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Spring 2022

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

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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David Wajsgras ’82

David Wajsgras ’82 was named CEO of communications satellite company Intelsat. He was previously a director at Pine Island Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in D.C. and Florida that makes investments in aerospace, defense and cyber…
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Keith Cooperman MBA ’10

Keith Cooperman MBA ’10 joined Millennium Corporation as vice president of business development. Prior to joining Millennium, he was responsible for leading growth and business development of Guidehouse’s $50 million national security portfolio. Cooperman…
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Robert Miller ’09

Robert Miller ’09 joined the board of directors of the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society. He is a merchandiser for Perdue Agribusiness. Miller earned an MBA from the University of Delaware.

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Kelly A. Harmon ’90

A story by Kelly A. Harmon ’90 appeared in the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability through Literature and the Fine Arts. “Flames of Life” was selected from more than 400 submissions. Harmon is an award-winning…

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Judy Brown MBA ’93

Judy Brown MBA ’93 joined SC&H Group, a management consulting, audit and tax firm, as principal and senior financial advisor for its wealth management business. Prior to joining the firm, she served as senior financial advisor for Berman McAleer.
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Passings

Ralph P. Caiazzo ’76

Ralph P. Caiazzo ’76 of Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J., died on March 7, 2022, at age 67. He was born in Newark, N.J., to the late Edith and Peter Caiazzo. He graduated from Seton Hall Prep and UMD and earned his master’s degree from New York University. Calazzo…

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Andy Kalbaugh ’87

Andy Kalbaugh ’87 joined the management advisory board of TowerBrook Capital Partners, an international investment management firm. He is the former managing director and divisional president of national sales and consulting at LPL Financial.

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Haley Kaufman ’86

Haley Kaufman ’86 was named to Working Mother Magazine’s ranking of “Top Wealth Advisor Moms.” She was also named to Forbes’ list of best in-state women wealth advisors. Kaufman is a financial advisor for Bank of America Merrill in Washington, D.C.