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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Passings

Mohammed Allieu Abdullah Ph.D. ’84

Mohammed Allieu Abdullah Ph.D. ’84 died on Oct. 26, 2021, at age 75 in Dayton, Ohio. Born on Feb. 13, 1946, to Dr. Aileu Sheikh Abdullah and Haja Mariatu Wahid, he grew up in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Abdullah received a B.A. from Indiana University, a…

Passings

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…

Passings

Raymond E. Grant ’49

Raymond E. Grant ’49 died on Oct. 23, 2021. Born on April 19, 1923, in Baltimore, he graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1941 before enlisting in the Navy’s V-5 pilot training program in 1943. He flew Torpedo and Dive Bombers in World War…

80s

Max Peterson ’84, MBA ’86

Max Peterson ’84, MBA ’86 was named vice president of the worldwide public sector unit at Amazon Web Services. He was previously vice president of international sales for the sector.

90s

Farida Mohamedshah ’96

Farida Mohamedshah ’96 joined the National Confectioners Association as senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. Before joining NCA, he was the director of food, health and nutrition at the Institute of Food Technologists. Mohamedshah…

80s

Moon Kim ’88, Ph.D. ’99

Moon Kim ’88, Ph.D. ’99 is one of two recipients of the federal government’s Meritorious Senior Professional Award. Kim is a research leader for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service’s Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Lab in Beltsville, Md.

Passings

Helen Metaxas Koste MLS ’70

Helen Metaxas Koste MLS ’70 of Midlothian, Va., died on Nov. 30, 2021. Born on June 3, 1923, in Easton, Md., to Peter and Anastasia Metaxas, she graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in commerce in 1944. Working as a business teacher at Wilmington…

Passings

Mary Giddens Washington McCray Ph.D. ’80

Mary Giddens Washington McCray Ph.D. ’80 died on Oct. 24, 2021. She was born on Jan. 13, 1930, in Jamesville, Va., and received an associate degree from the Norfolk Division of Virginia State College B.S. and M.S. degrees in home economics and elementary…