Fall 2022

Post-Grad

September 14, 2022

On Centennial of UMD Hiring First Dean of Women, Peek at President’s Letter to Her

Post-Grad

September 14, 2022

Food Chemist Perks Up Palette of M&Ms, Other Candies

Anju Bist MBA ’98 and group show banana fiber sanitary pads

Post-Grad

September 14, 2022

Alum’s Banana Fiber Menstrual Pads Offer Accessible Solution to Girls and Women in India

Post-Grad

September 14, 2022

Vulture Writer Makes Sharp Points on Popular Culture

Post-Grad

September 14, 2022

Directory to You; Stoking Homecoming Spirit

Explorations

September 14, 2022

What’s the Best or Worst Fictionalized Depiction of Your Field in Film, TV or a Book?

Explorations

September 14, 2022

New Professor Left Cable News for Climate Data Science

Painting of Ukraine flag colors with Twitter birds

Explorations

September 14, 2022

System Analyzes Millions of Tweets Daily to Quickly Pinpoint Atrocities, Refugee Flows

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Researcher Studies How Schools Can Better Integrate Young Unaccompanied Migrants

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Training Program Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Inhaled Vaccine Creates Immunity Where It’s Most Needed

Painting of woman at table with "hey," "wyd" text bubbles

Explorations

September 14, 2022

In New Book, Psychologist Debunks Myths, Offers Tips

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Dean’s Expert Testimony Illuminates Texas ‘No Guns’ Case

Kevin Willard guides Julian Reese through a drill

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

Get to Know Kevin Willard Through a Rapid-Fire Q&A

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Museum-based Project Engages Broader Public on Language Science

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

Men’s Lacrosse Team Captures NCAA Title—and We’ve Got the Final Words (and Tweets) on It

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Mary Martha Costello ’63

Mary Martha Costello ’63 died of heart failure on April 19, 2022, in Richmond, Va. She was 82 and had previously lived in Towson and in Rocks in Harford County, Md. She was a daughter of Peter Costello, a lithographer and a manager of the Inner Harbor’s…

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Michael Hollis MBA ’12

Michael Hollis MBA ’12 joined global aerospace engineering services leader Stellar Solutions as vice president, civil sector. Most recently, he served as program director of intelligence community systems solutions at Jacobs (previously KEYW). Prior to…

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Elijah “Ed” Armstrong ’79

Elijah “Ed” Armstrong ’79 was reappointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Armstrong earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University.

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Lakisha Woods ’97

Lakisha Woods ’97 was named executive vice president and CEO of the American Institute of Architects. Woods was previously president and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences. Previously, she served in senior positions at the National…

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Jason Kiviat ’09

Jason Kiviat ’09 was named chief financial officer of Outbrain, a web recommendation platform. He was previously the company’s vice president, FP&A and investor relations. Kiviat received his CPA license in New York in 2011.

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Kay Harding ’01

Kay Harding ’01 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to the district court for Baltimore City. She was an attorney with the Baltimore City Department of Law, where she represented the Baltimore City Police Department, mayor and city council. She…

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Steven Arndt M.S. ’12

Steven Arndt M.S. ’12 has started a one-year term as president of the American Nuclear Society. Arndt is a distinguished R&D staff member in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Prior to ORNL, Arndt…

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Brionna Jones ’16

Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones ’16 won the WNBA's Sixth Player of the Year Award. In her sixth year in the league, Jones came off the bench in 29 of the Sun's 36 regular-season games and started the other seven. She averaged 13.8 points, 5.1…