Fall 2022

Campus Life

Da Vinci Drone’s New Twist

UMD Students Help Renaissance Master’s 500 Year-old Design Take Flight

Campus Life

‘Bridging’ an Academic Divide

Faculty and Students Bring Writing Course to D.C. Corrections Facilities

Campus Life

Tell and Show

Guests Curate Driskell Center Exhibit by Sharing Artworks That Moved Them

Campus Life

A New Recipe for Success

As Yahentamitsi Opens, See How Student Dining Has Changed

News

Home on the Range

Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land

News

illustration of gun with a knot at the end

UMD, GMU Launch Gun Violence Prevention Effort

Collaboration With D.C.-Area Universities to Pursue Evidence-Based Solutions

News

‘A Link to the Past and a Window to the Future’

School of Public Policy’s Dynamic New Building Invites Problem-Solving Discourse

Photo

Out With the Crowd

Fans Pack Baseball Stadium to Cheer on Terps in NCAA Regional Tournament

Features

The Modern Battle for Maryland’s Oysters

Pirates plundered and diseases decimated the Chesapeake’s bounty, but UMD researchers are wielding AI and robotics to save a struggling industry.

Features

Coal Veins

Waves of immigrants have long clashed in Pennsylvania coal country, where a UMD anthropologist is digging into the commonalities between old and new.

Features

A Bucketload of Terp Traditions

The “M Book,” with its 20 don’t-miss Maryland milestones, is back. Join a super-spirited student on her journey to complete them all.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Marquita Smith M.A. ’98

Marquita Smith M.A. ’98 was named a fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. She is associate professor and assistant dean for graduate programs in the School of Journalism and New Media there.…

Passings

Miriam Perry Calhoun ’51

Miriam Perry Calhoun ’51 died on June 30, 2022. She was 93 years old. As a child, Calhoun was actively involved with the Girls Scouts of America. During high school at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Calhoun was a member of the Washington D.C.-area…

90s

Rochelle Ford M.A. ’95

Rochelle Ford M.A. ’95 was named president of Dillard University in New Orleans. She was previously dean of Elon University’s School of Communications. Ford earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a specialization in public relations from Howard…

90s

Amy Lorenzini ’98

Amy Lorenzini ’98 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to the circuit court for St. Mary’s County. She has been an attorney with the Prince Frederick firm of Cumberland & Erly for the past 17 years, serving as managing partner for the past eight…

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

Molly Morris ’13

Molly Morris ’13 released her debut novel, “This is Not the End.” Ever since the sudden deaths of his parents, 17-year-old Hugh has developed a serious preoccupation with endings–and things get a little complicated when he meets Olivia Moon, a high-school…

00s

Matthew W. Garbark ’07

Matthew W. Garbark ’07 was named the first infrastructure czar of Baltimore by Mayor Brandon M. Scott. Garbark has served as the deputy director for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works since 2019. He has an MBA from the University of Maryland…

Passings

John W. Witters ’65

John W. Witters ’65 died on July 5, 2022, in Temple Hills, Md., at age 81. John was born in Mt. Vernon, Ill. and graduated from Mt. Vernon Township High School, John moved to Washington, D.C., where he met his bride, graduated from UMD and began his…