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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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10s

Portia Baker Hopkins Ph.D. ’16

Portia Baker Hopkins Ph.D. ’16 became the university historian at Rice University.​ She was formerly postdoctoral research associate in data curation for African American studies at Rice.

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…
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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.

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…
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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

Esther "Es" Joan Campbell ’54

Esther "Es" Joan Campbell ’54, of Newman, Ga., died on April 8, 2023. She was 91 years old. She graduated from Frederick High School and at UMD was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She married Homer "Jim" Briscoe Campbell in 1957 and soon moved to…

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…

10s

Rachel Koval ’10

Rachel Koval ’10 joined the Peace Corps and will serve as an education volunteer in Costa Rica.