Fall 2023

Parting Shot

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Rewriting the Script

Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall

Post-Grad

Underexposed

Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?

Post-Grad

Lessons in Flavoring

Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

Post-Grad

Lynde Washington poses in front of his artwork

Brush With Greatness

Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas

Post-Grad

Cheers to Safe Bars

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

Post-Grad

The Sweetest Connection

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

Post-Grad

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Alumni Association News

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

Features

A white truck was driving down a country road

Roads to Recovery

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

Features

All Hail David Do

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

Features

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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.

Explorations

Burning Question for Babies’ Health

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

Explorations

Building AI You Can Trust

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

Explorations

An Ally for Access

Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

Explorations

Jennifer Smallwood-Holmes talks to kids in classroom

Preschool Director Explains How to Turn Tots’ Chatter Into Conversation

Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Better Together

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

Explorations

Gimme (Green) Shelter

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Mae Benham Hutchinson Kinsman ’46

Mae Benham Hutchinson Kinsman ’46 died July 9, 2023, in Norfolk, Va., at age 100. She graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey, Green Mountain College in Virginia and UMD, where she majored in home economics and met her future husband, James…

Passings

Katherine Layne McCoy ’53

Katherine Layne McCoy ’53 died on July 20, 2023 at the Terraces in Bonita Springs, Fla., where she resided since 2014. She was 93. McCoy graduated from Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md., Centenary Junior College in New Jersey, and UMD, where she majored…

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Stefan Zastawski ’93, M.Arch ’95

Stefan Zastawski ’93, M.Arch ’95 was promoted to associate in Quinn Evans’ Washington, D.C., office. Since joining the firm in 2019, he has contributed to innovative design solutions for projects including the McMillan Community Center and Park and DAR…

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

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…

90s

Ingrid Bynum ’98

Ingrid Bynum ’98 was named Mrs. Virginia in June and competed for Mrs. America in August. She is principal of Patrick Henry K-8 School in Alexandria, Va., and she entered the pageant to highlight student literacy. It was her first pageant since her days…

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Karen Johnston ’00

Gunnery Sgt. Karen Johnston ’00, concertmaster of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, recently soloed with the United States Marine Band at the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She performed the theme from…

Passings

Alicia Dyanne Dacey ’01, M.S. ’04

Alicia Dyanne Dacey ’01, M.S. ’04 of Frederick, Md., died on May 24, 2023. She was 44. Dacey graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Md., and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy…