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Winter 2022

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A Peak of Pickle Players

With Pingpong-Tennis-Badminton Mashup on the Upswing, Terp Pro Leads the Way

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Projecting the Future

Family’s $2.5M in Gifts Will Fund Arts Innovation, Support Education Majors

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Book Pulls the Lid Off Canned Food’s History

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

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Science Behind the Suds

New Fermentation Major Will Support Growing Maryland Craft Beverage and Food Industries

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Swipe Left on Dating Stereotypes

Study Reveals Fewer Romances, Little Difference Between App, In-Person Pairings

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New Lab, Center Advance Quantum Computing

UMD Makes $20M Investment in Q-Lab, Leads $25M NSF Grant on Quantum Simulation

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‘Protecting the Democratic Process Itself’

Alum Takes Over as Capitol Police Chief in Wake of Jan. 6 Riot

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Another Kind of Tree Planting

Researcher Asks: Could Burying Enough Dead Wood Alter the Globe’s Climate Trajectory?

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A Hardly ‘Boring’ Achievement

Student Team Wins Safety Award in Elon Musk’s Digging Contest

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Living, Learning and Teaching

Honors College Scholar-in-Residence Spends Semester Among Students in Residence Hall

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New Dining Hall to Honor Indigenous People of Maryland

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Letters of Hope and Familiarity

Alum’s New Book Highlights African Americans’ Relationship to Lincoln

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A Better Plan for Secondhand

Alum’s Streamlined Furniture Resale Website Aims to Cushion the Stress of Online Sales

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Throwback Threads

As Women’s Basketball Team Shoots for More Success, Get a Glimpse of 1920s Game-day Garb

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Alumni Association News

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The Big Question

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

James Warren Smith Ph.D. ’71

James Warren Smith Ph.D. ’71 died on Nov. 26, 2021, at age 78. Born in Johnstown, Pa., he was the son of the late Warren J. Smith and Kathryn McCann Smith. He received his bachelor’s and master of science from Penn State University and his Ph.D. in dairy…

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Daniel K. Wims Ph.D. ’94

Daniel K. Wims Ph.D. ’94 became the 12th president of Alabama A&M University. He had served as its provost and vice president for academic affairs and research, as well as professor of agricultural sciences. He also held positions at Fort Valley State…

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Karla Heidelberg Ph.D. ’99

Karla Heidelberg Ph.D. ’99 received Maryville College’s alumni citation as part of its Founder’s Day celebration. The Alumni Citation is for service in professional, business, civic, social or religious endeavors that have benefited humankind and brought…

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Norman W. Nightingale Ed.D. ’78

Norman W. Nightingale Ed.D. ’78 died on Dec. 31, 2021, at age 87. He was born on March 2, 1934, in Lonaconing, Md., to the late William W. Nightingale and Alice (Johnson) Nightingale. He spent two years working at the B&O Railroad prior to enlisting…

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Erek L. Barron ’96

Erek L. Barron ’96 was sworn in as the 49th United States attorney for the District of Maryland. Barron was most recently a partner in a law firm in Maryland, with a focus on complex business and criminal litigation. Barron received his law degree from…

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Andrew Jackson “Jack” Smith ’60

Andrew Jackson “Jack” Smith ’60 of Princess Anne, Md., died on Nov. 1, 2021. Born in Portsmouth, Va., to the late Andrew Jackson Smith and Myrtle Owens Sickman, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War for three years. He worked with the Radio…

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Stephen Robert Cassola ’56

Stephen Robert Cassola ’56 of Webster, Texas, died on Oct. 19, 2021, at age 90. Born on Jan. 12, 1931, in Brooklyn, Cassola served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He spent his career as an aerospace engineer in and around the manned space…

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Kerrin Klein ’05

Kerrin Klein ’05 was promoted to counsel at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York City. She received her J.D. from New York University, where she served on the NYU Review of Law & Social Change, and her B.S. from the University of Maryland, summa cum laude.