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

‘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

‘Tau-ring’ Over Maryland’s Record Books

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

Campus Life

‘Rising’ Awareness

Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism

Campus Life

Blast From the Past—and Into the Future

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

Campus Life

Summ-AR Immersion

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

Campus Life

UMD’s Stumble Bees

Gardens Host Pollen-Fueled Rager, Earning National Recognition

Campus Life

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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Raj Amin ’93

Raj Amin ’93 joined Avetta, a provider supply chain risk management software, as chief financial officer. He was most recently CFO at Granicus, leading the company’s finance, accounting, legal and business systems departments and previously served as vice…

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…

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Patrice Kingsley MBA ’15

Patrice Kingsley MBA ’15 was named to The Daily Record’s 2023 list of Leading Women Under 40. She is manager of the CareFirst Engagement Center for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from North Carolina…

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Keiva Rodriques ’04

Keiva Rodriques ’04 was named chief operating officer for the Maryland Aviation Administration, which owns and operates BWI Marshall Airport and Martin State Airport. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Engineer for the agency.

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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…

Passings

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93

Cecelia “Gail” Coffin Ed.D. ’93 died on July 2, 2023, at age 80. Coffin was born in California, Pa., and graduated from Clinton Dale High School, Wayne State University, where she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees, and the University of Maryland.…

Passings

Marc Leonard Bass ’70

Marc Leonard Bass ’70 died following a stroke on July 6, 2023, at age 76. Born and raised in Baltimore, Bass moved to Santa Cruz, Calif., in 1969 after graduating from UMD, and lived there for 48 years. He was a lifelong lover and student of Motown, soul,…

Passings

Paul David Fox ’93

Paul David Fox ’93 of San Diego died on May 9, 2023, from complications of hyperthermia while mountain biking in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 53. Paul was the youngest of six children growing up in Rockville, Md. After graduating from UMD with a degree in…