Winter 2022

Campus Life

A Peak of Pickle Players

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

Campus Life

Projecting the Future

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

Explorations

Book Pulls the Lid Off Canned Food’s History

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

Campus Life

Science Behind the Suds

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

Explorations

Swipe Left on Dating Stereotypes

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

News

New Lab, Center Advance Quantum Computing

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

Post-Grad

‘Protecting the Democratic Process Itself’

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

Explorations

Another Kind of Tree Planting

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

Campus Life

A Hardly ‘Boring’ Achievement

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

Campus Life

Living, Learning and Teaching

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

News

New Dining Hall to Honor Indigenous People of Maryland

Post-Grad

Letters of Hope and Familiarity

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

Post-Grad

A Better Plan for Secondhand

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

Post-Grad

Throwback Threads

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

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Explorations

The Big Question

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87

Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87 was appointed special advisor to Libya by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She will lead mediation efforts and engagements with Libyan regional and international stakeholders to pursue implementation of the…

90s

Bahareh Kamali ’97

Bahareh Kamali ’97 was promoted to executive vice president of strategic development at MTV Entertainment Group. She previously served as senior vice president of strategic development.

10s

Britt Waters ’13

Britt Waters ’13 joined 7News/WJLA-TV as a traffic reporter and “Good Morning Washington” lifestyle host.

Passings

Beverly A. Lusey MLS ’71

Beverly A. Lusey MLS ’71 died on Nov. 15, 2021, at age 81. A native of Northern California, Lusey was a graduate of San Francisco State College before attending UMD. She worked as a children’s librarian, an assistant director and reference librarian at…

10s

Ted Kaouk Ph.D. ’14

Ted Kaouk Ph.D. ’14 joined the Office of Personnel Management as its chief data officer and deputy director for human capital data management and modernization. He was previously with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and chaired the federal CDO Council.…

90s

Andrew Weiner ’96

Andrew Weiner ’96 joined the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Miles & Stockbridge as a principal in the insurance recovery group. He was most recently a partner in the D.C. office of Reed Smith LLP and earned his law degree at the University of…

00s

Randy Guttman ’04

Randy Guttman ’04 was promoted to general partner, chief operating officer at JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. He was previously general partner.

00s

Christopher Jeschke ’02

Christopher Jeschke ’02 was named chief technology officer of Accumulus Synergy, a nonprofit working to develop an information and data exchange platform aimed at transforming how drug innovators and health authorities worldwide interact. He came from…