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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Robert Pence ’67

Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland Robert Pence ’67 was appointed to George Mason University’s board of visitors by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

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Alexandra L. Kovalchick ’05

Alexandra L. Kovalchick ’05 joined family law firm Pollock Begg as a senior associate focusing on divorce, custody, support and protection from abuse cases. Kovalchick earned her law degree from Southern Illinois University.

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Karen Myers ’85

Karen Myers ’85, senior contracts business partner in the Finance Directorate at the Institute for Defense Analyses’ Alexandria, Va., headquarters, was presented with the W. Y. Smith Award in recognition of her team’s contributions to the nonprofit. She…

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Keith Goldan ’93

Keith Goldan ’93 was named CFO of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cancer therapies. Goldan most recently served as chief financial officer at Optinose(R). Goldan received an MBA from the Wharton School at the…

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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…

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Karen J. Baker ’90

Karen J. Baker ’90 was named chief of the Office of Renewable Energy Programs in the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Baker went to BOEM from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she served as the regional program’s…

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Joanne Zimolzak ’90

Joanne Zimolzak ’90, a member at Dykema Gossett PLLC in Washington, D.C., joined the International Association of Defense Counsel. Zimolzak is a member and past chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort…

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Philip Ravita ’11

Philip Ravita ’11 became an endorsed artist for Aguilar Bass Amplifiers. Ravita has also received an artist endorsement for REMIC Microphones and will release a CD, “City Lights,” in February 2023. He teaches at Mount St. Mary’s University, Prince…