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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
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Explorations

June 02, 2023
Maryland Economist’s Studies Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts
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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
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Explorations

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

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…

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Rich Root ’04

Rich Root ’04 was named principal of Morris & Ritchie Associates. He was a leader of architectural projects at its City Studio in Baltimore and has 24 years of design and management experience. He is a registered architect in Washington D.C. and 15…

Passings

Norine M. Walker ’81, ’83

Norine M. Walker ’81, ’83, of Franconia, Va., died on Jan. 24, 2023. She was 63 years old. Born at Fort Belvoir, Va., Walker spent her early years in California before her parents settled in Laurel, Md. She earned dual degrees in civil engineering and…

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Nicholas C. Stewart ’06

Nicholas C. Stewart ’06 became a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he represents a wide range of private funds. Most recently, he was a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. Stewart is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School.

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

Nancy T. Ladyman ’59

Nancy T. Ladyman ’59, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died on April 5, 2023. She was 87. Born in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., she graduated from UMD with a degree in international relations and moved to Germany, where she married, before moving to Liverpool, U.K. and…

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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

Kathleen Frank Brannigan ’79

Kathleen Frank Brannigan ’79, of Haymarket, Va., died on April 13, 2023, at age 66 after a 13-year battle with cancer. She grew up in Bowie, Md., and graduated from Elizabeth Seton High School in 1975. She spent a semester studying abroad in…