader for the Charleston, S.C., area. He was previously executive director of leasing and brokerage at McLean, Va.-based Rappaport.

10s

Kirsten Fox Ph.D. ’11

Kirsten Fox Ph.D. ’11 was named executive director of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. Fox, who was initiated into Mortar Board at the Ohio State University, previously directed campus engagement for Denison University’s Knowlton Center…

90s

Utpal Koppikar ’91

Utpal Koppikar ’91, chief financial officer of Atara Biotherapeutics, joined the board of directors of Flexion Therapeutics Inc. Before starting at Atara in 2018, he held senior financial leadership positions at Gilead Sciences and Amgen. Koppikar…

80s

Brian Gibbons ’84

Brian Gibbons ’84, chairman of the board and CEO of Greenberg Gibbons, was named a 2021 Influential Marylander by The Daily Record. Since joining the company in 1998, he has led many of the Baltimore region’s premier developments, including the Village at…

10s

Lauren (Cevis) Rhodes ’11

Lauren (Cevis) Rhodes ’11 joined the Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics staff as the senior associate athletic director, student-athlete performance, health and welfare and senior woman administrator. Rhodes spent the past seven years at Jacksonville…

80s

John Fitzgerald ’86

John Fitzgerald ’86, CEO of Magyar Bank, was appointed chair of the New Jersey Bankers Association, which represents 72 banks and 172 service providers. He has been with Magyar Bank since 2001 and has 30 years of experience in the banking industry.

00s

Daniel Roffman ’05

Daniel Roffman ’05 joined Charles River Associates, a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial and management consulting services, as a vice president in the company’s forensic services practice. Roffman joins CRA with over 20 years of digital…

80s

Nellie Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86

The U.S. Senate confirmed Nellie Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86 as the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for domestic finance. Liang, who joined the Federal Reserve as a research economist in 1986, was the founding director of its division of financial…