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

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Researcher Studies How Schools Can Better Integrate Young Unaccompanied Migrants

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

Inhaled Vaccine Creates Immunity Where It’s Most Needed

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Training Program Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

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

Explorations

September 14, 2022

Museum-based Project Engages Broader Public on Language Science

Kevin Willard guides Julian Reese through a drill

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

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

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

Richard Wayne Beckner Ph.D. ’75

Richard Wayne Beckner Ph.D. ’75, 89, of Carlisle, Pa., died on Aug. 23, 2022. He graduated from Codorus Township High School, where he was captain of the debate team. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served on active duty, then in the Air Force…

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Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02

Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02 wrote “Atomic Bill: A Journalist’s Dangerous Ambition in the Shadow of the Bomb” (Cornell University Press), coming out Nov. 15. In it, he explores the career of New York Times science journalist William L. Laurence, who was one…

Passings

Charles J. Atas ’54

Charles J. Atas ’54, a longtime real estate attorney and Anne Arundel County residential builder and developer, died of pancreatic cancer May 15 at his Odenton home. He was 91. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1951 and law degree in 1955 from the…

Passings

William "Bill" Ellery Clark ’66

William "Bill" Ellery Clark ’66, who had a distinguished career in emergency preparedness and response, died June 2, 2022, in Annapolis, Md., after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 83. Clark joined the Annapolis Volunteer Fire Department in…

80s

Deborah (Barfield) Berry ’85

Deborah (Barfield) Berry ’85 was selected as a Nieman Fellow for the Class of 2023. She will spend the year studying at Harvard University. Berry is a national correspondent for USA Today.Before that she worked for Newsday, where she was part of a team…

Passings

Vance Y. Hum ’71

Vance Y. Hum ’71 died on July 23, 2022, in Michigan at age 74. After finishing his degree in electrical engineering at UMD, he began his career through NASA's Manned Space Flight Program on Apollo 14, 15 and 16 as a telemetry engineer, and continued onto…

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Roger Snyder M.S. ’98

Roger Snyder M.S. ’98 became the permanent U.S. Department of Energy Fermi Site Office manager for the Office of Science. Snyder was the acting Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory site office manager since February while he continued a decade of service…

Passings

Dr. Neil W. Brayton ’66

Dr. Neil W. Brayton ’66 of Chestertown, Md., died on July 14, 2022. He was 77 years old. Brayton graduated from Liberty High School in Youngstown, Ohio, where he lettered in basketball, golf and cross country and received 35 basketball scholarship offers.…