Winter 2021

Campus Life

$6.8M Gift Follows Unlikely Family Connection

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Grand Challenges Central

Campus Life

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

Richard I. Simon Ph.D. ’77

Richard I. Simon Ph.D. ’77 died Nov. 10 at age 71. Born in the Bronx, Simon studied English at the University of Rochester and earned a Ph.D. in psychology from UMD. After a brief stint as a clinical psychologist, he drew upon his writing, editing,…

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Scott A. Hughes '04

Scott A. Hughes '04 was recently promoted to counsel at global law firm Hogan Lovells. He works in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology group in the Washington, D.C. office.

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Michael A. McLaren ’90

Michael A. McLaren ’90 of Hendersonville, Tenn., died suddenly Dec. 21 of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident while traveling near his home. He was 62. McLaren was born in Oldenburg Holstein, Germany, as the son of a British army policeman. He…

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Neil H. Katz Ph.D. ’74

Neil H. Katz Ph.D. ’74 recently received two prestigious awards in his field: the Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Nova Southeastern University, and the William Kriedler Award for…

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Raymond E. Spaulding Ed.D. ’71

Raymond E. Spaulding Ed.D. ’71 of Radford, Va., died Sept. 16 at the age of 80. Upon graduating from Guilford College, he taught mathematics in Dundalk, Md. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Illinois and taught at Radford University. In…

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Ann Gibson Sloan ’58

Ann Gibson Sloan ’58 of Charleston, S.C., died Oct. 30 at age 84. Born in Cumberland, Md., she loved story time with her grandfather, as well as dancing. At UMD, Sloan majored in home economics, continued dancing, was active in Alpha Gamma Delta sorority…

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John Ross Hill ’69

John Ross Hill ’69 of Easton, Md., died Dec. 19 at his home, according to The Star-Democrat. He was 79. The son of the late John Geddy Hill and Mary Anna Hill, he grew up in Bethesda, Md., and served in the U.S. Army from 1963-69. After earning his degree…

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Temidayo Amay ’15

Temidayo Amay ’15 won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play for their role as Gifty in Round House Theatre’s production of Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play.”