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Spring 2021

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A Campus Legacy, by Design

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Facing the Offensive Line

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The Almighty Cod

In the Shadow of Climate Change and Overfishing, a UMD Researcher Finds Answers for Today’s Oceans in the Centuries-old Bones of a North Atlantic Fish.

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Terps, as Seen on TV!

Vacuum spy

This Sucks: How Your Robovac Could Spy on You

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$9M Gift Establishes Institute for Performance and Technology in the Arts

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Ewe-MD’s Lamb Lessons

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Fighting Forgetting

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Stage Whisperer

Acclaimed Theater Designer Takes Lead Role in Reimagining Live Performance

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Apple Appeal

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Flipping Out for 75 Years

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UMCP, UMB Team Up to Climb in National Research Ranking

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Researchers’ Aim: One Vaccine for Many Viruses

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Pines of the Times

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‘It’s Not an Error, It’s a Language’

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Pandemic Fighter’s Priorities

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Jon Pessah ’74

Jon Pessah ’74 published “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask,” a biography of Yogi Berra. He was a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and sports editor at Newsday and The Hartford Courant.

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Audrey Farley Ph.D. ’17

Audrey Farley Ph.D. ’17 is the author of “The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt.” The book, out from Grand Central Publishing, tells the story of a 1930s millionairess whose mother had her declared…

Passings

W. Paul Strassmann Ph.D. ’56

W. Paul Strassmann Ph.D. ’56 died on Jan. 9 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Berlin, Germany, where his family owned a hospital. When the Nazis rose to power, they were forced to sell their properties, and the Mayo Clinic…

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Rick Buskirk ’98

Rick Buskirk ’98 was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Laureate Education. Buskirk was previously senior vice president of corporate development. Prior to joining Laureate in 2015, Buskirk was a CPA with EY and an investment…

Passings

Paula K. Montgomery Ph.D. ’89

Paula K. Montgomery Ph.D. ’89, former chief of school library media services for the Maryland Department of Education and assistant professor at McDaniel College, died March 3 at her home in Federal Hill. She was 74. The daughter of Floyd Woodrow…

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David Fike ’91

David Fike ’91 was named chief operating officer of Pursoma, a global wellness brand focusing on all natural solutions for consumers headquartered in Easton, Md.

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Elaine Gall M.E. ’05

Elaine Gall M.E. ’05 retired from Virginia Tech in March. She joined the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities as university building official in 2018.

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Adam Jacoff ’87

Adam Jacoff ’87 is a finalist for the 2021 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (known as the Sammie). The Sammies are presented by the nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. Jacoff works for the National Institute of Standards and…