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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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Louis A. Schwarcz M.A. ’89

Louis A. Schwarcz M.A. ’89 was named CEO of Family & Children’s Service, the oldest, private nonprofit social service agency in Monmouth County, N.J. Most recently, Schwarcz served as CEO of the Bridge, where he led community-based mental health and…

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Christina N. Billiet ’05

Christina N. Billiet ’05 was elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization for the top trial attorneys in the United States. Billiet is managing partner of Baltimore-based medical malpractice defense firm Waranch & Brown.
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Timothy Hackman MLS ’02, M.A. ’06

Timothy Hackman MLS ’02, M.A. ’06 was named dean of university libraries at Old Dominion University. Hackman had served as associate director for public services at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 2019. He earned a B.A. from…

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…

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Larry Gibson ’92

Larry Gibson ’92 died on March 4, 2022, at 66 while in a home hospice program in Frederick. The former Dunbar High School and University of Maryland basketball star whose college coach, Lefty Driesell, and teammates helped him rebuild his life after a…
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Michael Levitin ’07

Michael Levitin ’07 was promoted to portfolio manager at MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager. Levitin holds an MBA from New York University.
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Lawrence Pullen ’89

Lawrence Pullen ’89 joined Vallit Advisors as director of the firm’s Annapolis office. Previously, Pullen served as a principal and leader of Ellin & Tucker’s forensic and valuation services group.
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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…