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

Thomas Damien Leppert ’70

Thomas Damien Leppert ’70 of Richmond, Va., died on Oct. 19, 2021, at age 74. Born on April 28, 1947, in Atlantic City, N.J., to Thomas H. and Luise Slack, Leppert grew up by the water and enjoyed boating and fishing. While at UMD, he played football and…

80s

Monica Norton ’87

Monica Norton ’87 was promoted to deputy managing editor of The Washington Post, where she had been deputy Local editor for planning and enterprise since 2011. Since her arrival at The Post in 2005, Monica has also served as Metro’s day editor, technology…

00s

Dominic Travis M.S. ’00

Dominic Travis M.S. ’00 joined the Marine Mammal Center, the world’s largest marine mammal hospital, as chief program officer. He spent the last 11 years as a tenured associate professor and faculty member at the University of Minnesota’s College of…

90s

Delmar Gillus Jr. ’93

Delmar Gillus Jr. ’93 was appointed to the Future of Work task force by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. For over 10 years, he has served as the chief operations officer of Elevate, an organization that ensures equitable access to utilities in homes and…

60s

Velma Speight M.Ed. ’65, Ph.D. ’76

Velma Speight M.Ed. ’65, Ph.D. ’76 will be honored with a building named after her at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she earned two bachelor’s degrees. She is also a former chairwoman of the N.C. A&T board of…

10s

Dr. Trishna Goswami MBA ’17

Dr. Trishna Goswami MBA ’17 was named chief medical officer of IN8bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative gamma-delta T cell therapies. Goswami, a triple board-certified hematologist…

Passings

Billie Joe Redmond ’57

Billie Joe Redmond ’57 died on Oct. 29, 2021, at age 91 in LaVale, Md. Born on April 1, 1930, to Charles Steven and Ruby Agnes (Mitchell) Redmond in Powellton, W.V., he served eight years in the National Guard and enlisted in the Marine Corps. He worked…

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.