Winter 2014

Features

February 07, 2014

Rising business owner shakes up scene by creating drinkable art

Features

February 07, 2014

Can Art Change the World?

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Questions for Anne Turkos, the university archivist

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

New course teaches students the not-so-sweet details of their diets

Brett Egan (left) and Michael Kaiser. Photo by John T. Consoli

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Jaime Jurado ’83 offers his insights on the growth of craft beer, home brewing and how you can get into the field.

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Computer Scientist Arnab Ray’s Double Life as a Popular Blogger

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Elite Australian Gymnast Brings World-class Talent to UMD Squad

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Founder of Kids’ Snack Company Fills Need, and Tummies

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Scholarship Honors Pillar of D.C. Music Scene

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Student’s Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Plant Evolution—and a Civil War Tragedy

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Camille D’Annunzio M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’86

Camille D’Annunzio M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’86, manager of the Automated Sensor Exploitation Technology Center at Northrop Grumman Electrical Systems, was recently presented with the Technologist of the Year award at the 2013 Women of Color STEM Conference in…

Passings

Stephen K. Myers ’76

Stephen K. Myers ’76, a retired deputy director of facilities and administrative services in the Justice Department’s management division, died Oct. 3 at his home in Frederick, Md., according to The Washington Post. He was 59. A graduate of John F.…

00s

Jordan Raanan ’01

Jordan Raanan ’01 is now covering the New York Giants for NJ.com. He previously spent eight years covering the Philadelphia Eagles and the NFL, and broke stories including the hiring of Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and a season-ending knee injury…

00s

Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06

Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova University School of Business (VSB), has been named a member of the board of trustees at Sacred Heart University. In addition to his role as dean, Maggitti is an associate…

90s

David Rensin ’94

David Rensin ’94 has joined the Novitas Group as senior vice president for products. He comes from Amazon Web Services, where he was working to bring public cloud infrastructure to the U.S. intelligence community and was named “Most Valuable Amazonian” in…

80s

Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85

In his new novel “Ephemera: The Civil War Papers of Private James Bruckner,” Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85 explores the harrowing psychological and spiritual journey of a North Carolina Confederate soldier from naïve volunteer to traumatized veteran of the…

90s

Cynthia L. Knight ’92

Cynthia L. Knight ’92 explores the relationship between two sisters and the difficulties they face following the sudden death of their parents in her novel “Whyte Chocolate.”

00s

Ryan Spiegel ’00

Ryan Spiegel ’00 has joined the law firm of Paley Rothman as a member of the litigation, commercial transactions and government contracts practice groups. He spent the past decade in the D.C. office of Winston & Strawn, and he graduated from Stanford…