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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90s

Ingrid Bynum ’98

Ingrid Bynum ’98 was named Mrs. Virginia in June and competed for Mrs. America in August. She is principal of Patrick Henry K-8 School in Alexandria, Va., and she entered the pageant to highlight student literacy. It was her first pageant since her days…

00s

Sabastian Niles ’03

Sabastian Niles ’03 was named president and chief legal officer of Salesforce. He joined Salesforce from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz, where he was a partner working with U.S. and overseas companies, focused on shareholder and stakeholder engagement,…

60s

Peter Michael ’66

Peter Michael ’66 had his eighth book published, “First Explorer,” a biography of the Swiss humanitarian—and the author’s ancestor—Frantz Michel, who in 1704 was first to explore the Maryland colony beyond the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Three of his…

Passings

Mae Benham Hutchinson Kinsman ’46

Mae Benham Hutchinson Kinsman ’46 died July 9, 2023, in Norfolk, Va., at age 100. She graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey, Green Mountain College in Virginia and UMD, where she majored in home economics and met her future husband, James…

80s

Mark Shmueli M.A. ’89

Mark Shmueli M.A. ’89 joined Jaskot Law in Baltimore as senior counsel. He is an immigration attorney who earned his J.D. at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

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,…

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.

Passings

George J. Lavery M.A. ’70

George J. Lavery M.A. ’70 died on July 18, 2023, at his home in Shrewsbury, Pa. He was 79. Lavery was a graduate of Geneseo (N.Y.) Central School and the State University of New York Geneseo. He went on to earn a master's degree from the University of…