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Spring 2023

Campus Life student-athletes put hands in for cheer

Muscling Up Global Support

Worldwide Terps Group Provides Guidance, Community for International Student-Athletes

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Terps With Bushy Tails

With Popular Instagram Account, Students Keep an Eye on the Squirrels

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Tiny Turtles, Big Lessons

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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A Mental Health U-Turn

New Course Teaches Coping Skills to Stressed-Out Students

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Moving to a Culture of Reuse

Store Offers Free, Gently Used Res Hall Requisites

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A Wonder-foal Surprise

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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UMD Poised to Do More Good

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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D.C. History by the Forkful

Anthropology Alum’s Food Tour Dishes Out Tales From ‘Black Broadway,’ Taste of Immigrant Culinary Traditions

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An End to the Bleeding

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

Thomas Russell Watt Sr. ’74

Thomas Russell Watt Sr. ’74 of Punta Gorda, and more recently Largo, Fla., died on April 28, 2023, following a long illness. He was 88. Born in Washington, D.C., Watt served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1957 and graduated from UMD. He worked as an…

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…

Passings

Benjamin B. Newsom Jr. MBA ’92

Benjamin B. Newsom Jr. MBA ’92 died suddenly on April 13, 2023 at age 64. Born in Belleville, Ill., Newsom graduated from Madison County High School then from Washington and Lee University with a math/applied sciences degree. He went on to receive an MBA…

10s

Rehan Staton ’18

The Boston Celtics in May honored Rehan Staton ’18 (above) as a Hero Among Us, honoring his efforts to support service workers and support staff at Harvard Law School. Staton had worked his way through college at Bowie State and UMD as a sanitation…
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90s

Joe Cumello ’93

Joe Cumello ’93 was appointed senior vice president and general manager of Blue Planet, a division of Ciena. He rejoined the company in 2015 after its acquisition of Cyan, where he was the chief marketing officer and member of the management team.

Passings

Deborah G. Lord ’59

Deborah G. Lord ’59 of Cape Porpoise, Maine, died on Jan. 12, 2023. She was 85 years old. Born in Washington, D.C., she majored in music at UMD, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. While residing in New York City, she taught music to…

90s

Leigh Burnside ’92

Leigh Burnside ’92 was named chief financial officer of Little Caesars, based in its Detroit headquarters. She most recently served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and chief financial officer U.S. at the Wendy's Company.
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Passings

Robert Charles Pearson ’57

Robert Charles Pearson ’57, of Dallas, died on Jan. 13, 2023. He was 87 years old. At UMD, he was elected to the national leadership fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa, and graduated at the top of his class. He and his wife, Nancy Lee Moore, met on campus…