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Fall 2023

Explorations water from air absorbing into black cube

Water Out of Thin Air

Invention Offers Trickle of Hope for Climate-Driven Crisis

 Explorations Camden Yards

‘Mallpark’ Figure

How MLB Stadiums Scored With Fans by Adding Shopping, Theme Park Elements

 Campus Life five Team USA lacrosse players pose with gold medals

Sports Briefs

5 Terps Win Gold in Lacrosse Championship; Shortstop Becomes UMD’s Highest MLB Draft Pick

 Campus Life Taulia Tagovailoa

‘Tau-ring’ Over Maryland’s Record Books

After Setting Nearly Every Terps Passing Mark, Star Quarterback ‘Not Done Yet’

 Campus Life two couples embrace and kiss

‘Rising’ Awareness

Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism

 Campus Life wind tunnel

Blast From the Past—and Into the Future

75 Years After Its Groundbreaking, Revived UMD Wind Tunnel Revs Up

 Campus Life student creates "learn-to-dance" game

Summ-AR Immersion

Using Emerging Tech, Students Create Innovative Art, Interactive Games in Incubator Program

 Campus Life bee

UMD’s Stumble Bees

Gardens Host Pollen-Fueled Rager, Earning National Recognition

 Campus Life Gayle King at podium

A Commencement Speech Fit for a King

News Anchor Gayle King ’76 Recalls Life, Love and Ledo on First Return to Campus

 News electric Shuttle-UM bus at charging station

Electrifying!

$40M Grant to Fund Climate-Friendly Shuttle-UM Buses

 News Rendering of new basketball performance center

Basketball Performance Center Breaks Ground

Facility Will House Practice Court, Locker Rooms, Strength and Conditioning Areas, and More

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Katherine Layne McCoy headshot

Passings

Katherine Layne McCoy ’53

Katherine Layne McCoy ’53 died on July 20, 2023 at the Terraces in Bonita Springs, Fla., where she resided since 2014. She was 93. McCoy graduated from Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md., Centenary Junior College in New Jersey, and UMD, where she majored…

Passings

Jean Marie Bir ’84

Jean Marie Bir ’84 of New Market, Md., died on July 5, 2023, at Frederick (Md.) Health Hospital. She was 62. Bir completed degrees in special education from UMD and Hood College and was employed as a special education teacher in Rockville for 40 years,…
Jo Elaine Tucker headshot

Passings

Jo Elaine Tucker ’89

Jo Elaine Tucker ’89 died on March 26, 2023, at her home in Naples, Fla., after a battle with cancer. She was 62. She grew up in Bel Air, Md., and earned a psychology degree at UMD. She was a massage therapist who had a passion for helping people to…

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Nikkee Porcaro ’07

Nikkee Porcaro ’07, founder of the educational consulting firm No Anxiety Prep, wrote the new book "Appliquirktion: How to Make Your College Application Step Up, Stand Out, and Shine." Drawing upon her experience in college admissions counseling, she…

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Marcus Hamlett ’10

Marcus Hamlett ’10 served as a diplomatic security service liaison at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand over the summer.

Passings

Alicia Dyanne Dacey ’01, M.S. ’04

Alicia Dyanne Dacey ’01, M.S. ’04 of Frederick, Md., died on May 24, 2023. She was 44. Dacey graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Md., and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy…

Passings

Robert Haas Jr. ’52

Robert Haas Jr. ’52, a longtime Beltsville, Md., resident, died on May 20, 2023, at age 100. Haas was a Pennsylvania native who served as a chief warrant officer in the army during WWII. Through the GI Bill, he received an accounting degree from UMD,…

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Scott Van Pelt ’88

Scott Van Pelt ’88 joined the cast of ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown.” He will add this once-weekly assignment to his existing job as host of the 11 p.m. edition of "SportsCenter."