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Spring 2022

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How We Picture Greatness

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

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The Big Question

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

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A Tail of Success

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

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Brothers’ Truebill Pays Off, Truly

Entrepreneurial Terps Sell Financial Planning App for $1.275B

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The Godmother of Title IX

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.

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Growing Justice From Grassroots Science

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.

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Alumni Association News

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

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Clean Sheet

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

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Creating Style to Augment Substance

Costume Designer Makes Stars Shine on Small and Big Screens

 News Collins memorial on campus

Campus Plaza Honors 1st Lt. Richard W. Collins III

Plaque, Unity Mural Represent ‘Only the Beginning’

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Safer Flights

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

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From MRIs to the QTC

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

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No Appetite for Racist Stereotypes

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

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Lockdown Breakdown

Study Finds Fatigue With Mobility Restrictions Sets in Quickly

 Explorations James Webb Space Telescope

Telescope Terps

Hubble’s Giant Successor Has Plenty of Connections to UMD

 Campus Life Gymnast Audrey Barber

Sports Briefs

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Dan Goodwin ’04

Dan Goodwin ’04 joined GrammaTech, a provider of application security testing products and software research services, as head of its cybersecurity research division. He was previously vice president for the digital and cyber solutions business of…

Passings

Barbara C. Coulson ’52

Barbara C. Coulson ’52 died on Nov. 27, 2021, at age 92. Coulson was born in Muskegon, Mich., and moved to Towson, Md., as a young girl. She received her bachelor’s degree in education from the UMD and traveled to Japan and then Germany to teach at the…
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Katy Santiff ’06

Katy Santiff ’06 was hired as the first program director of Chesapeake Therapeutic Riding, a nonprofit whose mission is to offer growth and healing through the transformative connection between people and horses.

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Luke Spence DMA ’20 and Andrew Welch DMA ’20

Luke Spence DMA ’20 released his debut solo album, “20th Century Art Songs,” with collaborative pianist Andrew Welch DMA ’20 on the Tonsehen record label. In 2021, Spence joined the faculties of Frostburg State University and Frederick Community College.

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Greg Mayer ’09

Greg Mayer ’09 joined Argosy Healthcare Partners, a private equity investor focused exclusively on health care, where he leads portfolio company operations. Mayer was most recently director, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions at Avantor. He…

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Somprawin Manprasert Ph.D. ’04

Somprawin Manprasert Ph.D. ’04 was appointed first executive vice president and chief economist of the Economic Intelligence Center. Somprawin previously served as chief economist and executive vice president of the Bank of Ayudhya’s research team and as…
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Rodney Jones-Tyson ’90

Rodney Jones-Tyson ’90 was promoted to global chief human resources officer at Baird. He most recently served as chief risk officer and has successfully led several teams throughout his 24-year tenure at the company.

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Emily McManaman ’05

Emily McManaman ’05 joined wealth management practice Seventy2 Capital as human resources and operations director.