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Spring 2022

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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

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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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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…
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Mark Kearns ’86

Mark Kearns ’86 was named chief financial officer of PunchListUSA, the first marketplace to digitize home inspection data for instant estimates and online ordering of home repairs and renovations. He was previously chief financial officer at Selene…
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Philippe Gouel ’01

Philippe Gouel ’01 was promoted to vice president, vacation packages at Southwest Airlines. He was previously senior director corporate strategy. Gouel received a master’s degree in engineering and a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan in…
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Passings

Ronald W. Shurie M.Ed. ’65

Ronald W. Shurie M.Ed. ’65 died on March 5, 2022, in Chesterfield, Va., at age 95. He was born to Andrew Marcus Shurie and Lillian Lochrie Shurie in Latrobe, Pa., on July 31, 1926. After graduating from high school, he served in the Army Air Corps, then…
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Matthew Friedson ’06

Matthew Friedson ’06 joined Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, as managing director, national life insurance practice leader. He spent the last nine years as a senior adviser with a…
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Leslie Shoemaker Ph.D. ’90

Leslie Shoemaker Ph.D. ’90 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. She is tech president and chief sustainability officer of Tetra Tech, a provider of high-end consulting and engineering services. NAE recognized Shoemaker for developing and…
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Passings

Kenneth Tighe ’81

Kenneth Tighe ’81 died on March 21, 2022, at his home in Annapolis, Md., at age 63. Tighe graduated from Severna Park High School and earned a marketing degree at UMD. He founded and executed several software companies including CareFusion. As CEO of…

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William F. Tate IV Ph.D. ’91

William F. Tate IV Ph.D. ’91 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research has focused on the social determinants of mathematics performance and STEM attainment. He is the president of Louisiana State University.