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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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Joseph S. Michael headshot

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Joseph S. Michael ’87

Joseph S. Michael ’87 was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan to the Washington County, Md., Circuit Court bench. He was the county’s deputy state’s attorney. Michael received his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
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Makeda M. Okolo M.S. ’09

Makeda M. Okolo M.S. ’09 was named the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA). He previously served in senior positions in OLIA, NOAA’s National Ocean Service,…

10s

Michael Trail MBA ’14

Michael Trail MBA ’14 was appointed chief investment officer and principal at MCB Real Estate, a Baltimore-based real estate investment management firm.

Passings

James Pierce Flenner ’78

James Pierce Flenner ’78 of Gaithersburg, Md., died on Feb. 16, 2022, at age 58. He was born on Dec. 22, 1953, in Key West, Fla. He played varsity football at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., and received his bachelor’s degree in political…

Passings

Robert Bradley Peterson ’56

Robert Bradley Peterson ’56 died on March 3, 2022, at age 89. Born on February 9, 1933, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Elton Carl Edward Peterson and Evelyn Louise Miller Peterson. He attended the University of Maryland and the Medical…
Henry Herman Walbesser Jr. headshot

Passings

Henry Herman Walbesser Jr. M.A. ’60, Ph.D. ’65

Henry Herman Walbesser Jr. M.A. ’60, Ph.D. ’65 of Waco., Texas., died on Jan. 1, 2022. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he was the only child of Florence Schoenl and Henry Walbesser. He got his B.A. from Buffalo State University in 1958. He taught mathematics first…
Robert Miller headshot

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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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90s

Julie Oberg ’98

Julie Oberg ’98 was appointed director of the Department of Economic Development by the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners. Oberg recently served as deputy secretary, director of communications and public information officer for the Maryland…