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Post-Grad

A Request to Stamp Out ‘Coarseness’ and ‘Misbehavior’

September 14, 2022

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

Post-Grad

Blue Ambition

September 14, 2022

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

Post-Grad

A Period of Change

September 14, 2022

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

Post-Grad

Critic Thinking

September 14, 2022

Vulture Writer Makes Sharp Points on Popular Culture

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

September 14, 2022

Directory to You; Stoking Homecoming Spirit

Explorations

The Big Question

September 14, 2022

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

Explorations

Flipping the Channel

September 14, 2022

New Professor Left Cable News for Climate Data Science

Explorations

At Journey’s End, a Warmer Welcome

September 14, 2022

Researcher Studies How Schools Can Better Integrate Young Unaccompanied Migrants

Explorations

Big Data ‘Early Alarm’ for Ukraine Abuses

September 14, 2022

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

Explorations

Right in the Nose

September 14, 2022

Inhaled Vaccine Creates Immunity Where It’s Most Needed

Explorations

A New ‘Script’ for LGTBQ+ Patient Caregivers

September 14, 2022

Training Program Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

Explorations

How to Make Friends as an Adult—and Keep Them

September 14, 2022

In New Book, Psychologist Debunks Myths, Offers Tips

Explorations

Signs of the Times

September 14, 2022

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

Explorations

A ‘Word’ About Research

September 14, 2022

Museum-based Project Engages Broader Public on Language Science

Campus Life

Fast Break With New Head Hoops Coach

September 14, 2022

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

Campus Life

Talk About an Impressive Season

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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90s

Elizabeth Rood M.A. ’93

Elizabeth Rood M.A. ’93 was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as ambassador to Turkmenistan. Rood, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Prior to taking this position, Rood…

00s

Christopher Mincher ’02

Christopher Mincher ’02 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan as chief legal counsel. Mincher has worked in the Office of Legal Counsel since 2016, serving the past two years as the senior deputy. Before then, Mincher practiced in the business…

00s

Brian Gresehover ’04

Brian Gresehover ’04 was promoted from senior project engineer to vice president of engineering for Aqua, the water and wastewater subsidiary of Essential Utilities. He earned a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

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…

00s

Daniel Powell '01

"Fo(u)nd Memories," a book by Daniel Powell '01, was published on June 28. The short stories in this collection were inspired by found photographs and explore childhood and growing up, family, memory; love, loss and the intersection of art, science,…

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.

80s

Leslie O’Brien M.L.S. ’88

Leslie O’Brien M.L.S. ’88, director of the Collections and Technical Services and assistant professor of University Libraries at Virginia Tech, was named assistant professor emerita. She has been part of the VT community since 1991 and received her…

Passings

Sidney V. Gottlieb ’94

Sidney V. Gottlieb ’94 died on July 11, 2022, at age 94. A Korean war veteran, Gottlieb spent his career the Bettis Atomic Energy Commission in Pittsburgh, ar Documentation in in Rockville, Md., and the National Institutes of Health, where he retired as a…