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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

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…

Passings

Lynald “Sils” E. Silsbee Ph.D. ’81

Lynald “Sils” E. Silsbee Ph.D. ’81 of Wescosville, Pa., died on May 19, 2023, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. He was 80. He was born in 1942 in Williamsport, and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Bloomsburg University, and eventually…

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.

10s

Patrice Kingsley MBA ’15

Patrice Kingsley MBA ’15 was named to The Daily Record’s 2023 list of Leading Women Under 40. She is manager of the CareFirst Engagement Center for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from North Carolina…

00s

Nicholas Hoover Wilson ’03

Nicholas Hoover Wilson ’03 wrote “Modernity’s Corruption: Empire and Morality in the Making of British India” (Columbia University Press), which explores how the modern idea of corruption—pursuing personal interest at the expense of one’s…

80s

Tina Kuhn ’81

Tina Kuhn ’81 was named to The Daily Record’s 2023 Cybersecurity Power List. Kuhn is president and chief executive officer of the Lanzar Group, a business consulting firm.

70s

Douglas E. Rowe ’78

Douglas E. Rowe ’78, a partner with Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman on Long Island, N.Y., was named to the 2024 Best Lawyers list, a recognition based on peer review. He practices in the labor and employment group and is a seasoned litigator at the…

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…