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Fall 2023

football team runs through "Go Terps" banner

Parting Shot

September 14, 2023
Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall
two gymnasts pose on horse

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023
Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?
food in test tubes

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
Amie Ward portrait

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023
Alum Serves Up Resources to Improve Health, Equity of Hospitality Industry
members of the Sugar Hill Sisterhood

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.
Yellow taxi on the road

Features

September 14, 2023
Alum named NYC taxi commissioner navigates ridesharing’s rise, drivers’ economic woes—and plenty of midtown traffic.
two students sit on WMUC couch. Inset photos: students install radio tower; students review tally sheets

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.
fire burns down houses

Explorations

September 14, 2023
UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires
Hal Daumé III behind projection of code

Explorations

September 14, 2023
Researcher Heading New $20M NSF-Backed Institute Says Systems Should Support Societal Good
Toucha11y rendering

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
holding hands

Explorations

September 14, 2023
We’ll Give Up a Lot to Share Experiences With Loved Ones, Study Shows
bus shelter with plant growing on top

Explorations

September 14, 2023
UMD-Grown, Plant-Packed Bus Shelters Debut Near Campus

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Todd D. Brown ’84

Todd D. Brown ’84, an attorney with Shulman Rogers in Potomac, Md., was named to Best Lawyers 2024, a recognition based on peer review that he has earned every year since 2019. He practices in the area of land use and zoning law.

Passings

Dale Sloan Singer ’83, MHA ’92

Dale Sloan Singer ’83, MHA ’92 of Gaithersburg, Md., died on June 28, 2022, at age 60 after a 12-month battle with lung cancer. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where she graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. At UMD, she graduated with a…

Passings

Paul Alfred Clarke M.Ed. ’58, Ed.D. ’61

Paul Alfred Clarke M.Ed. ’58, Ed.D. ’61 died on May 22, 2023, at Edenton Retirement Center in Frederick, Md., where he had resided since 2016. Born in Baltimore, Clarke grew up in Thurmont, Md., with seven brothers and five sisters, helping with the…

Passings

Thomas Edge Jacobs M.S. ’82

Thomas Edge Jacobs M.S. ’82 of West Lebanon, N.H., died on May 20, 2023, a day and time of his choice after living with metastatic colon cancer for five years. He was 76. Jacobs grew up in the Baltimore neighborhood of Govans and graduated at the top of…

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…

10s

John Devlin M.M. ’11, D.M.A. ’15

John Devlin M.M. ’11, D.M.A. ’15 received a 2023 Georg Solti Career Assistance Award, given to 22 young conductors by the Solti Foundation U.S. His contract as music director of the Wheeling (Va.) Symphony has been renewed for four years, and he was…

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.

Passings

Paul David Fox ’93

Paul David Fox ’93 of San Diego died on May 9, 2023, from complications of hyperthermia while mountain biking in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 53. Paul was the youngest of six children growing up in Rockville, Md. After graduating from UMD with a degree in…