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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

Cyril Elmo Fowble III ’61

Cyril Elmo Fowble III ’61, 87, of Solon, Ohio, died on Aug. 12, 2023. He was born in Baltimore, graduated from UMD and served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He had a successful career in the automotive industry working for Chrysler and PPG as a paint…

Passings

Robert Joseph Werrlein M.S. ’67. Ph.D. ’74

Robert Joseph Werrlein M.S. ’67. Ph.D. ’74 died at his home in Bel Air, Md., on May 29, 2023, at age 85. Born in Essex, N.J., he graduated from Hobart University, where he was captain of the men’s lacrosse team, and earned graduate degrees in microbiology…

Passings

Herbert LeRoy Strawsburg Jr. ’56

Herbert LeRoy Strawsburg Jr. ’56 died on June 5, 2023, at Frederick (Md.) Health Hospital at age 89. He graduated from Frederick High School and earned an accounting degree at UMD. He served as vice president of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank until…

Passings

Stephanie Damadio ’72

Stephanie Damadio ’72 died on May 12, 2023, at age 74. She was born in Albuquerque, N.M., and earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UMD, a master’s in forensic sciences from the George Washington University and a doctorate in biological…

Passings

Jo Elaine Tucker ’89

Jo Elaine Tucker ’89 died on March 26, 2023, at her home in Naples, Fla., after a battle with cancer. She was 62. She grew up in Bel Air, Md., and earned a psychology degree at UMD. She was a massage therapist who had a passion for helping people to…

00s

Kayce Ataiyero ’00

Kayce Ataiyero ’00, chief external affairs officer for the Joyce Foundation, was named one of the top 50 women leaders of Illinois by Women We Admire.

00s

L.S. McKee M.F.A. ’05

“Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine,” the debut collection of alter-ego poems by L.S. McKee M.F.A. ’05, confronts the surveillance gaze of online desire. Her work has appeared in Narrative, The Massachusetts Review, Best New Poets, Cincinnati Review, The…

90s

Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98

Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98 was hired as president of Fearless Digital, Baltimore’s largest software development company and one of its largest minority-owned businesses. Prior to joining Fearless, Bhave was chief operations officer for the nonprofit…