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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90s

Eliot Sokalsky ’98

Eliot Sokalsky ’98, president of Doctors Asset Group in Fort Myers, Fla., has been selected by Medical Economics magazine as a 2013 Best Financial Adviser for Doctors.

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Charlotte Stephanie Malerich M.A. ’07,

“Meat,” a short story by Charlotte Stephanie Malerich M.A. ’07, is included in the new anthology “Among Animals: The Lives of Animals and Humans in Contemporary Short Fiction.” Her other short stories have appeared online in Aphelion and Sorcerous…

Passings

James Patrick Leer ’76

James Patrick Leer ’76, a disc jockey, road manager for touring bands and volunteer, died Nov. 12 at his Mechanicsburg, Pa., home. He was 62. Leer was employed by Bristol Sounds Co. as a radio disc jockey for a popular station in the D.C. metro area for…

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Suzanne Greenberg M.F.A. ’91

Suzanne Greenberg M.F.A. ’91 has a new novel, “Lesson Plans,” coming out in May 2014. It’s centered around the lives of five families, each of which has selected homeschooling for different reasons, revealing the sometimes humorous and sometimes grim…

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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…

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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…

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Lester Brown M.S. ’59

In “Breaking New Ground: a Personal History,” Lester Brown M.S. ’59, founder of the Worldwatch and Earth Policy Institutes, traces his life from his childhood on a small farm to his leadership on global environmental issues.

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Bradley A. Marcus ’01

Bradley A. Marcus ’01 has been promoted to counsel at the financial services and criminal and civil enforcement law firm BuckleySandler LLP. He received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2006, where he graduated first in his class.