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Spring 2023

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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
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream
Keisha Prawl-Woods stands in the forest

Explorations

June 02, 2023
REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker
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News

June 02, 2023
Future Supreme Court Justice Helped Desegregate UMD
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life
Kylie D’Alessio films Alex measuring wall

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023
Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram
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Parting Shot

June 02, 2023
Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall
students dance on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023
Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary
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
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Campus Life

June 02, 2023
New Course Teaches Coping Skills to Stressed-Out Students
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Campus Life

June 02, 2023
Store Offers Free, Gently Used Res Hall Requisites

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Alexander Gilbert ’17

Alexander Gilbert ’17 accepted a judicial clerkship in the New Jersey Superior Court. He plans to take the bar exam after graduating from the University of Memphis’ Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

00s

Kiandra D. Steffy ’09

Kiandra D. Steffy ’09 was named to the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, an agency of the state’s Supreme Court. Steffy is senior counsel in Saxton & Stump’s Labor and Employment, Title IX, Investigations and Criminal Defense, Education…

Passings

Jeanne M. Monk ’55

Jeanne M. Monk ’55, of Alexandria, Va., died on Nov. 22, 2022. She was 89 years old. She graduated from Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., and at UMD majored in speech and was a member of Delta Sigma Alpha sorority, an athlete in the Women's…
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Passings

Samantha “Sam” Lee Jennings-Jones ’08

Samantha “Sam” Lee Jennings-Jones ’08 of Alexandria, Va., died unexpectedly on March 30, 2023. She was 36. Born in South Korea, she was adopted on Aug. 23, 1986, celebrated by her adoptive family each year after that as "Gotcha Day." After graduation, she…

Passings

Nancy T. Ladyman ’59

Nancy T. Ladyman ’59, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died on April 5, 2023. She was 87. Born in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., she graduated from UMD with a degree in international relations and moved to Germany, where she married, before moving to Liverpool, U.K. and…
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80s

David Rosato ’83, MBA ’85

David Rosato ’83, MBA ’85 joined Berkshire Hills Bancorp as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer. He served most recently as chief financial officer of People's United Financial, and prior to that as treasurer at Webster Financial…

00s

Alonzo Washington ’07

Maryland Del. Alonzo Washington ’07 was selected by the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacant seat in the Maryland Senate. He served in the House of Delegates for 10 years, representing a district that includes Riverdale,…

Passings

Elliott W. Weiner ’62

Elliott W. Weiner ’62, of Pikesville, Md., died on April 9, 2023, at the age of 83. He graduated in 1963 from one of the first classes of the University of Maryland School of Physical Therapy. He spent many years as director of rehabilitation medicine at…