Fall 2023

water from air absorbing into black cube

Explorations

September 14, 2023

Invention Offers Trickle of Hope for Climate-Driven Crisis

Explorations

September 14, 2023

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

five Team USA lacrosse players pose with gold medals

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

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

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

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

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

Libraries Exhibit Looks at Century of Student Activism

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

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

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

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

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

Gardens Host Pollen-Fueled Rager, Earning National Recognition

Campus Life

September 14, 2023

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

electric Shuttle-UM bus at charging station

News

September 14, 2023

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

Rendering of new basketball performance center

News

September 14, 2023

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

Class Notes

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70s

Douglas E. Rowe ’78

Douglas E. Rowe ’78, a partner with Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman on Long Island, N.Y., was named to the 2024 Best Lawyers list, a recognition based on peer review. He practices in the labor and employment group and is a seasoned litigator at the…

90s

Nedelka Phillips ’95

Nedelka Phillips ’95, senior vice president of the United Way of Central Maryland, was named to the Washington Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business list for 2023. She recently helped secure a $20 million grant for the organization from…

20s

Brandon Bennett Young ’22

Brandon Bennett Young ’22 (above) won the National Havoc Robot League’s August tournament and "Golden Dumpster" trophy in Norwalk, Conn., in the 30-pound category with his vertical spinner bot "Vorion.” This win qualified Young for the league’s…

00s

Peter Rosenberg ’02

New York City radio personality Peter Rosenberg ’02 wed photographer Natalie Amrossi on July 8 in Manhattan. Their story of meeting via Twitter was featured in The New York Times.

80s

Aaron Ghais ’89

Aaron Ghais ’89, an attorney with Shulman Rogers in Potomac, Md., was named to Best Lawyers 2024, a recognition based on peer review that he also earned last year. He practices in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law.

00s

Shirley M. Steinbach ’03

Shirley M. Steinbach ’03, an attorney with Shulman Rogers in Potomac, Md., was named to Best Lawyers 2024, a recognition based on peer review. She practices community association law.

90s

Myriam Yarbrough ’96, M.A.T. ’99, Ph.D. ’13

Myriam Yarbrough ’96, M.A.T. ’99, Ph.D. ’13 was named superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools. She had been deputy superintendent since December 2021 after joining the system in 2020.

Passings

James T. Brannon III ’71

James T. Brannon III ’71 died on May 17, 2023, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at age 74, He was a graduate of LaSalle High School in Cumberland, Md., and earned a football scholarship to UMD, where he earned a degree in journalism.…