Fall 2021

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Explorations

A World of Language Learning—at Your Fingertips

New UMD-Developed App Offers 420 Immersive Lessons in Seven Languages

Campus Life

Two Terps Earn Places on Podium

Bronze-Medal Winners Highlight Group of Six Alum Athletes at Olympics

Campus Life

Cracking a New Code

Campus Life

A Cooler Way to Help the Hungry

Campus Life

The Postwar Campus Crunch

Campus Life

A New Decade of Diversity

UMD Creates Incubator for Quantum Startups

Features

Pressing Play

Esports Have Become an International Phenomenon. With Terps Already Competing at the Highest Levels, UMD Powers Up Support for Gamers.

Features

It’s All Good

How Terps Cooked Up Food Recovery Network 10 Years…

Features

Last Words

For Two Decades, a UMD Professor Has Led a Writing Workshop for Holocaust Survivors. Seventy-six Years After World War II’s End, Their Task Has an Urgency Both Personal and Public.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

James W. Kirkpatrick ’44

James W. Kirkpatrick ’44 died on July 10. Kirkpatrick was born on Nov. 10, 1922, in Cumberland, Md., to James Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick attended Allegany High School and graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor of…

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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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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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David Dodman MBA ’00

David Dodman MBA ’00 was promoted to chief operating officer of Life Storage, a national owner and operator of self-storage properties. He joined Life Storage in 2018.

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Nakia White Barr ’01

Nakia White Barr ’01 joined Princeton University as assistant vice president in the office of the president. She was previously secretary of the board of trustees at Michigan State University. Barr earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is admitted to…

90s

Tamar Chute MLS ’98

Tamar Chute MLS ’98, who currently works as a university archivist and head of archives at Ohio State University, will be a fellow of the Society of American Archivists. The distinction is the highest honor bestowed on individuals for outstanding…

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Richard A. Duschl ’74, Ph.D. ’83

Richard A. Duschl ’74, Ph.D. ’83 was elected to the National Academy of Education and received the NARST Fellows Award. He is the executive director of Caruth Institute for Engineering Education and Texas Instruments and a distinguished professor at the…

80s

Brenda Freeman ’87, MBA ’91

Brenda Freeman ’87, MBA ’91 joined the board of directors of Looking Glass Factory, a producer of holographic light field display technology, and WM Technology Inc., a tech and software provider to the cannabis industry. Freeman has 25 years of executive…