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Spring 2023

Parting Shot red shoes peek out of a teal hammock on McKeldin Mall

In the Sling of Things

Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad students dance on McKeldin Mall

Underexposed

Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?

Post-Grad Kylie D’Alessio films Alex measuring wall

Renovation Sensations

Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram

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

Following the Yellow Brick Road

Alum to Head International Wizard of Oz Club

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

Serving Up Time-Honored Flavors Fast

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

Post-Grad Amber Mayfield with "While Entertaining" magazine cover

Party Queen, Behind the Scenes

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

Post-Grad four Terps Under 30 speakers

Alumni Association News

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

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Why Noncompetes Could Soon Be a Non-Thing

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

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Antidote to Overdoses: A Universal Treatment

New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream

Explorations Keisha Prawl-Woods stands in the forest

A Season of Healing

REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation

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Roll Over, Paper Towels

Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker

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An On-Campus Oscar Nominee

Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary

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

Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life

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Maryland, Start Your Engines

Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute

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$30M in Grand Challenges Grants Awarded

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

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

Sports Briefs

Achievements by Women’s Basketball, Softball and Gymnastics Teams

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…
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Passings

Bruce Hultslander ’76

Bruce Hultslander ’76 of Jefferson, Md., died at his home on April 4, 2023. He was 71. He was a native of Rome, N.Y., and after receiving his accounting degree from UMD and an MBA from Frostburg State University, spent his career as a comptroller and…
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Bruce Houdesheldt ’81

Bruce Houdesheldt ’81 became mayor of Roseville, Calif., after serving as vice mayor since 2020. He is the director of water quality for the Northern California Water Association.

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Rehan Staton ’18

The Boston Celtics in May honored Rehan Staton ’18 (above) as a Hero Among Us, honoring his efforts to support service workers and support staff at Harvard Law School. Staton had worked his way through college at Bowie State and UMD as a sanitation…

Passings

Michael John Wigglesworth M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’77

Michael John Wigglesworth M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’77 of SIlver Spring, Md., died on April 16, 2023. He was 79. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Md., he attended Gonzaga College High School and Catholic University before joining…

Passings

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53, of Raleigh, N.C., died on Jan. 19, 2023. She was 91. She attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from UMD, where she was an early childhood education major and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and senior…
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Passings

Col. Edmund "Beau" Mason Riely MBA ’00

Col. Edmund "Beau" Mason Riely MBA ’00 died on May 3, 2023, after a long battle with brain cancer. He attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY, where he was captain of the football and lacrosse teams and met his future wife, Renie. He…

Passings

Helene Hatsuno Horimoto Zeug M.S. ’72

Helene Hatsuno Horimoto Zeug M.S. ’72, of Honolulu, died on April 21, 2023, at the age of 82. Born in Wailuku, Maui, Zeug received a B.S. degree in home economics from the University of Hawaii, a master’s degree in family life and human development from…