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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
illustration of gun with a knot at the end

News

September 14, 2022
Collaboration With D.C.- Area Universities to Pursue Evidence- Based Solutions
cows

News

September 14, 2022
Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land
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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Melissa Jones

00s

Melissa Jones MBA ’04

Melissa Jones MBA ’04 has joined Cornerstone Building Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, as president of U.S. siding. Most recently, Jones served as group president, commercial water solutions at Pentair.…

60s

Tobin Jay Marks ’66

Tobin Jay Marks ’66 was inducted into the American Philosophical Society. He is Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of chemistry; professor of materials science and engineering, applied physics, and chemical and biological engineering; and Vladimir…
Alison Buckley

00s

Alison Buckley MBA ’08

Alison Buckley MBA ’08 was appointed president of SUNY Ulster. She was previously vice president for enrollment management and student affairs for Connecticut State Community Colleges. Buckley received her bachelor's degree from Randolph College, a…

Passings

George Lieberman M.S. ’72

George Lieberman M.S. ’72 died at his Rockville, Md., home on June 25, 2022. He was 85 years old. His family fled from Austria when he was an infant, in 1937, and settled in Kew Gardens, N.Y. He earned a B.S. from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, a…
R Alan Butler

80s

R. Alan Butler ’86

R. Alan Butler ’86 was elected chairman of the University of Maryland Medical System’s board of directors. He is CEO of Erickson Senior Living.
Mike Ravenscroft

20s

Mike Ravenscroft MBA ’21

Mike Ravenscroft MBA ’21 was named managing director of the Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), a $16 million investment fund that supports early stage companies affiliated with University System of Maryland institutions. He joined MMF from Dreamit Ventures…
Antionette Wells

90s

Toni Wells ’96

Toni Wells ’96 joined Coston Consulting, a certified Black-owned business advisory firm devoted to helping clients expand their business, raise their profile and advance their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. She is an affiliate partner. Wells…

Passings

Robert “Tom” Callis ’66

Robert “Tom” Callis ’66, 78, died on June 21, 2022. A native of Washington, D.C., he majored in agriculture at UMD and graduated from veterinary school at the University of Georgia. Callus entered the U.S. Army and was stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C., as a…