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Fall 2023

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Rewriting the Script

Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall

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Underexposed

Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?

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Lessons in Flavoring

Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

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Brush With Greatness

Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas

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Cheers to Safe Bars

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

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The Sweetest Connection

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

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Alumni Association News

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

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Roads to Recovery

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

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All Hail David Do

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

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‘Get Listening, Kids’

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

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Burning Question for Babies’ Health

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

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Building AI You Can Trust

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

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An Ally for Access

Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

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Preschool Director Explains How to Turn Tots’ Chatter Into Conversation

Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life

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Better Together

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

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Gimme (Green) Shelter

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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A. Michelle West

A. Michelle West ’03 joined Fox Rothschild LLP in Washington, D.C., as counsel in the federal government contracts and the procurement and construction practice groups. West was most recently an attorney at a boutique government contracts and construction…

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Nikkee Porcaro ’07

Nikkee Porcaro ’07, founder of the educational consulting firm No Anxiety Prep, wrote the new book "Appliquirktion: How to Make Your College Application Step Up, Stand Out, and Shine." Drawing upon her experience in college admissions counseling, she…

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,…
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Nedelka Phillips ’95

Nedelka Phillips ’95, senior vice president of the United Way of Central Maryland, was named to the Washington Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business list for 2023. She recently helped secure a $20 million grant for the organization from…
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Passings

Mark Reid Miller ’70

Mark Reid Miller ’70 died at his Aiken, S.C., home, on Aug. 13, 2023, after a battle with melanoma that spanned nearly 25 years. He was 76. Miller was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the family lived near a variety of army bases in Detroit, Baltimore…

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Jennifer Holz ’01

Jennifer Holz ’01, AARP Maryland’s associate state director for community outreach, received AARP’s 2023 Maureen McKoy Award for Excellence in Service. She has been with AARP since 2006.

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In November, the University of Massachusetts Press will publish the new book by Dr. Scott Kamen’s M.A. ’11, “From Union Halls to the Suburbs: Americans for Democratic Action and the Transformation of Postwar Liberalism,” on the most prominent liberal…

Passings

John Newton ’61

John Newton ’61 died in Parkersburg, Va., on May 16, 2023, at age 84. Newton earned a bachelor's degree from UMD and a master's degree from Lehigh University, and retired from Dupont after 36 years as a chemical engineer. He was an avid sports fan,…