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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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90s

Shravan Goli ’94

Shravan Goli ’94 joined the board of directors of Netgear, a provider of connected products designed to simplify and improve people’s lives. Goli is Coursera’s chief product officer and head of consumer revenue.
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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…
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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…

Passings

Thomas J. Young ’58

Thomas J. Young ’58, a longtime basketball coach, died on March 19, 2022, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89 years old. Young was born on Sept. 17, 1932, in Natrona Heights, Pa., to Margaret and Ted Young. A gifted athlete, Young excelled in football,…
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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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Passings

Kenneth Tighe ’81

Kenneth Tighe ’81 died on March 21, 2022, at his home in Annapolis, Md., at age 63. Tighe graduated from Severna Park High School and earned a marketing degree at UMD. He founded and executed several software companies including CareFusion. As CEO of…

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Gretta Walters ’05

Gretta Walters ’05 was promoted to partner at law firm Chaffetz Lindsey. She focuses on international commercial arbitration and investor state disputes across industries including energy (with emphasis on renewables), construction, financial services and…
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60s

Simon Levin Ph.D. ’64

Simon Levin Ph.D. ’64 received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for ecology and conservation biology. Levin is Princeton’s James S. McDonnell distinguished university professor in ecology and evolutionary biology. He was recognized for…