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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Sarah Patton M.L.S. ’09

Sarah Patton M.L.S. ’09 was chosen by the Nevada Historical Society as its new librarian and archivist. Patton comes to Reno from the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University, where she was the research services manager. She has a…

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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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Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05

Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05 joined Finite State, the product security leader for connected devices and one of the Top 25 startups in the latest “Future Internet of Things (IoT) Unicorns” report. Akkor was part of the founding team of Carbon Black.

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Cynthia Meyer ’87

Cynthia Meyer ’87 was promoted to assistant vice president, director of human resources at Taylor Bank.

Passings

Charles S. Dulcey Ph.D. ’82

Charles S. Dulcey Ph.D. ’82, of Washington, D.C., died Dec. 30, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. Born in Scranton, Pa., in 1953, he was the son of the late Charles S. Dulcey and Elizabeth Buglio Dulcey. He earned a B.S. in physics and applied mathematics from Stony…

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Jean-Paul Littleton ’15

Jean-Paul Littleton ’15 was promoted to chief technology officer of GeoBroadcast Solutions. He was previously the company’s head of spectrum design.

“The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life” book cover

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Jan (Latter) Cullinane ’75, M.Ed. ’80

Jan (Latter) Cullinane ’75, M.Ed. ’80 is the author of “The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life,” published by Wiley. She previously taught biology, microbiology and health psychology at the high school and college levels.

Passings

Dr. William “Bill” Ward ’56

Dr. William “Bill” Ward ’56 died on April 16, 2022, at his home in Saratoga, Wyo. He was 89. He was born in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 17, 1932, and was raised in Illinois, Maryland, Colorado and, most fondly, Wyoming. He played basketball at UMD and…