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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
students dance 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
four Terps Under 30 speakers

Post-Grad

June 02, 2023
Alums Share Advice at Terps Under 30, Women’s Leadership Development Conference
woman with briefcase walking through red tape

Explorations

June 02, 2023
Maryland Economist’s Studies Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts
liquid dropping into test tubes

Explorations

June 02, 2023
New Compound Fights Both Fentanyl and Meth in Bloodstream
Keisha Prawl-Woods stands in the forest

Explorations

June 02, 2023
REI-Funded Center Promotes Nature-Based Research and Reparation
drops falling onto surface

Explorations

June 02, 2023
Engineers’ Picker-Upper Is Even Quicker
still from “All That Breathes” movie

Explorations

June 02, 2023
Researcher Executive-Produced Lauded Documentary
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
Ask a Researcher: Advice for Real Life
car going from house to brick office building

Explorations

June 02, 2023
Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute
green leaves

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

Margaret H. Eads ’65

Margaret H. Eads ’65, of Washington, D.C., died on Jan. 19, 2023. She was 79 years old. Born in Miami, she and her family moved north with stops in Anacostia and eventually Clinton, Md., in 1950. Eads taught at elementary schools in Prince George’s…

Passings

The Rev. Richard E. Fouse ’61

The Rev. Richard E. Fouse ’61, of Cold Spring, Ky., died on Dec. 21, 2022. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA); he served 13 congregations in five states and was the vice moderator and…

Passings

Robert E. Weisblut ’65

Robert E. Weisblut ’65, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., died on May 1, 2023 at age 82. He was born in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 1941. He joined the U.S. Army while still attending Calvin Coolidge High School and served six months training at Fort Knox,…
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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

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53, of Raleigh, N.C., died on Jan. 19, 2023. She was 91. She attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from UMD, where she was an early childhood education major and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and senior…

Passings

Jessica Amanda Tomlinson ’09, ’09

Jessica Amanda Tomlinson ’09, ’09 of Annapolis, Md., died on May 3, 2023 at age 40. She graduated from UMD with degrees in business and psychology. She devoted her life to helping others. She is survived by her parents, Jack and Martha Tomlinson; two…

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…
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90s

Nicole Zussman MBA ’94

Nicole Zussman MBA ’94 was named president and chief executive officer of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the nation’s oldest conservation and recreation organization. She was most recently chief people officer for Rute Gilt Groupe.