Fall 2022

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

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

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

As Yahentamitsi Opens, See How Student Dining Has Changed

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

Guests Curate Driskell Center Exhibit by Sharing Artworks That Moved Them

Campus Life

September 14, 2022

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

News

September 14, 2022

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

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News

September 14, 2022

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

News

September 14, 2022

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

Parting Shot

September 14, 2022

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

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.

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.

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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Passings

George L. McHugh ’73

George L. McHugh ’73 of Loveland, Colo., died on June 28, 2022. He was 73. McHugh graduated from Wheaton High School in Montgomery County, Md., and at UMD worked in the computer lab and was active in the Unitarian students' club. After graduation he…

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…

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Meg Eden Kuyatt ’12, MFA ’16

Meg Eden Kuyatt ’12, MFA ’16 is the author of “Good Different,” a middle-grade novel in verse that tells the story of a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference. It will be published by Scholastic in March 2023.

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Jason Kiviat ’09

Jason Kiviat ’09 was named chief financial officer of Outbrain, a web recommendation platform. He was previously the company’s vice president, FP&A and investor relations. Kiviat received his CPA license in New York in 2011.

Passings

Roger R. Rice ’59

Roger R. Rice ’59, a nearly lifelong resident of Harford County, Md., on May 28, 2022, at age 88. A graduate of Bel Air High School and UMD, he was the first member of his family to graduate from college and he prioritized education for his children. Rice…

Passings

Mary Ellen Serey ’80

Mary Ellen Serey ’80 of Cheverly and Ocean City, Md., died on Aug. 22, 2022, at the age of 66. She graduated from Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Md. before majoring in history at UMD and had a long career at the U. S. Department of State. She…

Passings

Leonard W. “Bill” Derrow ’73

Leonard W. “Bill” Derrow ’73 died on July 30, 2022 at his home in Washington, D.C. In a government career spanning three decades, he held important positions at the Bureau of Labor and Statistics directing and administering grants to states for the…

Passings

Jerry Ceppos ’69

Jerry Ceppos ’69, former top editor at the San Jose Mercury News, died July 29, 2022, at his home in Baton Rouge, La. He was 75. A native of Silver Spring, Md., Ceppos started his journalism career in high school, edited The Diamondback at UMD and took…