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

Explorations

May 26, 2022

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

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

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

Post-Grad

May 26, 2022

Entrepreneurial Terps Sell Financial Planning App for $1.275B

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

Campus Life

May 26, 2022

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

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

Explorations

May 26, 2022

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

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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Chris Sullivan ’05

Chris Sullivan ’05 was promoted to chief financial officer at Avalo Therapeutics, a leading clinical-stage precision medicine company that discovers, develops, and commercializes targeted therapeutics for patients with significant unmet clinical need in…

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G. Maliek Ferebee ’01

G. Maliek Ferebee ’01 was appointed chief human resources officer of DLH Corporation, a provider of technology-enabled health services and research solutions. He served most recently as chief human capital officer at Alion Science and Technology.

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Christina N. Billiet ’05

Christina N. Billiet ’05 was elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization for the top trial attorneys in the United States. Billiet is managing partner of Baltimore-based medical malpractice defense firm Waranch & Brown.

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Catherine Trebnick ’81

Catherine Trebnick ’81 was hired by MKM Partners as managing director, communications technology and infrastructure software analyst. Trebnick has an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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…

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Alex Wu MBA ’13

Alex Wu MBA ’13 was appointed vice president of digital transformation and chief information officer for Keolis North America. Most recently, he spent two decades working with the United States federal government serving as the deputy chief information…

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Makeda M. Okolo M.S. ’09

Makeda M. Okolo M.S. ’09 was named the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA). He previously served in senior positions in OLIA, NOAA’s National Ocean Service,…

Passings

Larry Franklin Kertcher ’70

Larry Franklin Kertcher ’70 died on Dec. 31, 2021, at his home in McGaheysville, Va., at age 74. He was born on Feb. 11, 1947, in Baltimore, the son of the late Franklin Emil and Valeska Kairis Kertcher. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil…