Spring 2022

Contemporary photo of the Iribe Center with archival photo of circle drive by Ritchie

May 31, 2022

College Park is hopping and humming with new businesses, housing and other perks. See for yourself.

May 26, 2022

Fifty years after the law’s passage, the legacy of Bernice Sandler Ed.D. ’69 endures through the millions of girls and women whose lives she’s changed.

Features

May 26, 2022

Trash and toxic substances are often dumped where poor people and communities of color live. Public health researcher Sacoby Wilson is empowering them to fight for cleaner, safer conditions.

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

Career Week in Review, An Event With Good Tastes and Terps Supporting Terps

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

See How University Archives Restored a Rare Piece of Maryland’s Musical History

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

Costume Designer Makes Stars Shine on Small and Big Screens

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

Entrepreneurial Terps Sell Financial Planning App for $1.275B

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

Alum’s Popular ‘Cat Cafés’ in D.C., Hollywood Draw Celebrities While Saving Kitties

Explorations

May 26, 2022

What’s the Smallest Change People Can Make to Have the Biggest Positive Impact on Society?

Illustration of birds flying near buildings

Explorations

May 26, 2022

Faculty, Students Study How to Make Buildings More Bird-Friendly

Explorations

May 26, 2022

Physicist Translates Quantum Theory Into Medical Devices and Tomorrow’s Tech

Explorations

May 26, 2022

In New Book, Professor Chews Over the Consequences of Food Shaming

Illustration of person dropped mask behind them as they walk, with sanitizer and glove on the ground behind them

Explorations

May 26, 2022

Study Finds Fatigue With Mobility Restrictions Sets in Quickly

Explorations

May 26, 2022

Hubble’s Giant Successor Has Plenty of Connections to UMD

Campus Life

May 26, 2022

Gymnast Vaults to Top of Maryland Leaderboard; Women Finish in Sweet 16

Collage of Jared Bernhardt playing lacrosse, football

Campus Life

May 26, 2022

Former Lacrosse Star Adds Football Title to Superb Collegiate Career

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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00s

Hyowook Chiang M.A. ’02, Ph.D. ’05

Hyowook Chiang M.A. ’02, Ph.D. ’05 was appointed vice president at Charles River Associates, which provides economic, financial and management consulting services.

Passings

John F. D. Bowersox ’56

John F. D. Bowersox ’56 of Westminster, Md., died on March 9, 2022, at age 89. Born on Feb. 11, 1933, in Westminster, Md., he was the son of the late John C. and Jessie M. (Shaffer) Bowersox. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s…

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Pete Casasanto ’02

Pete Casasanto ’02 was hired as chief biopharma officer at Sophia Genetics. Prior to this role, he was vice president of new commercialization initiatives at CellCarta. He holds an MBA in pharmaceutical management from Drexel University and a master’s…

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Katherine Calvin ’03

Katherine Calvin ’03 was named chief scientist and senior climate adviser at NASA. Previously, she was an Earth scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, where she worked on…

90s

Aggie Blum Thompson ’99

Aggie Blum Thompson ’99 is the author of the thriller “All the Dirty Secrets.” Set on the Delaware shore during Beach Week, the book is about a recently divorced working mom struggling to connect with her moody daughter, the drowning of her daughter’s…

90s

Utpal Koppikar ’91

Utpal Koppikar ’91 joined the board of directors of C4 Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Koppikar is the chief financial officer of Atara Biotherapeutics, a leader in T-cell immunotherapy. Koppikar earned an M.S. in aeronautical…

10s

Jesus Jackson ’10

Jesus Jackson ’10 joined technology firm ArdentMC as its chief technology officer. He was formerly the vice president for engineering at CollabraLink Technologies.

Passings

Cassandra “Sandy” D. Wilson ’86

Cassandra “Sandy” D. Wilson ’86 died on Feb. 9, 2022, in Rockville, Md. She was born in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 1948. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy and worked as a corpsman E-5 until she was honorably discharged in 1977. After the Navy, Wilson…