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

Theresa M. Meinert ’82

Theresa M. Meinert ’82 of Leonardtown, Md., died Oct. 15 at age 60. She was born to Alfred G. Asero and Dolores (Candelieri) Asero on March 25, 1960, in Washington, D.C. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from UMD and spent several years at…

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Connor Kelly ’13

Connor Kelly ’13 was named director of business development and partnerships at XOi Technologies, providers of a cloud-based mobile application that connects field service contractors with an industry-leading online knowledge base and empowers them to…

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James F. Beck ’63

James F. Beck ’63 died Sept. 21 at age 80. He was born in Kyser, W.Va., a son of Charles and Beulah Beck. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in chemical engineering and began his professional career with DuPont in Belle, W.Va. He…

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Dr. James “Jim” Thomas Lee ’69

Dr. James “Jim” Thomas Lee ’69 died Nov. 29 at his West Hollywood home from heart disease. He was born in Philadelphia to Doris and Thomas Lee, and attended grade school and high school in the suburbs, then graduated from UMD and the Philadelphia College…

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Katherine Koustenis ’06

Katherine Koustenis ’06 received The Daily Record’s Leading Women award, which honors women 40 or younger for their career accomplishments. Koustenis is the vice president and chief compliance officer of Howard Bank.

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Wendy Johnson ’74

Wendy Johnson ’74 was added to the board of directors of Exagen, an organization dedicated to transforming the care continuum for patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. She is currently the chief operating officer of Reneo Pharmaceuticals, where she…

Passings

Patricia “Patty” Lee Berard M.Ed. ’92

Patricia “Patty” Lee Berard M.Ed. ’92, of Selbyville, Del., died Nov. 11. Born on May 10, 1957, in Olney, Md., she was the daughter of James and Betty Mills. Berard attended Damascus High School and Salisbury State University, where she graduated with…

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Catherine Truitt ’94

Catherine Truitt ’94 was elected North Carolina’s superintendent of public education. She is the chancellor of Western Governors University North Carolina. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington in 1997.