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

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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.

00s

Amber D. Jackson ’11

Amber D. Jackson ’11 accepted the Senior Employee of the Year award from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. She is an expert in Insider Threat training and earned the award with over two years of government service.

Passings

Edward C. Whitman Ph.D. ’70

Edward C. Whitman Ph.D. ’70, of Potomac, Md., died on May 10, 2023, at age 82. Born June 12, 1940, in Newark, N.J., and a proud product of public high school, Whitman attended MIT on an Alfred P. Sloan National Scholarship. Participating in a co-op…

Passings

Donald Robert Benton Ph.D. ’85

Donald Robert Benton Ph.D. ’85 died at his home in Lower Merion, Pa., on May 5, 2023 at the age of 63. He grew up in Escondido, Calif., and obtained his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. While pursuing his…

00s

John Fatseas ’07

John Fatseas ’07 joined Thornton Tomasetti’s Denver office as vice president of Façade access. He has extensive experience in design, analysis, implementation, certification and maintenance strategies.

Passings

Lynne C. Astrich ’60

Lynne C. Astrich ’60, of Bethesda, Md., died on Feb. 5, 2023. She was 84 years old. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, and at UMD, she majored in Spanish, was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and was crowned Miss Maryland. For…

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…

Passings

Deborah G. Lord ’59

Deborah G. Lord ’59 of Cape Porpoise, Maine, died on Jan. 12, 2023. She was 85 years old. Born in Washington, D.C., she majored in music at UMD, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. While residing in New York City, she taught music to…