Fall 2023

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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

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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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Passings

Stephanie Damadio ’72

Stephanie Damadio ’72 died on May 12, 2023, at age 74. She was born in Albuquerque, N.M., and earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from UMD, a master’s in forensic sciences from the George Washington University and a doctorate in biological…

Passings

Robert Scherr ’66, M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’83

Robert Scherr ’66, M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’83 of Salisbury, Md., died on May 16, 2023, from cancer. He graduated from Baltimore City College before earning three degrees at UMD. He became a speech therapist in 1970 at the Educational Service Center in Salisbury,…

10s

JJ Rivers M.Arch, MRED ’14

JJ Rivers M.Arch, MRED ’14 was named to the Washington Business Journal’s 2023 40 Under 40 list. Rivers is studio director and regional leader in mixed-use development in architecture and design firm Gensler’s Washington, D.C.’s office. He manages more…

10s

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…

Passings

Stephen Arthur Pettit ’72

Stephen Arthur Pettit ’72 of Crofton, Md., died on July 30, 2023, at age 78. He went to Duke University for his bachelor’s degree, and earned his master’s and doctoral at the University of Maryland. Pettit was a computer scientist and, in the early 1970s,…

80s

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."

00s

Nathan Leslie M.F.A. ’00

Apprentice House (Loyola University Maryland) published the 12th book of fiction by Nathan Leslie M.F.A. ’00, the short story collection “A Fly in the Ointment.” It paints a portrait of 21st-century America in a steady state of decline. He won the 2019…

20s

Caroline Drogin M.L.S. ’2

Caroline Drogin M.L.S. ’20 was named the islands engagement manager at The Trustees of Reservations for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. She most recently worked as a children’s librarian on Martha’s Vineyard.