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

Nayé Bathily ’98

Nayé Bathily ’98 joined the board of directors of Pathfinder International, a sexual and reproductive health and rights organization. She serves as senior officer for external affairs and head of global parliamentary engagement at the World Bank. In…

00s

Brian Nixon ’00

Brian Nixon ’00 rejoined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in its technology, communications, and privacy and security practice. Nixon spent a decade at Loeb and Loeb, where he was partner, and previously practiced for seven years with DWT. Nixon…

70s

Deni Elliott ’74

Deni Elliott ’74, a media ethicist who has taught journalism at USF St. Petersburg since 2003, became the campus’ interim vice provost and regional associate vice chancellor of academic affairs. Before coming to the university in 2003, she taught at Utah…

10s

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.

Passings

H. Edwin “Ed” Lanehart ’58, M.A. ’77

H. Edwin “Ed” Lanehart ’58, M.A. ’77, a retired Baltimore County Public Schools physical education instructor and school official who was a bodybuilder and champion tenpins bowler, died on Aug. 9 at his home in Ellicott City. He was 86. Lanehart, son of…

10s

Chris Kolling MBA ’12

Chris Kolling MBA ’12 was appointed vice president of marketing at Feroot Security, a leading provider of client-side cybersecurity products. Kolling holds a bachelor’s degree from American University.

00s

Matt Tarascio M.A. ’02

Matt Tarascio M.A. ’02 joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior vice president in the strategic innovation group, leading the analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) business in support of the U.S. Department of Defense. In his most recent role, he…

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…