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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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,…

Passings

Bennie James Dover Ph.D. ’70

Bennie James Dover Ph.D. ’70 of Greenwood, S.C., died on Jan. 2, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ga. He was born in Union County, S.C., on Nov. 6, 1922, the only child of Hayden Dover Davis and Hezekiah Dawkins. He graduated from Granard High School in Gaffney,…

00s

Carol Miu M.S. ’07

Carol Miu M.S. ’07 was appointed CEO of PeopleFun, developer of popular casual mobile games, including Wordscapes and Word Stacks. Miu was the first employee on the product team at PeopleFun when she joined the studio in 2018 as senior director of product…

Passings

Robert C. Cooksey Ed.D. ’73

Robert C. Cooksey Ed.D. ’73 of Anderson, Ind., died on Jan. 3, 2022, at age 86. Born in Indianapolis, he was the son of the late R. Nelson and Katherine Keller Cooksey. Cooksey received his bachelor’s degree in industrial education from Ball State…

80s

Steve Connelly ’85

Steve Connelly ’85 was named Maryland’s deputy secretary of agriculture. Connelly most recently served as assistant secretary of marketing, Animal Industries and Consumer Services, in the Maryland Department of Agriculture. He also worked in a leadership…

90s

Jason M. St. John ’94

Jason M. St. John ’94 was elected managing partner of law firm Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, and will serve as its next CEO. St. John earned his J.D. from University of Maryland, Baltimore and an MBA from the University of Baltimore Merrick School of…

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Benjamin Vandegrift ’11

Benjamin Vandegrift ’11 was named vice president of measurement solutions at the Video Advertising Bureau. Prior to joining VAB, Vandegrift spent two years at TVSquared, where he served as director of product marketing.

90s

Vijay D’Souza ’96

Vijay D’Souza ’96 was elected partner at Cotton & Company. He was previously director of information technology and cybersecurity at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.