Fall 2023
Invention Offers Trickle of Hope for Climate-Driven Crisis
How MLB Stadiums Scored With Fans by Adding Shopping, Theme Park Elements
5 Terps Win Gold in Lacrosse Championship; Shortstop Becomes UMD’s Highest MLB Draft Pick
‘Tau-ring’ Over Maryland’s Record Books
After Setting Nearly Every Terps Passing Mark, Star Quarterback ‘Not Done Yet’
Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism
Blast From the Past—and Into the Future
75 Years After Its Groundbreaking, Revived UMD Wind Tunnel Revs Up
Using Emerging Tech, Students Create Innovative Art, Interactive Games in Incubator Program
Gardens Host Pollen-Fueled Rager, Earning National Recognition
A Commencement Speech Fit for a King
News Anchor Gayle King ’76 Recalls Life, Love and Ledo on First Return to Campus
$40M Grant to Fund Climate-Friendly Shuttle-UM Buses
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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Herbert LeRoy Strawsburg Jr. ’56
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Cheryl Patricia Hiller ’68, M.A. ’88
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Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs ’89
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George J. Lavery M.A. ’70
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Myriam Yarbrough ’96, M.A.T. ’99, Ph.D. ’13
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Jean Marie Bir ’84
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Glenn Grant ’71
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Albert James Klavon ’68, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’75