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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Karen Addis ’85

Karen Addis ’85 was elected to the national board of directors of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities, a nationwide nonprofit that serves as a catalyst for good health. She is president and CEO of Addis Communications. Addis holds a master’s certificate…

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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…

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Raj Arora ’00

Raj Arora ’00 was elected to the board of directors of the National Fire Protection Association. Arora has more than 20 years of experience working in all facets of fire protection. He is the CEO of Jensen Hughes, a safety, security and risk-based…

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Adrienne Wojciechowski ’01

Adrienne Wojciechowski ’01 was nominated by President Joe Biden to be assistant secretary of congressional relations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most recently, she served as a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Committee on…

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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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Michael Hurwitz MBA ’17

Michael Hurwitz MBA ’17 and Christine Sun were married May 22 at the Garrison, an events space and golf resort in Garrison, N.Y. He is the director for insights and data strategy in the New York office of the French agency Havas Media Group. The couple’s…

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Matthew Sarna ’14

Matthew Sarna ’14, an associate in DLA Piper’s restructuring practice, received the 20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award from the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section. The award recognizes the nation’s top…

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Vinay Sharma ’13

Vinay Sharma ’13 was appointed corporate associate at Nemphos Braue, a boutique corporate and business law firm. His expertise includes negotiations and agreements and sophisticated mergers and acquisitions. He graduated from American University’s…