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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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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

William John Palk ’75

William John Palk ’75 died on Aug. 16, 2023, in Annapolis, Md., at age 77. He attended Georgia Military Academy, Georgia State University and the University of Maryland. Palk worked for the U.S. Marshals Service. He proudly served in the Army Security…

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…
Mark Reid Miller headshot

Passings

Mark Reid Miller ’70

Mark Reid Miller ’70 died at his Aiken, S.C., home, on Aug. 13, 2023, after a battle with melanoma that spanned nearly 25 years. He was 76. Miller was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the family lived near a variety of army bases in Detroit, Baltimore…

Passings

John Newton ’61

John Newton ’61 died in Parkersburg, Va., on May 16, 2023, at age 84. Newton earned a bachelor's degree from UMD and a master's degree from Lehigh University, and retired from Dupont after 36 years as a chemical engineer. He was an avid sports fan,…

Passings

Robert Joseph Werrlein M.S. ’67. Ph.D. ’74

Robert Joseph Werrlein M.S. ’67. Ph.D. ’74 died at his home in Bel Air, Md., on May 29, 2023, at age 85. Born in Essex, N.J., he graduated from Hobart University, where he was captain of the men’s lacrosse team, and earned graduate degrees in microbiology…

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…

10s

Anisha Queen-Simmons ’11

Anisha Queen-Simmons ’11 was named to The Daily Record’s 2023 list of Leading Women Under 40. She is a partner at law firm Brown, Goldstein and Levy. She earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School.