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.

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.

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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90s

David Biespiel M.F.A. '91

David Biespiel M.F.A. '91 will release his 13th book and first novel, “A Self -Portrait in the Year of the High Commission on Love” (SFA Press) in October. It follows a charmed 18-year-old growing up in Meyerland, Houston’s historic Jewish section, who…

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…

90s

Ricardo Jackman

Ricardo Jackman ’95 was hired as a partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Morris, Manning & Martin, where he chairs the new sports and entertainment practice. Most recently, Jackman served as co-chair of Ballard Spahr’s sports and entertainment…

Passings

Anthony Amatucci ’65

Anthony Amatucci ’65 of Olney, Md., died on Aug. 12, 2023, after a brief illness. He was 81. He was born in San Potito Ultra, in Italy, and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1949. After graduating from Wheaton High School, then UMD, he…

80s

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs ’89

Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs ’89 was named executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association. She is a former lieutenant colonel with the Prince George's County Department of Corrections and a county school board member and served as chair…

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…

Passings

Joan Marie Rinehart-Green Ph.D. ’72

Joan Marie Rinehart-Green Ph.D. ’72, of Shillington, Pa., died on May 15, 2023, at the age of 88. Rinehart-Green earned nursing degrees at the University of Virginia and Catholic University before earning a doctorate in education at UMD. She taught at…

70s

Charlie DeSando ’78

Charlie DeSando ’78 was featured in the May issue of Milwaukee Magazine and on the local radio show “This Bites,” for his YouTube series, “Cooking with Milwaukee Community Leaders,” in which he welcomes community leaders to his home for an interview and…