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Fall 2022

Crimson Spin drone

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
UMD Students Help Renaissance Master’s 500 Year-old Design Take Flight
Yahentamitsi interior

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
As Yahentamitsi Opens, See How Student Dining Has Changed
"Rest Stop" painting

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
Guests Curate Driskell Center Exhibit by Sharing Artworks That Moved Them
Illustration of hand writing

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
Faculty and Students Bring Writing Course to D.C. Corrections Facilities
cows

News

September 14, 2022
Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land
illustration of gun with a knot at the end

News

September 14, 2022
Collaboration With D.C.- Area Universities to Pursue Evidence- Based Solutions
School of Public Policy Building

News

September 14, 2022
School of Public Policy’s Dynamic New Building Invites Problem-Solving Discourse
crowd at Maryland baseball game

Parting Shot

September 14, 2022
Fans Pack Baseball Stadium to Cheer on Terps in NCAA Regional Tournament
Pile of oyster shells on boat

Features

September 14, 2022
Pirates plundered and diseases decimated the Chesapeake’s bounty, but UMD researchers are wielding AI and robotics to save a struggling industry.
coal miners

Features

September 14, 2022
Waves of immigrants have long clashed in Pennsylvania coal country, where a UMD anthropologist is digging into the commonalities between old and new.
Student splashing in the ODK Fountain

Features

September 14, 2022
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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70s

Singleton McAllister ’75

Singleton McAllister ’75 was named chairwoman of the board of directors of Chart Industries. McAllister, based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, helps clients navigate federal contracts, regulatory work and government affairs.
Shirin Saeidi

00s

Shirin Saeidi ’02

Shirin Saeidi ’02 was named director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies in the University of Arkansas’ Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Saeidi joined the university as an assistant professor of political science with a joint…

80s

Almo J. Carter ’84

Almo J. Carter ’84 was nominated by President Joe Biden as commissioner of the U.S. Parole Commission. Since joining the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia in 1999, Carter has served as trial counsel and specializes in post-conviction…

Passings

John B. Gregg ’69

John B. Gregg ’69 of Eldersburg, Md., died on May 30 at Carroll Hospital in Westminster, Md., at age 76. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and UMD, where he was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. He served six years in the Army…
George Men

10s

George Men ’12

George Men ’12 joined real estate services firm Cushman and Wakefield as a director. Men spent the last five years with Cresa, where he specialized in tenant representation across the Washington, D.C., region.

00s

Cole Switzer ’02

Cole Switzer ’02 was named staff accountant for St. John Properties, a commercial real estate firm that has developed more than 22 million square feet of space. Switzer, who works from the corporate headquarters in Baltimore, is pursuing an MBA with a…

80s

Alesia Cain ’89

Alesia Cain ’89 was elected vice president of communications by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ New York chapter. She is solutions and market development director of Umo.

10s

Tom Watson ’11

Tom Watson ’11 was promoted to CEO of Serco, a provider of professional, technology, engineering and management services to the U.S. and Canadian governments. Watson was most recently senior vice president responsible for Serco's North America defense…