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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Benjamin Kelley ’02

Benjamin Kelley ’02, who represents lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate financing transactions, was elected by the members of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys as a fellow of the organization of leading mortgage attorneys nationwide.…

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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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Tiffany Burba ’14

Tiffany Burba ’14 was elected to the leadership team of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section. She will help drive education and networking for intellectual property attorneys across the state. At the law firm of Parker…

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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…

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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…

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…

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Wes Hunter ’13

Wes Hunter ’13 has become affiliated with the Bulfinch Group, a wealth management firm headquartered in Needham, Mass. Hunter has spent the last decade performing in the Washington, D.C., and Boston areas as a classically trained opera singer, but has a…

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Tom Crawford ’84

Tom Crawford ’84 joined OceanFirst Bank N.A., the wholly owned subsidiary of OceanFirst Financial Corp., as president of the Baltimore regional market and is leading a team of seasoned commercial bankers to provide financial services to businesses…