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Winter 2022

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A Peak of Pickle Players

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

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Projecting the Future

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

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Book Pulls the Lid Off Canned Food’s History

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

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Science Behind the Suds

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

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Swipe Left on Dating Stereotypes

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

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New Lab, Center Advance Quantum Computing

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

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‘Protecting the Democratic Process Itself’

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

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Another Kind of Tree Planting

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

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A Hardly ‘Boring’ Achievement

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

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Living, Learning and Teaching

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

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New Dining Hall to Honor Indigenous People of Maryland

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Letters of Hope and Familiarity

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

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A Better Plan for Secondhand

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

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Throwback Threads

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

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Alumni Association News

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The Big Question

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Henry Herman Walbesser Jr. M.S. ’60, Ph.D. ’65

Henry Herman Walbesser Jr. M.S. ’60, Ph.D. ’65, a former University of Maryland professor, died on Jan. 1, 2022, at age 86. The only child of Florence Schoenl and Henry Walbesser of Buffalo, N.Y., he earned a B.A. at the University of Buffalo, where he…

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Terrence M. Sawyer ’92, M.S. ’96

Terrence M. Sawyer ’92, M.S. ’96 was named Loyola University Maryland’s 25th president. He was previously Loyola’s senior vice president. Sawyer is the university’s first layperson to serve as president; all of his predecessors were ordained Jesuit…

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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…

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Robert “Bob” F. Drechsler ’56

Robert “Bob” F. Drechsler ’56 died on Oct. 20, 2021, at age 88. Born on April 9, 1933, to Carl and Anna Agnes Drechsler, he served in the U.S. Army and played for the Third Army Band as a clarinetist. After he was honorably discharged in 1962, he worked…

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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…

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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…

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Jeff Silberman ’01

Jeff Silberman ’01 joined global law firm Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its FinTech and Financial Services groups. Previously, Silberman served as global co-chair of the FinTech practice at another leading international firm. He earned his J.D.…

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Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87

Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87 was appointed special advisor to Libya by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She will lead mediation efforts and engagements with Libyan regional and international stakeholders to pursue implementation of the…