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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10s

Srijan Kumar M.S. ’16, Ph.D. ’17

Srijan Kumar M.S. ’16, Ph.D. ’17 was named to the 2022 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the category of science. An assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, he develops data science and machine learning solutions to combat malicious online…

80s

Andrea Chamblee ’83 and John McNamara ’83

Andrea Chamblee ’83 finished her husband John McNamara ’83’s book, “The Capital of Basketball,” after his death in The Capital newspaper mass shooting in Annapolis, Md. She also completed campaign training at Maryland Emerge as the Class of 2021, and…

80s

Monica Norton ’87

Monica Norton ’87 was named a deputy managing editor of The Washington Post. Norton was previously the deputy local editor for planning and enterprise. In previous roles at Newsday, she edited Washington news, and served as assistant and then deputy Long…

00s

V. Bram Lillard M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’04

V. Bram Lillard M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’04 was appointed director of the Institute for Defense Analyses’ operational evaluation division. IDA is a nonprofit corporation that operates three federally funded research and development centers in the public interest.…

10s

Tom Scazzafavo MPS ’10

Tom Scazzafavo MPS ’10 joined the board of directors of the Jericho Project, a nonprofit serving homeless and housing insecure New Yorkers. Scazzafavo is a senior manager at EY. He earned a B.A. from the George Washington University and an M.A. in…

80s

Jose Delfin ’82

Jose Delfin ’82 was voted superintendent of the Los Alamos school district in New Mexico. Delfin most recently served as associate superintendent for the Carson City School District where he led the Human Resources, Risk Management, and Transportation…

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,…

00s

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…