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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.

 Explorations Watering can illustration

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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Creating Style to Augment Substance

Costume Designer Makes Stars Shine on Small and Big Screens

 Class Notes Katy Santiff poses with horse

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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.

 Post-Grad Sheet music

Clean Sheet

See How University Archives Restored a Rare Piece of Maryland’s Musical History

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Alumni Association News

Career Week in Review, An Event With Good Tastes and Terps Supporting Terps

 Features Sacoby Wilson

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.

 News Collins memorial on campus

Campus Plaza Honors 1st Lt. Richard W. Collins III

Plaque, Unity Mural Represent ‘Only the Beginning’

 Explorations Illustration of birds flying near buildings

Safer Flights

Faculty, Students Study How to Make Buildings More Bird-Friendly

 Explorations Ron Walsworth in lab

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

 Explorations Illustration of person dropped mask behind them as they walk, with sanitizer and glove on the ground behind them

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…
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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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Courtney Geduldig ’97

Courtney Geduldig ’97 was named corporate vice president for public affairs at Micron Technology. Prior to Micron, Geduldig was head of government and public affairs at Chime Financial. She earned her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

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Monifa B. McKnight Ed.D. ’14

Monifa B. McKnight Ed.D. ’14 was promoted from interim superintendent to superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. She is the first Black woman to hold the position.
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Sachin Sankpal M.S. ’95

Sachin Sankpal M.S. ’95 was appointed senior vice president, growth and transformation at Acuity, a market-leading industrial technology company. Prior to joining Acuity, Sankpal was the president of product and solutions at Resideo, a leader in smart…
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Madhushree Ghosh Ph.D. ’98

Madhushree Ghosh Ph.D. ’98 is the author of “Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family,” published by University of Iowa Press. The book is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through…
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Passings

Ilva Sue Madej ’63

Ilva Sue Madej ’63 of Heathsville, Va., died on April 22, 2022, at age 80. Madej received her associate’s degree in nursing from Harford Community College and her Master of Science in Health Care Education and Administration from St. Joseph University.…
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Ryan McCarthy MBA ’13

Ryan McCarthy MBA ’13 joined the Washington, D.C., office of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. McCarthy is former secretary of the U.S. Army. At Maxwell, he is serving as a strategic adviser, subject matter expert and…