Fall 2021

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

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

Campus Life

‘Inclusion Matters’

New Program Enrolls UMD Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Explorations

Vaccine Distrust Gets a Trim

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

Explorations

Harriet Tubman’s ‘Training Ground’

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

Post-Grad

Open Secrets

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

Post-Grad

‘Freedom House’ at 50

Nyumburu Celebrates Milestone Anniversary as Center for Black Culture on Campus

News

Making Rooms for History

Pyon-Chen Hall Opens, Honoring Pioneering Terps

Campus Life

The ‘Ripple’ Effect

Terps to Build Sustainable Structures Near Burning Man Festival Site

Explorations

Conservation Crime Fighter

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

Explorations

Sniffing Out Climate Change

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

Explorations

How the ‘Diet Soda Effect’ Cuts the Benefit of Climate-Friendly Cars

Explorations

Diagnosis: Rude

Business Research Finds Everyday Unpleasantries Affect Doctors’ Performance

Post-Grad

An Imagined History

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

Post-Grad

Reaching New Heights

Entrepreneur Creates Taste of Mountain Adventure in Midwest

Explorations

The Big Question

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Christopher Griffith M.S. ’91

Christopher Griffith M.S. ’91 was promoted from chief operating officer to president of KCI, an engineering, consulting and construction firm. Griffith joined KCI in 1997 after serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Griffith earned a…

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…

10s

Noam Auslander Ph.D. ’18

Noam Auslander Ph.D. ’18 was hired as an assistant professor in the molecular and cellular oncogenesis program of the Wistar Institute Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Auslander majored in computer science and biology at Tel Aviv University and received her…

70s

Hugh J. Breslin III ’77

Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Hugh J. Breslin III ’77 to serve on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. He is a media and management consultant who served as general manager at WDVM-TV in Hagerstown (formerly WHAG-TV) until 2018. He previously…

90s

Jon Schwartz ’97

Jon Schwartz ’97 was named senior vice president of communications, marketing, digital and social media of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to this, Schwartz served as senior vice president, communications and public affairs, for the National Football…

80s

David Donnelly ’80

David Donnelly ’80 was named dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Muhlenberg College. Donnelly’s higher education experience includes teaching and administrative appointments at the University of Houston, Sarah Lawrence College, Quinnipiac University…

00s

Michelle Asha Cooper Ph.D. ’06

Michelle Asha Cooper Ph.D. ’06 was appointed the deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs in the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. She had served as president of the Institute for Higher Education…

00s

Chanan Weissman ’06

Chanan Weissman ’06 was appointed White House liaison to the Jewish community. He was previously the director for technology and democracy on the National Security Council and served as the Jewish liaison during President Obama’s final year in office.