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Maryland Today

Spring 2022

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

Features

May 31, 2022
College Park is hopping and humming with new businesses, housing and other perks. See for yourself.
Bernice Sandler collage

Features

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.
Sacoby Wilson

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.
Career networking illustration

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022
Career Week in Review, An Event With Good Tastes and Terps Supporting Terps
Sheet music

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022
See How University Archives Restored a Rare Piece of Maryland’s Musical History
Watering can illustration

Explorations

May 26, 2022
What’s the Smallest Change People Can Make to Have the Biggest Positive Impact on Society?
Cat cafe

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022
Alum’s Popular ‘Cat Cafés’ in D.C., Hollywood Draw Celebrities While Saving Kitties
Three Mokhtarzada brothers

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022
Entrepreneurial Terps Sell Financial Planning App for $1.275B
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Post-Grad

May 26, 2022
Costume Designer Makes Stars Shine on Small and Big Screens
students stand in circle around candles spelling out "STOP WAR" on McKeldin Mall. One student holds a "Stop Putin" sign

Parting Shot

May 26, 2022
With Tears, Hugs and Anger, International Crowd Condemns Invasion
Collage of Jared Bernhardt playing lacrosse, football

Campus Life

May 26, 2022
Former Lacrosse Star Adds Football Title to Superb Collegiate Career
Gymnast Audrey Barber

Campus Life

May 26, 2022
Gymnast Vaults to Top of Maryland Leaderboard; Women Finish in Sweet 16
James Webb Space Telescope

Explorations

May 26, 2022
Hubble’s Giant Successor Has Plenty of Connections to UMD
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
Psyche Williams-Forson portrait

Explorations

May 26, 2022
In New Book, Professor Chews Over the Consequences of Food Shaming
Ron Walsworth in lab

Explorations

May 26, 2022
Physicist Translates Quantum Theory Into Medical Devices and Tomorrow’s Tech

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Thomas Patrick Lyons Sr. MBA ’86

Thomas Patrick Lyons Sr. MBA ’86 died on Jan. 2, 2022, while hiking near his home in San Jose, Calif. He was born outside of Philadelphia and spent most of his childhood in Rockville, Md. He graduated from Robert E. Peary High School and earned his…
Ronald W. Shurie headshot

Passings

Ronald W. Shurie M.Ed. ’65

Ronald W. Shurie M.Ed. ’65 died on March 5, 2022, in Chesterfield, Va., at age 95. He was born to Andrew Marcus Shurie and Lillian Lochrie Shurie in Latrobe, Pa., on July 31, 1926. After graduating from high school, he served in the Army Air Corps, then…
Karla Galva headshot

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Karla Galva ’01

Karla Galva ’01 joined Essex Realty Group. Prior to joining Essex, Galva worked in marketing and transaction management for a residential real estate brokerage firm.
Jose Delfin headshot

80s

Jose Delfin ’82

Jose Delfin ’82 was voted superintendent of the Los Alamos school district in New Mexico. Delfin most recently served as associate superintendent for the Carson City School District where he led the Human Resources, Risk Management, and Transportation…
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10s

Dan Appenfeller ’14

Dan Appenfeller ’14 joined The New York Times’ Washington bureau as a senior staff editor and deputy weekend editor. He was previously an editor on Insider’s copy desk.
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80s

Stacey Knoppel ’80

Stacey Knoppel ’80 was promoted to vice president of sales for Events DC, the official convention and sports authority of the District of Columbia. She previously served as its director of sales, services and marketing at the Baltimore Convention Center.…
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Kiandra D. Steffy ’09

Kiandra D. Steffy ’09 was appointed to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Merit Selection Panel to fill a federal magistrate judge vacancy. Steffy is an attorney with Saxton and Strump and a director at large on the Lancaster Bar Association’s board of…
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Passings

Cheryl Ann Foster Lash M.Ed. ’69

Cheryl Ann Foster Lash M.Ed. ’69 died on March 16, 2022, in St. Augustine, Fla. She was 77. Lash grew up in Wellsville, N.Y., and became an English teacher after graduating with a B.S. from Edinboro State College in Pennsylvania in 1965. She is survived…