Winter 2021

Campus Life

$6.8M Gift Follows Unlikely Family Connection

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Grand Challenges Central

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A New Age in Physics

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Women’s Studies Named for Civil Rights Icon

Where Wood Gets Weird

Taken to Extremes

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Trading Touchdowns for Tangos

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Archiving Astronomical Achievements

Don’t Take the (Click)bait

Research Asks: Can Robots Get Us to Follow COVID Safety Rules?

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Fearsome Fabrications

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For Terp Fans, an Instant (Fall) Classic

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Spring 2021: Virtually the Same Experience as Fall

‘Smart Bra’ Could Provide Speedy, Early Warning of Cancer

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Photographing the Unseen

Campus Life

50 Seasons of Netting Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Dr. Edwin W. Whiteford Jr. ’52

Dr. Edwin W. Whiteford Jr. ’52, a retired primary care doctor and 37-year Air Force veteran, died Dec. 16 in Bel Air, Md., at age 89. He was born and raised at his family’s ancestral farm in Whiteford, Md., the seventh generation of a family that migrated…

90s

James Walsh Ph.D. ’95

James Walsh Ph.D. ’95 was appointed superintendent of the Bethel Park (Pa.) School District. He served in the same role in the Burgettstown Area School District for the past five years. He also has degrees from Duquesne University and Nova Southeastern…

20s

Samy Abisaleh ’20

Samy Abisaleh ’20 is the founder of Oil-O, a startup that takes the hassle out of car maintenance by by sending mechanics to customers.

80s

Joseph Amato ’84

Joseph Amato ’84 was appointed executive vice president and senior financial officer of The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. He previously served as chief financial officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

10s

Stephanie Caronna MBA ’19

Stephanie Caronna MBA ’19 is a recipient of the 2020 Daily Record Excellence in Real Estate Rising Star Award. Caronna is a leasing representative at St. John Properties.

80s

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89 was appointed managing director, enforcement of CFP Board, where he leads a team of attorneys and legal staff to modernize detection, investigation and prosecution activities. Sporkin previously worked at Buckley, providing…

Passings

Gerald “Jerry” E. Lingenfelter ’67

Gerald “Jerry” E. Lingenfelter ’67 died Sept 23 in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 75. Raised in Leechburg, Pa., he was a resident of East Brunswick, N.J., before moving to Frankford, Del., 11 years ago. After receiving a fire protection degree from the…

Passings

Hilda B. Burcher MLS ’67

Hilda B. Burcher MLS ’67 of Alexandra, Va., died Oct. 14 at age 82. She was born in Caroline County, Va., on June 5, 1938. She was the fourth of six children. Burcher grew up on a farm in Aylett, Va., attending King William High School. She graduated from…