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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10s

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…

90s

Bruce Fekrat ’94

Bruce Fekrat ’94 was appointed chief counsel of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. He was previously executive director and associate general counsel at CME Group. Fekrat received his J.D. and LL.M. (with distinction) in securities and financial…

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…

90s

Rodney Jones-Tyson ’90

Rodney Jones-Tyson ’90 was promoted to global chief human resources officer at Baird. He most recently served as chief risk officer and has successfully led several teams throughout his 24-year tenure at the company.

60s

Simon Levin Ph.D. ’64

Simon Levin Ph.D. ’64 received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for ecology and conservation biology. Levin is Princeton’s James S. McDonnell distinguished university professor in ecology and evolutionary biology. He was recognized for…

90s

Katherine Hill Ritchie ’96

Katherine Hill Ritchie ’96 was named senior director of venture funds at TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies. Hill Ritchie previously founded Private Capital Investments, LLC and received her MBA from Fordham University.

00s

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.

80s

Liz Sara ’80

Liz Sara ’80 was hired as president of the SCORE Foundation, which supports startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses around the country. She was previously the first female chair of the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship.