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Fall 2023

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Rewriting the Script

Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall

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Underexposed

Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?

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Lessons in Flavoring

Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

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Brush With Greatness

Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas

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Cheers to Safe Bars

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

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The Sweetest Connection

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

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Alumni Association News

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

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Roads to Recovery

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

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All Hail David Do

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

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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.

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Burning Question for Babies’ Health

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

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Building AI You Can Trust

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

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An Ally for Access

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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Better Together

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

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Gimme (Green) Shelter

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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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LieAnn Van-Tull ’06

LieAnn Van-Tull ’06, an associate with Keller and Heckman’s food and drug packaging and tobacco and e-vapor practice groups, was sworn in as president of the Washington Bar Association. She was also honored as a National Conference of Bar Presidents…

Passings

Herbert LeRoy Strawsburg Jr. ’56

Herbert LeRoy Strawsburg Jr. ’56 died on June 5, 2023, at Frederick (Md.) Health Hospital at age 89. He graduated from Frederick High School and earned an accounting degree at UMD. He served as vice president of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank until…
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Passings

Albert James Klavon ’68, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’75

Albert James Klavon ’68, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’75 of Silver Spring, Md., died on May 26, 2023, at age 87. He earned three degrees at UMD in agriculture and agricultural and extension education, then worked there for 38 years, including 23 as an assistant dean…

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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…

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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…

Passings

Joseph Campbell ’77

Former NFL player Joseph Campbell ’77 died on July 9, 2023, after going on a hike in Florida. He was 68. Campbell athletic prowess was evident from his days as a Salesianum graduate in Wilmington, Del., and he was later inducted into the Delaware Hall of…

Passings

Denise Tanczyn Arnett ’78

Denise Tanczyn Arnett ’78 died on July 2, 2023, at Brightview Senior Living-Westminster (Md.). She was 67. The Baltimore native earned a bachelor's degree in special education and later a bachelor's degree in physical therapy at UMD, then completed all…