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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00s

Matthew Bosley ’06

Matthew Bosley ’06 was named to the 2021 Forbes Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors List. He is senior vice president and wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch.

Passings

Donald “Silky” O'Sullivan ’72

Donald “Silky” O'Sullivan ’72 died in Delaware, Ohio, on Oct. 2, 2021, at age 74. Born on Nov. 25, 1946, in Silver Spring, Md., to the late Diarmuid and Hilda (Hirsch) O’Sullivan, O’Sullivan was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Vietnam in the 1960s.…

Passings

Elizabeth “Libby” Eppley ’48

Elizabeth “Libby” Eppley ’48 died on Oct. 23, 2021. She was born on Jan. 18, 1927, to Elizabeth and Geary Eppley (1920), the noted UMD athletic director, dean of men and assistant professor of agronomy whose name is on the university’s recreation center.…

10s

Megan J. Heiman M.Jour. ’14

Megan J. Heiman M.Jour. ’14 was appointed deputy mayor of Binghamton, N.Y. She has worked in City Hall since 2017 as the assistant to the mayor for neighborhood and youth affairs. Before that, she was a newspaper reporter for the Press & Sun-Bulletin…

00s

Kevin Davis ’02, ’07

Kevin Davis ’02, ’07 was promoted to member of the law firm Caplin and Drysdale. His principal practice area is complex commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on creditors' rights and bankruptcy litigation.

80s

Phyllis Caldwell ’81, MBA ’87

Phyllis Caldwell ’81, MBA ’87 was elected to the board of directors of Oaktee Specialty Lending. She is founder and has served since 2012 as managing member of Wroxton Civic Ventures, which provides advisory services on financial, housing and economic…

90s

Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00

Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00 was appointed chief financial officer at Elroy Air, an aerospace and logistics company. He recently served as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at Era Group. In addition to his UMD degrees, he earned an…

90s

Kimberly Boulmetis ’92

Kimberly Boulmetis ’92 was hired as a managing director and head of U.S. financial institutions for the Debt Capital Markets group at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, based in New York. She has 25 years of experience covering the capital markets and…