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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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…

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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.

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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

Stephen Robert Prince ’77, M.A. ’80

Stephen Robert Prince ’77, M.A. ’80, a longtime professor of cinema studies at Virginia Tech, died Dec. 30, 2020, at his Blacksburg, Va., home. He was 65. Prince earned a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania…

Passings

Camilla P. Schlegel ’75

Camilla P. Schlegel ’75 died in Silver Spring, Md., on Feb. 28, 2022, after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 70. Schlegel was born on April 11, 1951, in Des Moines, Iowa, to the late Charles Wiliam Phillips and Elizabeth Seitner Phillips. She…

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Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05

Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05 joined Finite State, the product security leader for connected devices and one of the Top 25 startups in the latest “Future Internet of Things (IoT) Unicorns” report. Akkor was part of the founding team of Carbon Black.

Passings

Edward R. Ettner, Sr. M.A. ’74

Edward R. Ettner, Sr. M.A. ’74 of Lorton, Va., died on Jan. 26, 2022, at 100 years old. He was born in Manitowoc, Wisc., to Frank and Margaretha Ettner. He received an associate degree from Wisconsin University in 1943; completed studies in applied…

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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…