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

Robert I. Bickford ’50

Robert I. Bickford ’50, 92, of Bowie, Md., died on Aug. 3, 2022. A lifetime resident of Prince George's County, he graduated from Bladensburg High School, where he played soccer, basketball and baseball, and was twice elected class president. After…

00s

Ruth Igielnik ’08

Ruth Igielnik ’08 joined The New York Times data analytics team as staff editor for news surveys. She came from the Pew Research Center, where she was a senior researcher. Igielnik is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion…

Passings

Sherlyn K. Flynn M.Ed. ’85

Sherlyn K. Flynn M.Ed. ’85, of Cheyenne, Wyo., died on June 30, 2022, at age 79. She taught fourth through sixth grades for over 30 years. Flynn was a member of the Rho Chapter for Delta Kappa Gamma, the International Society for Key Women Educators and…

10s

Donna Blackman MBA ’10

Donna Blackman MBA ’10 was promoted to chief financial officer of Stride, a provider of innovative, high-quality and tech-enabled education solutions. Blackman served as the company’s chief accounting officer and treasurer for two years, and before then…

80s

Margee Ensign M.A. ’81, Ph.D. ’82

Margee Ensign M.A. ’81, Ph.D. ’82 was named vice chancellor of United States International University-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. She had been president of the American University of Nigeria in Yola; associate provost for International initiatives, dean and…

00s

Michael Strauch ’00, M.A. ’02

Michael Strauch ’00, M.A. ’02 joined law firm Lash & Goldberg as a partner in its Miami office.

70s

Javier Miyares ’71, M.A. ’75

Javier Miyares ’71, M.A. ’75 was appointed acting president of Rasmussen University. Miyares most recently spent eight years as president of University of Maryland Global Campus.

90s

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…