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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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Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00

Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00 was appointed chief financial officer at Elroy Air, an aerospace and logistics company. He recently served as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at Era Group. In addition to his UMD degrees, he earned an…

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Maxine Batie Cunningham M.Ed. ’59

Maxine Batie Cunningham M.Ed. ’59 of Annapolis, Md., died on Oct. 22, 2021. Born to Albert and Caroline Batie on May 13, 1921, in Cumberland, Md., she completed her undergraduate studies at Towson University and earned her master’s in education at UMD.…

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Gabriel Escobar M.A. ’83

Gabriel Escobar M.A. ’83, editor and senior vice president of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize board. He spent 16 years at The Washington Post and while at the Inquirer has worked as managing editor, deputy managing editor for…

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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…

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Bonnie Lefkowitz ’60

Bonnie Lefkowitz ’60 died in her sleep at her home in North Beach, Md., on Dec. 16, 2021. A third-generation resident of the Washington, D.C., area, she graduated from Montgomery Blair High School and UMD, where as an editor at The Diamondback, she…

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Maj. Gregory T. Douds ’83

Maj. Gregory T. Douds ’83 was promoted to deputy staff judge advocate of the Georgia State Defense Force, an all-volunteer military branch of the Georgia Department of Defense that focuses on search and rescue, disaster relief, and National Guard support…

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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.

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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.