Fall 2023

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Parting Shot

September 14, 2023

Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

Lynde Washington poses in front of his artwork

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

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

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

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

fans watch as Mighty Sound of Maryland marches by

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023

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

A white truck was driving down a country road

Features

September 14, 2023

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

Features

September 14, 2023

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

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Features

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

September 14, 2023

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

Explorations

September 14, 2023

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

Explorations

September 14, 2023

Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

Jennifer Smallwood-Holmes talks to kids in classroom

Explorations

September 14, 2023

Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

September 14, 2023

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

Explorations

September 14, 2023

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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00s

Catherine C. Morrison ’04

Catherine C. Morrison ’04 was awarded the National Council of Architectural Registration Board’s highest honor, the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. She was recognized for her outstanding service to the council, the North Carolina Board of…

Passings

Susan J. Loftus ’96

Susan J. Loftus ’96 of Silver Spring, Md., died on Aug. 14, 2023. She was 59. Loftus was a physical education educator at Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda who spoke truth to power to change things for the better for children, schools and her…

Passings

Robert Haas Jr. ’52

Robert Haas Jr. ’52, a longtime Beltsville, Md., resident, died on May 20, 2023, at age 100. Haas was a Pennsylvania native who served as a chief warrant officer in the army during WWII. Through the GI Bill, he received an accounting degree from UMD,…

Passings

Cheryl Patricia Hiller ’68, M.A. ’88

Cheryl Patricia Hiller ’68, M.A. ’88, a former counselor and teacher at the University of Maryland, died at her Marana, Ariz., home on July 16, 2023. Hiller spent most of her life and career in the Washington, D.C., area. She enjoyed sailing the waters of…

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Dr.

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

Susanne (Popluder) Mosler ’67

Susanne (Popluder) Mosler ’67 died on Aug. 22, 2023, in University Park, Fla., at age 78. She graduated from Forest Park High School in Baltimore, where she played badminton and was a member of Phi Delta sorority. At UMD, she majored in elementary…

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Mark Shmueli M.A. ’89

Mark Shmueli M.A. ’89 joined Jaskot Law in Baltimore as senior counsel. He is an immigration attorney who earned his J.D. at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

20s

Jacob Farmer ’21

Jacob Farmer ’21, founder and CEO of Farmer Cleaning, a Black-owned cleaning business, was named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council.