Winter 2022

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

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

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

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

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

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

Explorations

January 31, 2022

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

News

January 31, 2022

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

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

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

Explorations

January 31, 2022

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

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

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

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

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

News

January 31, 2022

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

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

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

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

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

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

Class Act

January 31, 2022

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Richard “Dick” Eigenbrot Jr. ’66

Richard “Dick” Eigenbrot Jr. ’66 died on Sept. 29, 2021, at age 80 in San Antonio. Born on June 17, 1941, in Drexel Hill, Pa., to Elizabeth Deary and Richard Lewis Eigenbrot Sr., he graduated from the University of Maryland on a football scholarship. He…

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…

90s

Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98

Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98 was promoted to chief operations officer of Riverside Research. Bhave joined the company in 2021 as vice president and chief of staff. Previously, Bhave was vice president of performance excellence at Perspecta and Peraton.

Passings

Ronald W. Klinger ’73, M.Ed. ’80

Ronald W. Klinger ’73, M.Ed. ’80 died on Nov. 20, 2021, after a battle with ALS. Born on July 18, 1950, in Jamaica, N.Y., to Walter T. and Mary (Kunze) Klingner, he earned a B.S. in biology and education and a master’s degree in biology from the…

00s

Nathan Moody ’00, M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’06

Nathan Moody ’00, M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’06 was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. He is a technical staff member and group leader of the Applied Electrodynamics group within Accelerator Operations and Technology division at the Los Alamos…

90s

Dax Alvarez ’92

Dax Alvarez ’92 relocated from the Los Angeles office of the law firm Snell & Wilmer to its Reno, Nev., location. Alvarez is a member of the intellectual property practice group. He earned his J.D. from the Catholic University of America.

00s

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.

10s

Britt Waters ’13

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