Fall 2023
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Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall
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Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?
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Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick
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Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas
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Alum Serves Up Resources to Improve Health, Equity of Hospitality Industry
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From College Park to the Caribbean, Sugar Hill Sisterhood Celebrates 50th Gathering
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Meet the New Members; 3 Reasons to Return for UMD Homecoming
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In rural Maryland, a new “been-there-done- that” approach to the opioid crisis offers hope on four wheels.
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Alum named NYC taxi commissioner navigates ridesharing’s rise, drivers’ economic woes—and plenty of midtown traffic.
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How do you track 75 years of college radio at Maryland? Decades of deejays replay history, hijinks and the music that made WMUC.
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Burning Question for Babies’ Health
UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires
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Researcher Heading New $20M NSF-Backed Institute Says Systems Should Support Societal Good
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Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users
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Preschool Director Explains How to Turn Tots’ Chatter Into Conversation
Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life
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We’ll Give Up a Lot to Share Experiences With Loved Ones, Study Shows
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UMD-Grown, Plant-Packed Bus Shelters Debut Near Campus
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
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Passings
Katherine Layne McCoy ’53
00s
Jennifer Covahey ’08
80s
Scott Van Pelt ’88
Passings
Charles F. Smyser Jr. ’50
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Passings
Stephanie Damadio ’72
90s
Myriam Yarbrough ’96, M.A.T. ’99, Ph.D. ’13
00s
Shirley M. Steinbach ’03
00s
LieAnn Van-Tull ’06