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

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Col. Walter E. Scheyett ’52

Col. Walter E. Scheyett ’52 of Southern Pines, N.C., died on March 28, 2023. He was 95 years old. He was a letterwinner in football at McKinley High School then enlisted in the army and served in Japan with the occupation forces in the 1st Cavalry…

00s

Stephen Cobb ’03

Stephen Cobb ’03, an attorney with the Washington, D.C. firm Cozen O’Connor, received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. He will complete a project at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova involving educational and training activities…

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,…

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

Diane Alexander Shankman ’66

Diane Alexander Shankman ’66 of Silver Spring, Md., died on May 7, 2023, at age 78. She graduated from Wheaton High School and graduated from UMD with a degree in textiles and clothing. Shankman held a variety of positions in the federal government,…

80s

Tara K. Gorman ’88, MBA ’97

Tara K. Gorman ’88, MBA ’97 joined the real estate practice of Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in the D.C. office. Gorman earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Gorman focuses her practice on hospitality law and has 20 years of experience…

Passings

Lucienne Marie Beach ’70

Lucienne Marie Beach ’70 of Severna Park, Md., died on May 3, 2023, two days after turning 75. She earned a degree in French language and culture at Maryland and worked for eight years as a bilingual secretary for Monsanto Chemical in Brussels, Belgium.…

Passings

Sean Durkin ’68, M.S. ’72

Sean Durkin ’68, M.S. ’72, of Phoenix, Ariz., died on April 22, 2023. He was 76 years old. Born in 1946 in Baltimore, Md, He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in electro-physics at UMD and spent his career in the defense…