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Parting Shot

Rewriting the Script

September 14, 2023

Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall

Post-Grad

Underexposed

September 14, 2023

Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?

Post-Grad

Lessons in Flavoring

September 14, 2023

Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

Post-Grad

Brush With Greatness

September 14, 2023

Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas

Post-Grad

Cheers to Safe Bars

September 14, 2023

Alum Serves Up Resources to Improve Health, Equity of Hospitality Industry

Post-Grad

The Sweetest Connection

September 14, 2023

From College Park to the Caribbean, Sugar Hill Sisterhood Celebrates 50th Gathering

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

September 14, 2023

Meet the New Members; 3 Reasons to Return for UMD Homecoming

Features

Roads to Recovery

September 14, 2023

In rural Maryland, a new “been-there-done- that” approach to the opioid crisis offers hope on four wheels.

Features

All Hail David Do

September 14, 2023

Alum named NYC taxi commissioner navigates ridesharing’s rise, drivers’ economic woes—and plenty of midtown traffic.

Features

‘Get Listening, Kids’

September 14, 2023

How do you track 75 years of college radio at Maryland? Decades of deejays replay history, hijinks and the music that made WMUC.

Explorations

Burning Question for Babies’ Health

September 14, 2023

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

Explorations

Building AI You Can Trust

September 14, 2023

Researcher Heading New $20M NSF-Backed Institute Says Systems Should Support Societal Good

Explorations

An Ally for Access

September 14, 2023

Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

Explorations

Preschool Director Explains How to Turn Tots’ Chatter Into Conversation

September 14, 2023

Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Better Together

September 14, 2023

We’ll Give Up a Lot to Share Experiences With Loved Ones, Study Shows

Explorations

Gimme (Green) Shelter

September 14, 2023

UMD-Grown, Plant-Packed Bus Shelters Debut Near Campus

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Denise Tanczyn Arnett ’78

Denise Tanczyn Arnett ’78 died on July 2, 2023, at Brightview Senior Living-Westminster (Md.). She was 67. The Baltimore native earned a bachelor's degree in special education and later a bachelor's degree in physical therapy at UMD, then completed all…

00s

Peter Rosenberg ’02

New York City radio personality Peter Rosenberg ’02 wed photographer Natalie Amrossi on July 8 in Manhattan. Their story of meeting via Twitter was featured in The New York Times.

Passings

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93 died on July 2, 2023, at age 80. Coffin was born in California, Pa., and graduated from Clinton Dale High School, Wayne State University, where she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees, and the University of Maryland.…

10s

Foster Russell ’19

Foster Russell ’19 joined the nonprofit Institute for Defense Analyses as programmer and analyst in the Systems Development and Implementation directorate.

80s

Aaron Ghais ’89

Aaron Ghais ’89, an attorney with Shulman Rogers in Potomac, Md., was named to Best Lawyers 2024, a recognition based on peer review that he also earned last year. He practices in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law.

Passings

Jean Marie Bir ’84

Jean Marie Bir ’84 of New Market, Md., died on July 5, 2023, at Frederick (Md.) Health Hospital. She was 62. Bir completed degrees in special education from UMD and Hood College and was employed as a special education teacher in Rockville for 40 years,…

20s

Caroline Drogin M.L.S. ’2

Caroline Drogin M.L.S. ’20 was named the islands engagement manager at The Trustees of Reservations for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. She most recently worked as a children’s librarian on Martha’s Vineyard.

10s

JJ Rivers M.Arch, MRED ’14

JJ Rivers M.Arch, MRED ’14 was named to the Washington Business Journal’s 2023 40 Under 40 list. Rivers is studio director and regional leader in mixed-use development in architecture and design firm Gensler’s Washington, D.C.’s office. He manages more…