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Parting Shot

In the Sling of Things

June 02, 2023

Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad

Underexposed

June 02, 2023

Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?

Post-Grad

Renovation Sensations

June 02, 2023

Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram

Post-Grad

Following the Yellow Brick Road

June 02, 2023

Alum to Head International Wizard of Oz Club

Post-Grad

Serving Up Time-Honored Flavors Fast

June 02, 2023

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

Post-Grad

Party Queen, Behind the Scenes

June 02, 2023

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

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

June 02, 2023

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

Explorations

Why Noncompetes Could Soon Be a Non-Thing

June 02, 2023

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

Explorations

Antidote to Overdoses: A Universal Treatment

June 02, 2023

New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream

Explorations

A Season of Healing

June 02, 2023

REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation

Explorations

Roll Over, Paper Towels

June 02, 2023

Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker

Explorations

An On-Campus Oscar Nominee

June 02, 2023

Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary

Explorations

Wildlife Ecologist Explains How to Get Ticks Off, Not Ticked Off

June 02, 2023

Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Maryland, Start Your Engines

June 02, 2023

Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute

Explorations

$30M in Grand Challenges Grants Awarded

June 02, 2023

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

Campus Life

Sports Briefs

June 02, 2023

Achievements by Women’s Basketball, Softball and Gymnastics Teams

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

James G. Busick Jr. ’66

James G. Busick Jr. ’66, longtime tennis coach at the Gilman School in Baltimore, died on May 10, 2023, in Charleston. S.C., after a long illness. He was 80. Busick grew up in Cambridge, Md., and learned to play tennis from his father, James Sr. ’33, who…

Passings

David Dashiell Keck ’61

David Dashiell Keck ’61 died suddenly on April 27, 2023 while recovering from a heart procedure. He was 84. Keck was born in Baltimore, graduated from Westminster High in Carroll County and studied marketing at UMD. He served three years in the U.S. Army,…

70s

Franklin Black ʼ75

Franklin Black ʼ75 published his debut novel, “The Milk War Murder.” In it, a farmer and labor organizer joins a sharpshooter and war widow to investigate the murder of the son of a United States senator in 1929. Black is also a software engineer and…

70s

Susan Lee ’76

Susan Lee ’76, an attorney and former state senator, was sworn in as Maryland’s first Asian American secretary of state.

Passings

Katherine "Kathy" Virginia Hilbers ’02

Katherine "Kathy" Virginia Hilbers ’02 died on April 17, 2023, after a battle against multiple myeloma. She was 63. Born in Atlanta, she married twice and had four children, taught dance, became a successful competitive bridge player and a costumed…

90s

Nicole Zussman MBA ’94

Nicole Zussman MBA ’94 was named president and chief executive officer of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the nation’s oldest conservation and recreation organization. She was most recently chief people officer for Rute Gilt Groupe.

90s

Dian Seidel Ph.D. ’92

Dian Seidel Ph.D. ’92 wrote a memoir, “Kindergarten at 60” which will be published on June 20. A longtime climate scientist, she chronicles her adventure traveling to Thailand with her husband where she navigates a new career and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Passings

Charles Edward White ’43, M.S. ’55

Charles Edward White ’43, M.S. ’55 of Silver Spring, Md., died on March 27, 2023. He was 100. He was born in Washington, D.C., and after earning a B.S. in aeronautical engineering during World War II, joined the Army Air Corps. He later worked at NASA…