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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Katie Donahue MPM ’09

Katie Donahue MPM ’09 was hired as the city of Fort Collins’ Natural Areas Department director. Since 2016, Donahue has served as the district ranger for the Canyon Lakes Ranger District on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National…

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Marc Schneebaum ’76

Marc Schneebaum ’76 joined Avalyn Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on development of improved therapies for pulmonary diseases, as chief financial officer. Most recently, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Madrigal…

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Shaun Eddy ’88

Shaun Eddy ’88 joined the board of directors of the Howard Community College Educational Foundation. Eddy is the owner and CEO of Oxford Planning Group.

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Sandra Morris Kemp ’88

Sandra Morris Kemp ’88 wrote the book “The Journey for Justice,” published by Christian Faith Publishing, which explores the injustices faced by enslaved African Americans in Surry County, Va., and their descendants and highlights their contributions.

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Andrea Magers ’08

Andrea Magers ’08 was appointed to the board of directors of the Howard County Arts Council. She is the agent/owner of Andrea Magers State Farm Insurance and a third-generation State Farm agent.

20s

Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20

Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20 was promoted to executive director of the American College of Surgeons after 10 years as its director of member services. She previously spent eight years on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, serving…

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Susan K. Johnson O’Neil Ph.D. ’04

Susan K. Johnson O’Neil Ph.D. ’04 was named principal at talent strategy and development firm Cambria Consulting. Previously, she was the director of the Center of Excellence, Organizational Effectiveness & Design for Bon Secours Mercy Health System.…

Passings

George S. Douglass Jr. ’52

George S. Douglass Jr. ’52 of Potomac, Md., died on Oct. 20, 2021, at age 95. Douglass served in the U.S. Navy before graduating from the University of Maryland. He was a founding director of LND and also worked as a director of Teledyne MEC, where he…