Spring 2023

red shoes peek out of a teal hammock on McKeldin Mall

Parting Shot

June 02, 2023

Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?

Kylie D’Alessio films Alex measuring wall

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram

Ryan Bunch poses with "Oz and the Musical" book, on yellow background with white and gray Wizard of Oz illustrations

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alum to Head International Wizard of Oz Club

Sahil Rahman ’12 and Rahul Vinod ’11 pose outside Rasa restaurant

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Friends’ Fresh Take on Indian Cuisine Expands Across D.C. Area

Amber Mayfield with "While Entertaining" magazine cover

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alum Highlights Black Chefs, Artists at NYC-Based Event Agency

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023

Alums Share Advice at Terps Under 30, Women’s Leadership Development Conference

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Explorations

June 02, 2023

Maryland Economist’s Studies Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts

Explorations

June 02, 2023

New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream

Explorations

June 02, 2023

REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life

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Explorations

June 02, 2023

Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute

Explorations

June 02, 2023

Unprecedented UMD Research Program Targets Climate, Racial Justice, Energy and More

Maryland women's basketball player shoots ball vs. South Carolina

Campus Life

June 02, 2023

Achievements by Women’s Basketball, Softball and Gymnastics Teams

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Juline Larsen M.L.S. ’72, ’

Juline Larsen M.L.S. ’72, ’83 of Silver Spring, Md., died on May 2, 2023, at the age of 87. Larsen attended the American University in Beirut and obtained a B.A. in Russian literature at George Washington University, followed by a master’s in library…

Passings

Alicia C. Shepard M.A. ’02

Alicia C. Shepard M.A. ’02, a writer and media observer best known for her book on the Watergate investigation, died on April 1, 2023, at her home in Arlington, Va., of lung cancer, according to The Washington Post. She was 69. She grew up in Montclair,…

Passings

Margaret H. Eads ’65

Margaret H. Eads ’65, of Washington, D.C., died on Jan. 19, 2023. She was 79 years old. Born in Miami, she and her family moved north with stops in Anacostia and eventually Clinton, Md., in 1950. Eads taught at elementary schools in Prince George’s…

Passings

David Madison Healey ’69

David Madison Healey ’69, died at his Hagerstown, Md., home on April 25, 2023, at age 80. Healy graduated from North Hagerstown High School and attended Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio., for two years before transferring to UMD, where he graduated…

90s

Joe Cumello ’93

Joe Cumello ’93 was appointed senior vice president and general manager of Blue Planet, a division of Ciena. He rejoined the company in 2015 after its acquisition of Cyan, where he was the chief marketing officer and member of the management team.

00s

Stephen Cobb ’03

Stephen Cobb ’03, an attorney with the Washington, D.C. firm Cozen O’Connor, received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. He will complete a project at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova involving educational and training activities…

Passings

Lary Lyn Acker ’57

Lary Lyn Acker ’57 of Chester, Md., died on May 2, 2023. He was 87 years old. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., Acker studied history at UMD, where he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He began his business, Acker and Sons Plumbing and Heating, in…

Passings

Elizabeth Matthews ’65

Elizabeth Matthews ’65 died at her home in Delmar, Md., on May 4, 2023. She was 79. Soon after graduation from UMD, she began her microbiology career as a lab technician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She put her career on hold for…