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

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50 Seasons of Netting Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Dr. Richard (Dick) G. Meltzer ’71

Dr. Richard (Dick) G. Meltzer ’71 of Potomac, Md., died Nov. 18 at age 71. Meltzer was born on May 24, 1949, to Ruth and Seymour Meltzer. He lived in Rochester, N.Y., until he was 12, and then moved with his family to the Washington, D.C., area. He…

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,…

Passings

Dorothy Kauffman Ph.D. ’81

Dorothy Kauffman Ph.D. ’81 died Sept. 25 at age 78 in Selbyville, Del. Born in Chambersburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Michael and Sarah Plasterer Detwiler. She was married to Robert Kauffman, who died in 2011. She received her Ph.D. from the…

80s

Jin Kang ’86

Jin Kang ’86 joined the McDaniel College board of trustees. He is president and chief executive officer of WidePoint Corporation and serves as a director of the company. He is also the founder of WidePoint Integrated Solutions Corp. and served as its…

10s

Victoria Eagles ’10

Victoria Eagles ’10, principal career agent at MasterPeace Solutions LTD, was named to The Baltimore Sun’s 40 Under 40 list.

70s

MJ Hall M.Ed. ’72

MJ Hall M.Ed. ’72 was appointed to High Point University’s board of visitors. Hall is a strategist, performance coach and business learning advisor. She is senior content manager with the ATD Forum, a consortium of more than 60 corporate members at the…

10s

Gabrielle C. Phillips ’14

Gabrielle C. Phillips ’14 joined law firm Blank Rome’s real estate group as an associate in the Washington, D.C., office. She came from Gallagher Evelius and Jones. Phillips graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of…

70s

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…