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Spring 2022

Campus Life Collage of Jared Bernhardt playing lacrosse, football

Dual Threat

Former Lacrosse Star Adds Football Title to Superb Collegiate Career

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Peace in Minds

With Tears, Hugs and Anger, International Crowd Condemns Invasion

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Sounding the ‘Factory’ Whistle

New Engineering Building Expands Students’ and Researchers’ Opportunities to Innovate

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Ph.D. Research: Why Goths Age Happily

Terp Investigating Whether Elder Goths Hold Secret to Aging Happily

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A Foothold for Refugees

UMD Welcomes Afghan Arrivals to Campus Residences

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A Puppet by Any Other Name

Exhibit Highlights the Art Form’s Variety

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A Decade of Do Good Times

Student Competition Changed the Lives of Its Veterans—and Transformed Their Ventures

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La Plata Beach’s Cool Transformation

SGA, RecWell Install Skating Rink to Temporarily Create Winter Wonderland on Campus

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TerrapinSTRONG From the Start

Onboarding Initiative Introduces Terps to UMD’s History, Values

 Campus Life Two fencers fence in wheelchairs

En Garde for Accessibility

New Equipment Allows Students Who Use Wheelchairs to Participate in Fencing Club

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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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Sam Lynn ’03

Sam Lynn ’03 joined the San Diego office of Gomez Trial Attorneys. Lynn specializes in litigating catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. He earned a J.D. from Catholic University.
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Olivia Owens ’14

Olivia Owens ’14 was named to the 2022 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the category of social impact. She is the creator of IFundWomen of Color.
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Passings

Bennie James Dover Ph.D. ’70

Bennie James Dover Ph.D. ’70 of Greenwood, S.C., died on Jan. 2, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ga. He was born in Union County, S.C., on Nov. 6, 1922, the only child of Hayden Dover Davis and Hezekiah Dawkins. He graduated from Granard High School in Gaffney,…
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Karen R. Toles ’02

Karen R. Toles ’02 was selected by the Prince George’s Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacant seat in the Maryland House of Delegates. Toles, a lawyer, fills the District 25 seat that came open when Dereck E. Davis ’89. M.P.P. ’99 was named state…

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Kenneth Catania Ph.D.

Kenneth Catania Ph.D. ’89 won a 2022 Young Adult Science Book award from the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books. The awards are sponsored by Subaru of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Catania’s…
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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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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.