Spring 2023

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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

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

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…

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…

80s

Lorrie Norrington ’81

Lorrie Norrington ’81 was appointed lead independent director on the board of directors of Colgate-Palmolive. She is an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital and previously held senior roles at Intuit and General Electric.

Passings

Karen Anne Kobolka Farber MBA ’05

Karen Anne Kobolka Farber MBA ’05, of Earlysville, Va., died on April 12, 2023 at age 73. Farber was born in New Kensington, Pa., and graduated from Springdale (Pa.) High School, the University of Pittsburgh (magna cum laude) with a degree in sociology,…

00s

Cindy Garman ’00

Cindy Garman ’00 was promoted to principal at SK&A Structural Engineers. She joined the company in 2004 and earned a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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…

Passings

Ida Barksdale Crawford Stewart ’50

Ida Barksdale Crawford Stewart ’50, a longtime vice president at the Estée Lauder Cos. and a special assistant to company founder Estée Lauder, died on March 25, 2023, at the Clinton (S.C.) Presbyterian Community. She was 100 years old. She was a graduate…