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Fall 2023

football team runs through "Go Terps" banner

Parting Shot

September 14, 2023
Popular Football Uniform Returns Full-Time This Fall
two gymnasts pose on horse

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023
Can You Make Sense of This Horseplay?
food in test tubes

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
Amie Ward portrait

Post-Grad

September 14, 2023
Alum Serves Up Resources to Improve Health, Equity of Hospitality Industry
members of the Sugar Hill Sisterhood

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.
Yellow taxi on the road

Features

September 14, 2023
Alum named NYC taxi commissioner navigates ridesharing’s rise, drivers’ economic woes—and plenty of midtown traffic.
two students sit on WMUC couch. Inset photos: students install radio tower; students review tally sheets

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.
fire burns down houses

Explorations

September 14, 2023
UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires
Hal Daumé III behind projection of code

Explorations

September 14, 2023
Researcher Heading New $20M NSF-Backed Institute Says Systems Should Support Societal Good
Toucha11y rendering

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
holding hands

Explorations

September 14, 2023
We’ll Give Up a Lot to Share Experiences With Loved Ones, Study Shows
bus shelter with plant growing on top

Explorations

September 14, 2023
UMD-Grown, Plant-Packed Bus Shelters Debut Near Campus

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Joe Palazzolo M.Jour. ’06

Joe Palazzolo M.Jour. ’06 co-bylined multiple stories as part of The Wall Street Journal team that uncovered financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies, winning this year's Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting.
Mae Benham Hutchinson Kinsman headshot

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

Glenn Grant ’71

Glenn Grant ’71 of Blackwood, N.J., died on May 18, 2023, at age 74. Grant took pride in being an educator, spending the entirety of his career as a history teacher at Williamstown High School. He enjoyed the beach, basketball and tending to his lawn.…

Passings

Dale Sloan Singer ’83, MHA ’92

Dale Sloan Singer ’83, MHA ’92 of Gaithersburg, Md., died on June 28, 2022, at age 60 after a 12-month battle with lung cancer. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where she graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. At UMD, she graduated with a…

Passings

Robert Scherr ’66, M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’83

Robert Scherr ’66, M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’83 of Salisbury, Md., died on May 16, 2023, from cancer. He graduated from Baltimore City College before earning three degrees at UMD. He became a speech therapist in 1970 at the Educational Service Center in Salisbury,…

Passings

Suzanne Margaret Peloquin Bready ’80

Suzanne Margaret Peloquin Bready ’80 of Charles Town, W.V., died on June 7, 2023, from complications of Parkinson's disease. She was 70. The eldest of six children, Bready was born in Silver Spring, Md., and spent her formative years on Oliver Street in…

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Barry Lowenthal ’87

Barry Lowenthal ’87 was appointed president of Inuvo, provider of the first generative artificial intelligence solution made specifically for brands and agencies. He was previously CEO of Media Kitchen. He has an MBA in marketing from Baruch College.

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Ann Claycomb ’01

“Silenced,” a #metoo fairy tale and the second novel by Ann Claycomb ’01, was published by Titan Books. "Fans of feminist fairy tales will find plenty to enjoy,” according to Publishers Weekly. She is director of faculty recognition at Colorado State…