Spring 2023

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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

Daniel Joseph DiBenedetto ’71

Daniel Joseph DiBenedetto ’71 died on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, at his Asbury Park, N.J., home. He grew up in Orange, N.J. and summered in Spring Lake, N.J. for over 50 years. He graduated from Orange High School, UMD and the University of Baltimore…

Passings

Thomas James Baron ’75

Thomas James Baron ’75 died on Jan. 22, 2023, at age 71 at Brooke Grove Rehabilitation in Olney, Md. Known as “Bear,” Baron graduated from Walter Johnson HS in Bethesda, Md., where he lettered in baseball, basketball and football and continued his…

90s

Roslyn Johnson ’95

Roslyn Johnson ’95 was nominated to become director of the Annapolis Department of Recreation and Parks by Mayor Gavin Buckley. She has been a member of the National Recreation and Parks Association since 2004.

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…

10s

Kevin Reilly ’12

Kevin Reilly ’12 was appointed director of the board of directors at ABG Acquisition Corp., where he focuses on private equity strategies in health care.

00s

Bryan Shuy ’05

Bryan Shuy ’05 was appointed senior vice president of the Conafay Group. He has over a decade of experience in the legislative and executive branches of government. He most recently served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Maryland).

80s

David Krell ’89

David Krell ’89 wrote the new nonfiction book “Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966.” The MSNBC producer is also the author of “Baseball and America in the Time of JFK” and “Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in…

Passings

Robert Douglas Tune ’67

Robert Douglas Tune ’67, of Parkville, Md., died on April 8, 2023, just shy of his 79th birthday. A proud Maryland native, Tune graduated from Mount St. Joseph High School before earning a bachelor's degree from UMD, a master's degree from Towson State…