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Parting Shot

In the Sling of Things

June 02, 2023

Students Embrace Warmer Weather on McKeldin Mall

Post-Grad

Underexposed

June 02, 2023

Can You Help Us Identify These Terps?

Post-Grad

Renovation Sensations

June 02, 2023

Thousands Follow Alums on TikTok, Instagram

Post-Grad

Following the Yellow Brick Road

June 02, 2023

Alum to Head International Wizard of Oz Club

Post-Grad

Serving Up Time-Honored Flavors Fast

June 02, 2023

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

Post-Grad

Party Queen, Behind the Scenes

June 02, 2023

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

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

June 02, 2023

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

Explorations

Why Noncompetes Could Soon Be a Non-Thing

June 02, 2023

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

Explorations

Antidote to Overdoses: A Universal Treatment

June 02, 2023

New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream

Explorations

A Season of Healing

June 02, 2023

REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation

Explorations

Roll Over, Paper Towels

June 02, 2023

Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker

Explorations

An On-Campus Oscar Nominee

June 02, 2023

Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary

Explorations

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

June 02, 2023

Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life

Explorations

Maryland, Start Your Engines

June 02, 2023

Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute

Explorations

$30M in Grand Challenges Grants Awarded

June 02, 2023

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

Campus Life

Sports Briefs

June 02, 2023

Achievements by Women’s Basketball, Softball and Gymnastics Teams

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Haley Kaufman ’86

Forbes named Haley Kaufman ’86 a Top Woman Wealth Advisor, Best in State 2023 for Washington, D.C. A member of the Maryland Smith Board of Advisors, Kaufman is a managing director at Merrill Lynch Wealth Advisors, where she helps individuals and families…

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…

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

Philip Roy Rever ’64

Philip Roy Rever ’64, a longtime UMD supporter, of Pikesville, Md., died on May 6, 2023. Born on Kodiak Island, Alaska, Rever grew up in Kansas, Idaho and North Carolina. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from UMD and a Ph.D in education from the…

Passings

Carol Goldberg ’61,

Carol Goldberg ’61, of Bethesda, Md., died on March 9, 2023. She grew up in Hanover, Pa. After graduating from UMD, she traveled to Germany to join her husband, Gerald, who had started his career in the military. The couple later founded a successful…

Passings

Michael Wright York Ph.D. ’69

Michael Wright York Ph.D. ’69 of Coventry, Conn., died on April 7, 2023, at age 84. Born in Dallas, he was a graduate of Southern Methodist University and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from UMD. He was a general medicine and surgical…

80s

Cheri Bustos ’83

Cheri Bustos ’83, a former U.S. congresswoman, was appointed to the board of directors at REX American Resources Corp., a major producer and seller of ethanol. She is a former five-term congresswoman from Illinois.

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…