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.

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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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Passings

Elayne Nord Mangad Ph.D. ’84

Elayne Nord Mangad Ph.D. ’84 died on May 19, 2023, in North Miami Beach, Fla., at the age of 88. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Mangad graduated from Peabody High School and earned a B.S. from Carnegie Tech. After graduation, she traveled to Israel, where…

Passings

James Boyle ’74

James Boyle ’74 of Levittown, Pa., died on May 17, 2023, at Abington Memorial Hospital at age 71. Boyle was raised in Levittown and played football at Bishop Egan, helping the Eagles earn two City League and Catholic League championships, and earning…

10s

John Devlin M.M. ’11, D.M.A. ’15

John Devlin M.M. ’11, D.M.A. ’15 received a 2023 Georg Solti Career Assistance Award, given to 22 young conductors by the Solti Foundation U.S. His contract as music director of the Wheeling (Va.) Symphony has been renewed for four years, and he was…

00s

Nathan Leslie M.F.A. ’00

Apprentice House (Loyola University Maryland) published the 12th book of fiction by Nathan Leslie M.F.A. ’00, the short story collection “A Fly in the Ointment.” It paints a portrait of 21st-century America in a steady state of decline. He won the 2019…

Passings

Charles F. Smyser Jr. ’50

Charles F. Smyser Jr. ’50 of Amherst, Mass., died on July 20, 2023, at age 98. Smyser attended high school at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, followed by the University of Maryland and graduate school at the University of Connecticut. After graduation,…

80s

Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88,

Jeffrey W. Gluck Ph.D. ’88, an intellectual property attorney with Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, was included in the 2023 IAM Patent 1000, a guide to the firms and attorneys deemed outstanding in the field of patent law. His engineering…

Passings

Cheryl Patricia Hiller ’68, M.A. ’88

Cheryl Patricia Hiller ’68, M.A. ’88, a former counselor and teacher at the University of Maryland, died at her Marana, Ariz., home on July 16, 2023. Hiller spent most of her life and career in the Washington, D.C., area. She enjoyed sailing the waters of…

Passings

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93 died on July 2, 2023, at age 80. Coffin was born in California, Pa., and graduated from Clinton Dale High School, Wayne State University, where she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees, and the University of Maryland.…