Spring 2021

Campus Life

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Features

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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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Acclaimed Theater Designer Takes Lead Role in Reimagining Live Performance

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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Gene Chen Ph.D. ’02

Gene Chen Ph.D. ’02 joined Interlink Electronics, a technology partner in the world of human-machine interface devices, sensors and other technologies, as vice president of engineering and advanced materials. Prior to joining Interlink, Chen was CTO at…

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Elizabeth Jurinka ‘05

Elizabeth Jurinka ‘05 was appointed special assistant to the U.S. president and Senate legislative affairs liaison. She most recently served as chief health advisor to Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to her 10 years in…

Passings

Kennetta P. Russ MLS ’73

Kennetta P. Russ MLS ’73 died on Dec. 30 at age 89, at Pine Hills Assisted Living in Laurel, Md. Upon graduating from Penn State University with a B.S. degree in home economics and a minor in journalism, she moved to New York City, where she wrote recipes…

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Eddie Bates M.A. ’13

Eddie Bates M.A. ’13 joined Focus Real Estate in Boston as a licensed realtor. Bates had previously served as an urban planner in Brookline, Mass.

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V. Joseph McAuliffe Ed.D. ‘55

V. Joseph McAuliffe Ed.D. ‘55 of Shoreville, Mo., died at age 93 on Jan. 18. He was born in New York City on Jan. 25, 1927. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He received the World War II Victory Medal, and was honorably…

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Hugh Brown ’91

Hugh Brown ’91 was selected for induction into the Saint Michael the Archangel High School’s Sports Faith Hall of Fame in Fredericksburg, Va. Brown is head football coach at the school. He was a linebacker for UMD from 1987-1991.

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Kiandra (Bair) Steffy ’09

Kiandra (Bair) Steffy ’09, an attorney with Saxton & Stump, was appointed to the Lancaster Bar Association’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a board member for the LINK Foundation, which provides monetary grants to local nonprofits, sits on the…

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Julia Redding Bryant Ph.D. ’88

Julia Redding Bryant Ph.D. ’88 of Wallace, N.C., died on April 9 at age 73. She was the oldest child born to the late Charles McArthur Redding and the late Geneva Jones Redding in Durham, N.C. She graduated from Hillside High School and earned her…