Spring 2023
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Worldwide Terps Group Provides Guidance, Community for International Student-Athletes
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With Popular Instagram Account, Students Keep an Eye on the Squirrels
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Hatchlings Bring Science, Math and History to Life
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Live From New York, It’s a Terp!
Choral Director and Singers Back Up Coldplay on ‘SNL’
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Store Offers Free, Gently Used Res Hall Requisites
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Terps Fundraise, Unite to Provide Quality Care for Unexpected Four-Legged Friend
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A ‘Declaration of Unity’ in New Space
National Pan-Hellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council Celebrate Agora’s Opening
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‘Wimpy Kid’ Statue Debuts in Stamp
Protagonist of Long-Running Jeff Kinney ’93 Book Series Immortalized on Campus
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New Opportunities Announced; Campus Icon Unveiled
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School of Public Policy Building Named for Thurgood Marshall
Future Supreme Court Justice Helped Desegregate UMD
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Deconstructing Maryland’s Open House
As UMD celebrates 25 years of Maryland Day, we share behind-the-scenes stories and stats
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Anthropology Alum’s Food Tour Dishes Out Tales From ‘Black Broadway,’ Taste of Immigrant Culinary Traditions
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The mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., picked up a UMD researcher’s book on preventing gun violence. The resulting partnership could be a model for how cities can create safer streets.
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
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Passings
Dr. Carol N. Ruckman ’72
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Nikki Engel ’08
Passings
George C. Safford Jr. ’73
Passings
Kenneth Robert Baker ’68
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Passings
Andrew Gwynn Bowie Jr. ’68
Passings
Robert E. Weisblut ’65
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Passings
Carol Goldberg ’61,
Passings
Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53