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Campus Life

A Campus Legacy, by Design

May 21, 2021

Features

Facing the Offensive Line

May 19, 2021

Features

The Almighty Cod

May 19, 2021

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.

Features

Terps, as Seen on TV!

May 19, 2021

This Sucks: How Your Robovac Could Spy on You

May 19, 2021

Campus Life

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

May 19, 2021

Campus Life

Ewe-MD’s Lamb Lessons

May 19, 2021

Fighting Forgetting

May 19, 2021

Stage Whisperer

May 19, 2021

Acclaimed Theater Designer Takes Lead Role in Reimagining Live Performance

Apple Appeal

May 19, 2021

Class Act

Flipping Out for 75 Years

May 19, 2021

UMCP, UMB Team Up to Climb in National Research Ranking

May 19, 2021

Researchers’ Aim: One Vaccine for Many Viruses

May 19, 2021

Campus Life

Pines of the Times

May 19, 2021

‘It’s Not an Error, It’s a Language’

May 19, 2021

Class Act

Pandemic Fighter’s Priorities

May 19, 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

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.

Passings

Carl L. Wagner ’52

Carl L. Wagner ’52 died on Nov. 23 at RiverMead in Peterborough, N.H. at age 91. Wagner was born to Adelaide and Carl Wagner in Baltimore on Dec. 20, 1928. He graduated from Polytechnic High School and UMD with a degree in mechanical engineering. He…

Passings

Harry E. “Gene” Faul ’67

Harry E. “Gene” Faul ’67 died on Feb. 17 at age 76 at Country Meadows of York-West. Faul was born in Baltimore, Md., and graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UMD and began working at…

Passings

Steven L. Sigafoose ’72

Steven L. Sigafoose ’72 died on Jan. 28 at the age of 72, following a battle with cancer. He was the former sports editor of Daily Nonpareil. Sigafoose grew up in Maryland, graduating from Frederick Sasscer High School in Prince George’s County in 1966.…

00s

Jonathan Forsythe ’01

Jonathan Forsythe ’01 was named managing editor of Verify, an initiative by TEGNA to combat disinformation. He was most recently senior director of video and audio for McClatchy, and he spent 14 years at The Washington Post.

Passings

Eleanor I. Smith M.Ed. ’60

Eleanor I. Smith M.Ed. ’60 of Houston died at age 84 on Dec. 27. She earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics from the University of Georgia in 1957 and a master’s degree in adult education from UMD. Smith taught home economics at Houston schools. She…

Passings

James M. Russo ’57

James M. Russo ’57, of Stamford, Conn., died on Dec. 24 at age 91. He was born in Stamford on Dec. 28, 1928, to the late James J. and Evelyn Russo. Russo was employed as a computer programmer for most of his career. Prior to retiring to Florida, he worked…

Passings

Raymond A. Plant ’57

Raymond A. Plant ’57 of Troy, Ohio, died on Jan. 8 at age 89. He was born on Jan. 24, 1931, in Dubois, Pa., to the late Anthony and Aurelia Plant. Plant was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a graduate of Duquesne University and a certified…