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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Franco Gentile MBA ’08

Franco Gentile MBA ’08 was named vice president/general manager of KPTM (FOX) in Omaha. Gentile has held several leadership positions across Sinclair Broadcast Group, most recently as director of sales at WSYX/ABC 6, FOX28 and WWHO/CW, in Columbus, Ohio.…

90s

Michael Fellerman ’97

Michael Fellerman ’97 joined the Baltimore office of Miles & Stockbridge. He will work across practice groups in the firm on tax matters related to public finance, health care and business transactions. He has two decades of experience working for a…

80s

Todd Ehrlich ’86

Todd Ehrlich ’86, an executive producer at WCBS-TV, received 2021 New York Emmy nominations for “The 18th Annual Tunnel to Towers Special" in the category of Best News Special and the feature “Operation Smart Home Surprise," nominated in the Military…

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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…

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Wayne Mackay Ph.D. ’91

Wayne Mackay Ph.D. ’91 was named the 2021 Outstanding Leadership and Administration Award winner by the American Society for Horticultural Science. Mackay leads the Horticulture Department for the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture's two…

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Leah Cox Ph.D. ’10

Leah Cox Ph.D. ’10 was named vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was previously the inaugural vice president for inclusion and institutional equity at Towson University,…

10s

Varun Murthy ’14

Varun Murthy ’14 married Rashmitha Vasa on Aug. 28 at the Grandover Resort and Spa in Greensboro, N.C., according to the New York Times. Murthy is a computer engineer in Washington for the U.S. government.

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Nora Eckert M. Jour. ’19

Nora Eckert M. Jour. ’19 was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of reporters from The Wall Street Journal uncovering misinformation about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.